RMITV
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| Type | Community Television |
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| Country | Australia |
| Availability | C31, TVS, C44, 31 Digital, WTV |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Slogan | Student Community Television |
| Headquarters | RMIT University |
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Launch date
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1987 |
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Official website
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http://www.rmitv.org/ |
| Language | English |
RMITV is a not-for-profit, community access television production facility based at RMIT University City Campus in Melbourne, Australia.
It is a full member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium; the not-for-profit consortium that operates the community access channel C31 which broadcasts throughout Melbourne and Geelong.
RMITV is a student run media production house based within RMIT University, with the majority of its funding granted by RMIT University Student Union (RUSU). RMITV is dedicated to providing hands on television experience to students. RMITV also produces content to be broadcast, most commonly on C31 Melbourne and have helped many students find their way to careers in the television industry. Although based at RMIT University in Melbourne, they also work to provide opportunities to members of the local community wanting to get involved in television production.
Designed by RMITV member Nic Mason in the early 2000s, the "R" and "M" in RMITV's logo are based on the series of classification marks from the OFLC used to designate "Restricted" and "Mature" broadcast content and the "I" and "TV" are based on the 'General' (G) and 'Parental Guidance' (PG) classification marks but making use of different letters and antennas on the TV to signify television
RMITV is one of the oldest community television organisations in Australia, having been involved in lobbying the government for community access to the television spectrum. It transmitted its first test broadcast in 1987.
Early on RMITV struggled with licences for television spectrum. After originally lobbying for a public licence, similar to those seen in the American public television sector, RMITV was knocked back as public licences are not available in Australia. They were then granted a licence to broadcast to private audiences in a 10 km radius of the RMIT City Campus. The license was granted on the 09/08/1987. A week after a Channel 10 news report by Mal Walden about RMITV's upcoming open day 1987 broadcast the licence was cancelled.
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