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ABA receives 16 applications for community television licences

Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney

he Australian Broadcast- can also be lodged via email in the review, the Act has Allocation of community ing Authority has re- to [email protected]. Copies of recently been amended. The broadcasting licences Tceived a total of 16 appli- any letters of support included new framework for CTV li- Community licences can be cations for community televi- with applications and subse- cences introduces require- allocated only if the ABA sion licences in Brisbane, quent support letters received ments aimed at improving the makes new community broad- Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. by the ABA will not be dis- financial and management ca- casting services available in Three applications were re- played on the web site or in pacity and accountability of an area following its planning ceived for the Brisbane li- libraries but can be made avail- CTV licensees. It also assists process and the release of a cence, two for the Melbourne able for inspection on request. the revenue raising ability of licence area plan. licence, five for the Perth li- Anyone who has concerns the CTV sector. The new meas- Applications received will be cence, and six for the Sydney about public access to their ures are intended to balance made available for public com- licence. personal details should ad- the need for ongoing financial ment. Written comments on From Monday 26 May copies vise the ABA to treat this in- viability of the CTV sector with applications must be lodged of the applications received formation as confidential. the need to ensure that the with the ABA within 14 days will be available for public In 1992, the Government sector maintains its commu- (generally) of the date the perusal on the ABA’s website. asked the ABA to conduct a nity and not-for-profit nature. ABA provides them to the pub- Copies of applications re- trial of community television lic libraries. ceived will also be made avail- (CTV) using the vacant sixth able for public perusal in the television channel (UHF chan- following libraries: Brisbane nel 31 in capital cities) in Aus- The applicants Central City Library (Brisbane tralia. As the ABA did not applications only); State Li- have the power to issue tem- Brisbane Australian College of Entertainment Ltd brary of Victoria, Melbourne porary community television Briz 31 Ltd (Melbourne applications licences it made the channel C31 Ltd only); State Library of West- available for fixed periods for Melbourne Australian College of Entertainment Ltd ern , Perth (Perth ap- non-profit community/educa- Melbourne Community Television Consortium Limited plications only) and the City tional open narrowcasting Perth Australian College of Entertainment Ltd of Sydney Library, Town Hall services. CTV services have Community Educational Television Ltd House, Sydney (Sydney ap- been provided on a trial basis Community News Television Ltd plications only). since 1994 under the open WA Media Group Ltd The ABA welcomes written narrowcasting class licence. West TV Ltd submissions from members of A review of the CTV trial, Sydney Australian College of Entertainment Ltd the public in relation to the conducted under Schedule 4 Christian City Church Sydney Ltd (trading as Affinity TV) applications received. Submis- to the Broadcasting Services Community Television Sydney Ltd sions should be lodged with Act 1992 (the Act) was tabled Multilingual Community Radio Association Ltd the ABA by 5.00 pm on Mon- in Parliament in June 2002. Television Sydney (TVS) Ltd day 9 June 2003. Submissions As a result of the issues raised Youth Television (W?TV) Ltd

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