Community TV wins extension to 2024
Just seven days until it was set to disappear forever from Australian television, community TV has been granted three more years of free-to-air broadcasting after an amendment to broadcasting legislation passed in the Australian Senate and House of Representatives, cementing community broadcasting licences for C44 Adelaide and C31 Melbourne until 30 June 2024.
Community TV seeks a future on our screens
ACTA urges the Federal Government to include C31 Melbourne and C44 Adelaide in its proposed media reforms and not end free-to-air community TV in Australia.
Inaugural First Nations interns join C44
A new mentoring program being launched this week by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Channel 44 will help South Australian First Nations screen creatives forge new careers in television production.
Recipe For Love is going global!
Hit new show Recipe For Love—as seen on C44—is going global! Creators of the innovative SA-made dating/cooking show for over-50s have secured a global distribution deal with Media Ranch, a world leader in premium unscripted television.
Over-50s dating/cooking show Recipe for Love coming 2021
New SA-produced dating/cooking show helping over-50s find love and friendship, Recipe for Love, to premiere on Channel 44 on 1 February 2021.
C44 partners with SAFC to support First Nations creatives
As part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s five-year First Nations Screen Strategy launched on 13 November 2020, Channel 44 will mentor and provide valuable opportunities to First Nations screen creatives.