44 Adelaide

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Channel 44
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Launched 23 April 2004
Picture format 576i (SDTV) 16:9
Slogan "Adelaide - It's Your 44"
Country Australia
Language English
Broadcast area Adelaide
Formerly called C31 Adelaide (2004-2010)
Replaced by Channel 44
Website Channel 44
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T 44
Digital Frequency 564.5 MHz

Channel 44 has been broadcasting into households across Adelaide since 2004. C44 is Adelaide’s own community, free-to air television station providing local and national content. Previously known as C31 when on analogue television, C44 made the switch to digital on the 5th of November 2010. C44 switched off its analogue signal on the 31st of May 2012.

With a strong, crystal clear digital signal, our broadcast footprint covers metropolitan Adelaide and surrounding regions, with a potential audience of approximately 1.3 million people.

Before C31 and 44 Adelaide, Adelaide's community television station was run by Adelaide Community and Education Television Inc., or ACE TV (sometimes known as "ACE Channel 6", despite broadcasting on UHF 31). ACE TV held a temporary licence from May 1994[1] until December 2002, when it was cancelled due to breaches of its licence conditions.[2] ACE TV had its last broadcast in May 2002.[3]

In 2004, most community TV services in capital cities received permanent licences from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). However, the process for allocating a permanent licence in Adelaide, which began in 2004, was terminated in mid-2006; the two prospective applicants (of which C44 was one) were declined for different reasons.[4] In September 2015, Malcolm Turnball, ex-communications minister, gave community television stations an extension until 31st of December 2016.[5]

C44 has begun operations to move online, and has started by streaming its channel live on their website. Most CTV stations will also be making the move online.

Channel 44 airs a range of local, interstate and international content that is relevant to their audience. The move online means that local content can now be viewed by those outside Adelaide.

See also

References

  1. Lawrence, G. Adelaide Community and Educational Television Inc. (ACE TV). Accessed on 7 March 2007.
  2. Australian Broadcasting Authority (5 December 2002). ABA cancels ACE TV licence. Accessed on 29 December 2009.
  3. Yeaman, S. (18 March 2004). Community TV ready for comeback. The Advertiser (Adelaide); cited at [1]. Accessed on 15 December 2015.
  4. Australian Communications and Media Authority. (29 June 2006). ACMA to take no further action in the current allocation of a permanent community television licence in Adelaide. Accessed on 7 March 2007.
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