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Encyclopedia > Community television

The phrase community television has been used somewhat differently around the world. It commonly describes television stations that are owned and operated by "communities" rather than governments, business or television industry professionals. A related term, "public-access television" has come to have a specific meaning in the USA, where it describes a legislated provision of cable broadcasting access by cable television companies, but the terms overlap considerably. Public-access television is a cable television service that allows members of the public to use a cable companys facilities and equipment to create and broadcast their own content. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical...


There are over 700 community television organisations worldwide. They broadcast free-to-air, through cable, satellite, or on the internet. As the content is not driven by state or commercial interests, it tends to be diverse. Community TV in Fiji has taken on a public health education role, while community TV in Australia emphasises local content and multiple language programming. Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ...


Community television stations may be funded through goverment grants or subsidies, sponsorship, membership, or a combination.


See also

Public access television is a cable television service that allows members of the public to use a cable companys facilities and equipment to create and broadcast their own content. ... Citizen journalism, also known as participatory journalism, is the act of citizens playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information, according to the seminal report We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information, by Shayne Bowman and Chris... Amateur television (ATV) is the hobby of transporting broadcast-quality video and audio over radio waves at a full refresh rate. ... Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups. ...

External links

  • The Global Village CAT — links to 700 Community & Public Access Television sites worldwide

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Community Television - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal (1136 words)
The Melbourne Community Television Consortium Inc. is made up of over sixty Melbourne- and Geelong-based community, cultural and educational groups producing a wide range of programs that reflect the unique social and cultural diversity of Melbourne and its surrounding areas.
Community television broadcasting licences, like all television broadcasting licences, are granted and regulated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Community television stations produce and broadcast locally-produced programs that are relevant to the communities they are based in.
Community Television (5828 words)
Aside from sharing the basic goals of a learning process that was liberatory in nature, media education, critical pedagogy, and community media had another commonality: few defined empowerment or provided empirical evidence that something resembling empowerment had occurred as a result of the practices in the area.
Community television participation was seen to encourage a process by which producers moved outward from the self to others, and to society -- including government and other institutions and organizations.
Sense-Making's perspective of communication practice as a process is also strongly reinforced by findings throughout this study that addressed the process nature of the respondents' public access experience and the nature of empowerment.
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