| Type | community television |
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| Country | Australia |
| Availability | Melbourne, Australia |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Slogan | student.community.television |
| Launch date | 1987 |
| Official website | http://www.rmitv.org/ |
RMITV is a not-for-profit community access television production facility based at RMIT University City Campus in Melbourne, Australia.
It is one of the members of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium; the not-for-profit consortium that operates the community access channel Channel 31 in Melbourne[1]. The "R" and "M" in RMITV's logo are based on the former series of classification marks from the OFLC used to designate "Restricted" and "Mature" broadcast content
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RMITV is responsible for producing a number of shows that air on C31, including some with the highest production values and budgets. Some examples include Barnaby Flowers, In Pit Lane, The LiveWire, TheatreGames LIVE, Chartbusting 80s and The Loft Live. The popular Australian talk host Rove McManus and dynamic duo radio DJs Hamish and Andy also begun their media careers at RMITV[2].
Although based at RMIT University in Melbourne, membership to RMITV is not limited to current RMIT students.
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, which controversially at the time wasn't licensed by the authorities. RMITV was also responsible for broadcasting ETV, a closed-circuit television system operated at the RMIT Campus in previous years.
The government encouraged Melbourne's many aspirant community television broadcasters to form an umbrella organisation to apply for a broadcasting license, and so RMITV is a founding member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium; the license holder for Melbourne's Channel 31.
Throughout its time RMITV has produced some of the most prolific and groundbreaking programs on Australian Community Television, including: The Loft Live, Under Melbourne Tonight, Chartbusting 80's, Raucous, Dawns Crack, PLUCK and countless outside broadcasts.
RMITV is an RMIT Student Union group, with close ties to the not-for-profit incorporated group, Student Community Television Inc. (commonly abbreviated to SCT Inc., or SCT). For most operational purposes, both groups share a common Board of Directors, and management team.
The group employs four part-time staff members to look after the organisation and membership- a General Manager, Office Manager, Programming Manager and Technical Manager. A large number of others look after the management of the organisation in volunteer roles.
Additionally, SCT Inc. is a paid member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium (MCTC), which provides them with free airtime on C31 Melbourne and representation on MCTC committees.
<www.rmitv.org> <http://www.su.rmit.edu.au/media/rmitv> <http://www.rmit.com.au/browse;ID=urlnk4adpzff>
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