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The government is attempting to push community television off air and online. Wikimedia

Community TV’s last stand from the government’s spectrum grab

Community TV in Australia is under threat because of plans to hand over extra broadcast spectrum to the commercial networks. But they don’t even need that spectrum to test any new technologies.
Film and television workers cut their teeth at places such as Melbourne’s Channel 31. Sascha Grant

Moving community TV online is a turn-off in more ways than one

Last week, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed that community television broadcasts will be pushed online at the end of 2015. Turnbull’s announcement came as a surprise to many of those…