Celebrating 10 years of NITV, but what challenges lie ahead for an under-resourced First Nations media sector?
NITV celebrated 10 years of free-to-air broadcast on Monday with a concert bookmarking a shift into the heart of SBS. There is still plenty of work to be done though, which is brought firmly into focus by the looming Voice to Parliament referendum. Calum Jaspan speaks with senior members in First Nations media to mark the decade of NITV, and the challenges that lie ahead.
Ten years ago, National Indigenous TV launched on free-to-air after Federal budget allocated an additional $158.1 million to SBS funding, a 27% boost.
This gave the network the opportunity to launch into living rooms across the country, five years after its initial first broadcast.
The launch went hand in hand with a two-hour special from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, hosted by Stan Grant and Rhoda Roberts, with a concert airing that night with artists including Casey Donovan, Christine Anu, and Troy Cassar-Daley.
