Hey - have heard new channels AMTV to launch with Globecast B3 that sound interesting. Community TV with 2-3 hr slots to each local language group, lots of 'street' level programmes, camera crews etc.<br /><br />Anyone heard of them AMTV? They want my brother to do all installs in Melb/Adelaide - apparently free to air.

never heard of it any website or any other info??

never mind found it http://www.amtv.com.au/

looks pretty good they will be showing alot of things from all languages <br /><br />Arabic TV <br />Croatian TV <br />Italian TV <br />Vietnamese TV <br />Maltese TV <br />Chinese TV <br />Greek TV <br />Multicultural Lifestyle TV <br />Multicultural Current Affairs TV <br />Serbian TV <br />Assyrian TV <br />Polish TV <br />Iranian TV <br />Turkish TV <br />Thai TV <br />French TV <br />Religious & Interfaith TV <br />Arts TV <br />And any other language group who have material<br /> <br /> <small>[ 22. November 2004, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Lazer ]</small>

Thanks Lazer - skeleton website definitely but 'what they offer' link looks good - lots of free stuff for every language it seems - even Spanish!

Salvatore (contact man) sounds Italian I think so maybe lots of Italian stuff?<br /><br />Mama mia lots of mamas hopefully

yes it looks promising might be sumthin good on KU Band FTA once again <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

Should be good for communities - hey they might want to do something by viewer request, say film and then air progs on say greek/italin festivals in Melb, Syd, etc.

yes that will be good if they do that alot of ppl would love that <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

MALTESE TV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ripper.

It appears that most of the shows are from ex Sydney's channels 31 that was closed down by the Australain Broadcasting commission.So the shows were pretty Good.Well the Arabic program was very good and I missed it, despite having 22 other arabic channels on Satellite. Channels 31 gave an Australian prespective to the Arabian community and other enthic communities.

There is talk that it will appear on Foxtel also.<br />An email was sent around work but i didnt pay much attention to it.<br /> <br /> <small>[ 23. November 2004, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: KAOS ]</small>

The service on Foxtel is a different one - seems pretty boring (www.auroratv.org )and will be part of Fox pay-package.<br /><br />AMTV say they are staying free and will start demo broadcasts next week. They even have some local soccer league stuff apparently.<br /><br />Viva some spanish please

More info...<br /><br />AMTV is the direct consequence of the shutting down of CTS - the old channel 31 in Sydney.<br /><br />Some members got together and purchased a channel on Globe cast and hence they now have a 24-hour channel.<br /><br />They have been asking program providers to fill up the spots. - This channel will be commercial.<br /><br />It is free to air across Australia and New Zealand - if you have your dish pointed to globe cast ku (optusb3), and have the frequency.<br /><br />Arabic Italian and Chinese will have most of the 'primetime' spots, for obvious reasons relating to population and demand.<br /><br />Salvatore Scevola is the producer of the Italian TV network, which used to air on c31 and is now airing on globe cast. He is now the CEO of AMTV.<br /><br />The only negative is you must buy a dish and dedicated box to access glob cast signals.<br /><br />For an alternative visit http://www.camstv.tk and register or browse for the new Free to air. Channel 31 Terrestrial TV – which you can tune into your normal tv. Brought to you by the Consortium of Australian Media Services. CAMS TV, CAMS RADIO.<br /><br />Cheers. Joseph SAFI<br />Chairman<br />camstv@optusnet.com.au

most ppl on this forum use and already have a dish and reciever on optus b3 and are ready to view this channel i saw the AMTV TestCard come up yesterday its on 12658 V 30000<br /><br />and also channel 31 sydney was putting out a shithouse signal i could hardly pick it up and most ppl i know around the eastern suburbs also had the same problem so for it to be on the optus b3 satellite will be better then everyone will have a digital picture and clear sound much better then the old 5 watts they were pumping out when it was on terrestrial tv anyway <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

also will the new channel 31 sydney on terrestrial tv be analouge or digital signal??

