NITV to go free to air

1 Nov 2012, 4:56 pm   -   Source: SBS Staff
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National Indigenous Television will be free to air on December 12, it was announced today, at a meeting of world indigenous television leaders.

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It's been officially announced today that NITV will soon be available free to air to for all to see.

From the 12th of December at 12 noon, NITV can be seen on SBS 4 or digital channel 34.

The announcement was made today to a global meeting of Indigenous television broadcasters.

NITV headquarters in Sydney hosted Indigenous TV leaders from around the world.

CEOs from Indigenous television meet regularly to network about how best to achieve shared goals. 

The umbrella organisation is known as the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network or WITBN and aiming to preserve and maintain our own lands, languages and cultures. 

WITBN Chair and CEO NRK Norway Nils Johan Heatta spoke at the announcement.

“It has the impact for the indigenous that they understand and they know that the indigenous land, culture and identity is as much worth as the other cultures, the white mans cultures and so on it,” he said.

There are 13 WITBN members including NITV, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Canada, OIWI in Hawaii, NRK the Saami service in Norway, Taiwan, Indigenous TV, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and South Africa all telling their own stories themselves.

NITV will kick off its free to air broadcast on SBS4 at 12 noon on the 12th of the 12th, 2012 from the heart of Australia at Uluru.

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David Allen - from wodonga, 3 months ago

Please when will you actually transmit NITV to this area. I have been to other location in NSW ACT and NITV is on screen. Is there some rationale why it is not being relayed to our screen it appears on the header on screen but the other sbs programs are transmitted. Please can someone help with problem if not please direct me to the appropriate place so I can answers. Cheers

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Gary Hardman - from Richmond Tasmania, 4 months ago

please SBS tell me why NITV is not yet on in Tasmnia as of the 12 of dec 2012 it was on the mainland i thought Tasmania was a state of Australia but as the norm we get left behind so please get you act together and put it on in Tasmania

NO NITV in tasmania

wendy broderick - from richmand tasmania, 4 months ago

get your fingers out and turn it on in tasmania as we are a state of australia.Tasmania always misses out because noone thinks tasmania is part of australia . I have notice all the comments are from the mainland.

Great Concert

Glenn - from Greenvale, Melbourne, 5 months ago

What an outstanding showcase of talent at the concert from the centre.

Have been waiting for this

robb - from geelong, 5 months ago

A giant step. Getting indigenous culture out into the main arena is overdue. I think acceptance of indigenous Australia and recognition of their place in the country could possibly have happened already except for their cultural inclination to keep their knowledge and stories to themselves. Individuals who keep to themselves dont get accepted by others; same applies to whole communities.

yessssssss about time!

lili - from brisbane, 6 months ago

thank you sbs! this should have been free to air years ago... i love this channel and its programs are VERY educational for the youth of today.

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