NITV aims to grow into the nation’s third national broadcaster and like Indigenous TV in New Zealand and Canada, establish a reputation for broadcasting the latest and best creative programs. The service plans to acquire and commission a range of programming which reflects the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and communities. It will support locally produced content, and help to further open up career paths for Indigenous people in the industry.
Being an Indigenous broadcaster with a national audience the station does not broadcast primarily in Indigenous languages. The CEO, Pat Turner, says: “This [NITV] will be something very different to what we normally see on Australian television. … It will feature our stories the way we want them told.” But for the most part, not in Indigenous languages.
However NITVs charter considerations outline the following:
The preservation and revitalisation of Australian Indigenous languages is an important objective for NITV. In support of this objective NITV will endeavour as far as practicable to allow Indigenous people appearing on NITV to speak in the language of their choice, with words spoken in an Indigenous language to be translated into English (usually via subtitles, re-narration or voice-over) for the benefit of the audience at large.
Australia’s Indigenous population is highly diverse and geographically dispersed. NITV will endeavour to provide equitable representation of different languages and communities over time, as resources allow.
Language was one of the key areas of discussion in the 2005 Indigenous Television Review Report which provided outlined a number of models on which NITV could be established.
- wpcf-name:
- National Indigenous Television Service (NITV)
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- National Indigenous Television is a 24 hour television service established by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to improve the lives of our peoples. NITV was launched in July 2007 and began broadcasting on pay TV (Foxtell and Austar) and through Imparja Television’s community channel to transmit a free to air service to remote parts of Northern Australia, Central Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
NITV aims to grow into the nation’s third national broadcaster and like Indigenous TV in New Zealand and Canada, establish a reputation for broadcasting the latest and best creative programs. The service plans to acquire and commission a range of programming which reflects the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and communities. It will support locally produced content, and help to further open up career paths for Indigenous people in the industry.
Being an Indigenous broadcaster with a national audience the station does not broadcast primarily in Indigenous languages. The CEO, Pat Turner, says: "This [NITV] will be something very different to what we normally see on Australian television. ... It will feature our stories the way we want them told." But for the most part, not in Indigenous languages.
However NITVs charter considerations outline the following:
The preservation and revitalisation of Australian Indigenous languages is an important objective for NITV. In support of this objective NITV will endeavour as far as practicable to allow Indigenous people appearing on NITV to speak in the language of their choice, with words spoken in an Indigenous language to be translated into English (usually via subtitles, re-narration or voice-over) for the benefit of the audience at large.
Australia’s Indigenous population is highly diverse and geographically dispersed. NITV will endeavour to provide equitable representation of different languages and communities over time, as resources allow.
Regarding Language board member Rachel Perkins hopes the station could offer a public service by teaching indigenous languages to prevent them dying out. "This country needs NITV because we need to open a window on Aboriginal culture to the rest of Australia", she says.
Language was one of the key areas of discussion in the 2005 Indigenous Television Review Report which provided outlined a number of models on which NITV could be established.
Indigenous Television Review Report: Report of the review into the viability of establishing an Indigenous television service and the regulatory arrangements that should apply to the digital transmission of such a service using spectrum in the broadcasting services bands. August 2005. Australian Government: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. http://archive.dcita.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/29810/Indigenous_TV_Review_Report_online.pdf - wpcf-address:
Postal Address:
NITV
C/- SBS Corporation
Locked Bag 028
CROWS NEST NSW 1585Physical Address:
14 Herbert Street, Artarmon NSW 2064
Phone: 1800 500 727 (toll free)
- wpcf-website:
- http://www.nitv.org.au/
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