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History of NITV

Many Indigenous communities, leaders and supporters recognised the powerful influence of the media on the lives of Indigenous people. It was recognised that mainstream media generally portrayed Indigenous people negatively.

From the first time media impacted on Indigenous people, they sought to get some control over how they were portrayed.

Little girl at the NITV Launch in Alice Springs Source: NITV

The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody made key recommendations in 1991. It recognised that the negative portrayal of Indigenous people in the media affected Indigenous people’s self-perception. It also affected public opinion and in turn public policy. It recommended that Indigenous people be given control over the media.

In 2007, there was barely two hours a week of dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content being broadcast on national media. The time was right for an innovative Indigenous run organisation to properly represent the many voices of the country's First Australians.

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National Indigenous Television

Australian television channel

Not to be confused with TVNI.

"NITV" redirects here. For the first Iranian television organisation, see National Iranian Radio and Television.

Television channel

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.

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.

History

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Predecessors of NITV

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Indigenous groups and individuals lobbied the Australian Government to fund a nationwide Indigenous television service in the 1980s and 1990s, however no major