Channel 44 wins last-minute lifeline instead of switch-off

Adelaide’s Channel 44 community television station has been handed an eleventh-hour reprieve – only hours before the Federal Government was due to switch it off for good – but questions remain about its ability to survive and reach audiences online.

Saving priceless community television costs Government nothing

Adelaide’s C44 community television station will be permanently switched off next Tuesday. It’s a valuable public asset and could be saved at no cost to the taxpayer, argues Marielle Smith.

C44 Staff and Volunteers during National Volunteer Week in 2019. Image supplied.

Clock ticking on permanent Channel 44 switch-off

The Federal Government is preparing to switch off Channel 44 Adelaide for good on June 30 – despite a last-ditch attempt by the Senate to save Australia’s last remaining community television stations.

Community television faces endless white noise

Adelaide community television station C44 will most likely go into insolvency – despite an increase in viewership in the past three weeks – if the Federal Government doesn’t grant the channel a free-to-air broadcasting license by June 30.