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National Indigenous Television
Australian television channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the six-day-a-week NITV News Update, with programming including other news and current affairs programmes, sports coverage, entertainment for children and adults, films and documentaries covering a range of topics. Its primary audience is Indigenous Australians, but many non-Indigenous people tune in to learn more about the history of and issues affecting the country's First Nations peoples.
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Country | Australia |
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Broadcast area | Nationally |
Network | SBS Television |
Headquarters | Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Special Broadcasting Service |
Sister channels | SBS SBS Viceland SBS World Movies SBS Food SBS WorldWatch |
History | |
Launched | 13 July 2007; 17 years ago (13 July 2007) 12 December 2012; 11 years ago (12 December 2012) (nationwide free-to-air) |
Replaced | ICTV |
Links | |
Website | sbs |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview |
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NITV was initially only carried by cable and satellite providers, along with some limited over-the-air transmissions in certain remote areas. NITV was re-launched in December 2012 by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as a free-to-air channel.