Imparja Television

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Imparja Television
Type Broadcast television network, available via satellite
Country Australia
Availability Remote Central and Eastern Australia, including parts of the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, plus all of Norfolk Island
Founded January 2, 1988
Slogan Got It All
Affiliation Nine Network,
Network Ten
Website www.imparja.com.au

Imparja Television is a commercial television company servicing remote eastern and central Australia that began broadcasting on January 2, 1988. It is based in Alice Springs, where it has a studio and satellite uplink facility. Notably, it is controlled by Australian Aborigines and is widely regarded as a symbol of Aboriginal Australia.

The company produces two channels, one known as "Imparja" (callsign IMP), the other known as "Imparja Info Channel".

Most viewers receive these services via free to view satellite transmission. A few receive them through analog terrestrial transmission.

It initially carried programming from all three major Australian commercial networks, but since the aggregation of market area with QSTV (now Southern Cross Central), it is now affiliated with the Nine Network and Network Ten. It also screens some ABC and SBS indigenous programs, and programs it has commissioned itself.

It was widely expected that the ACMA would merge the "Darwin" and "Remote Eastern and Central Australia" licence areas. This would have most likely seen Imparja become a Network Ten affiliate. However, this now appears unlikely given the nature of the new proposed Darwin digital terrestrial station licence.

The Imparja Info Channel began in the late 1990's. It is a community TV style channel, screening predominantly local indigenous programmes and Bushvision. Many remote indigenous communities in central and north eastern Australia have analog terrestrial repeaters for this service, which utilise community licences.

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[edit] Meaning

Imparja is an Arrernte word meaning footprints. The word is used to represent that Imparja Television aims to service Arrente people wherever they may live, from Mutitjulu to King's Canyon to Alice Springs to Tennant Creek and beyond. They describe their range as a footprint.

[edit] Availability

Imparja Television broadcasts throughout most of the Northern Territory, and also to some remote parts of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Norfolk Island. Imparja Television has the largest geographic range of any commercial television network in Australia.

The total population serviced by Imparja Television is approximately 450,000 people.

[edit] Programming

Imparja Television takes most of their content from the Nine Network and Network Ten. Imparja Television also screens a number of their own programs, which are run by local Aboriginal community members. These include Bush Mechanics and a children's television show called Yamba's Play Time. Imparja also runs shows relating to local Australian rules football and community sports, as well as running their own news and thought for the day programs. Imparja Television regularly shows films created by CAAMA Films (which is one of their shareholders).

In 2005 Imparja National News, which primarily covered the news of its base town, Alice Springs, but also covered other national and international stories was axed.

The move was anticipated as Imparja was gearing up to expand into Darwin, however in late 2005 the ACMA made an unexpected announcement. In 2006 it was announced that Imparja National News would be re-instated and began broadcasting again from the middle of February 2006 with Ryan Liddle as presenter.

[edit] Logos

Imparja Television has used many logos throughout its history.

1988 - 2006 2006 - present

[edit] External links

 v • d • e Free-To-Air Television Channels in Australia

ABC TV | ABC2 | Channel Seven | Channel Nine | Channel Ten | SBS TV

Regional Affiliate Networks: Prime (GWN) | Southern Cross | Imparja | NBN | WIN | Southern Cross Ten
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