That’s true with the old C31. We at the new channel 31 in Sydney will be pumping out frequency at the same power as ABC and SBS - in March when c31 comes back on, we will be broadcasting from gore hill at the ABC SBS tower. The old cts reached 1.3 million viewers... the new TVS will reach 3.4 million viewers making it the most powerful community TV in Australia and just below or equal to channel 7 9 10 2 and 28 in reception quality.

will broadcast analouge for 2 years then it will prep for full digital broadcasting.

ok thats good to hear <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> good to know i wont be getting the snow show while watching it anymore when it comes back on LOL <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <br /><br />ok kool looks like ill need to plug my tv antenna back into my tv again cause i have my digital tv box now picking up the signals now <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /><br /> <br /> <small>[ 02. December 2004, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: Lazer ]</small>

lol ... yeh snow ...<br /><br />anywayz the new c31 will have quality control unlike the old ppl that are now running AMTV.<br /><br />Within a year I expect TVS to be at same rating levels to SBS and far surpassing ABC.

thats good look forward to it when it comes on please keep us updated on any news you get <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" />

no woriez mate ... takecare .. ciao <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" /> <br /><br /><br />Joseph Safi<br />Chairman<br />Consortium of Australian Media Services<br />Http://www.camstv.tk<br /> <br /> <small>[ 02. December 2004, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: H3CTIK ]</small>

kool cya <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/default/wink.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by H3CTIK:<br /><strong> More info...<br /><br />AMTV is the direct consequence of the shutting down of CTS - the old channel 31 in Sydney.<br /><br />Some members got together and purchased a channel on Globe cast and hence they now have a 24-hour channel.<br /><br />They have been asking program providers to fill up the spots. - This channel will be commercial.<br /><br />It is free to air across Australia and New Zealand - if you have your dish pointed to globe cast ku (optusb3), and have the frequency.<br /><br />Arabic Italian and Chinese will have most of the 'primetime' spots, for obvious reasons relating to population and demand.<br /><br />Salvatore Scevola is the producer of the Italian TV network, which used to air on c31 and is now airing on globe cast. He is now the CEO of AMTV.<br /><br />The only negative is you must buy a dish and dedicated box to access glob cast signals.<br /><br />For an alternative visit http://www.camstv.tk and register or browse for the new Free to air. Channel 31 Terrestrial TV – which you can tune into your normal tv. Brought to you by the Consortium of Australian Media Services. CAMS TV, CAMS RADIO.<br /><br />Cheers. Joseph SAFI<br />Chairman<br />camstv@optusnet.com.au </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well you're welcome to use this forum to give us some input, trust me lots are looking. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <br />Phil

G'day Guys,<br /><br />Good to see there is a bit of discussion on here about our new service. as you will see from the test signal, we will be showing a 1 hour promo from this weekend. whist the service is formed primarily from a consortium of CTS program producers it will also include much more programming form all over Australia and New Zealand. As for the comments from Joseph Safi, regarding Ch31, I have some news for him and others: Ch31 Sydney was barely represented at the annual CBAA conference last weekend in Qld and are quite far from getting their service up and running, and as usual is dogged with infighting. The Executive director appointed this year the infamous mr David Hill (ex ABC Man Director) resigned last week and I have heard Slice TV the community arm of Ch31 is wanting to break from the consortium. This is the reason we decided to re-group and form AMTV. As others have commented it can be picked up on KU band in digital format all over the broadcast footprint. Our new Wesite will be up and running soon and we welcome your comments. We do not operate in competition with the 31's across australia but rather in tandem with them. No one is more supportive of the community Tv sector than myself and our members having lobbied for years for the permanment licenses for all the 31's. the main problem with them is that they have no Federal government funding and are therefore unable to function profitably for the long haul. This is the state that the commercial networks wish to maintain them. I appreciate mr Safi's enthusiasim but it is better for him to inform himself of the real facts about community broadcasting before making unrealistic projections about ratings, i note that he was not a community broadcaster on CTS unlike most of us who were a part of it since its inception.<br /><br />i look forward to hearing your replies.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Salv,

hi Salvatore Scevola <br /> and welcome to the forum good luck with this new channel i hope everything goes well and its last for a very long time look forward to see what programming will have on it and a good choice by putting it on a good satellite on the dual beam for australia and new zealand <br /><br />wish u all the best and success for this new venture <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/default/wink.gif" />

Salvatore <br />Will see what happens in the next few weeks, I might even start a new forum just for you.<br />Phil

yeh i was goin to suggest that to you Phil<br /><br />but like you said will see what happens <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/default/wink.gif" />

Salvatore! Good Luck from Russian Community in<br />Australia!<br />From now i will be in Touch with CAMS TV to show<br />the interest Russian and other ppl<br />Regards

Hello all.<br />And a special hi to Salvatore.<br /><br />I was not a broadcaster, that is true. I was a producer for the music program though. however that shouldent really matter.<br /><br />Your comments about Community TV are well founded.<br /><br />For all to know, I have contacted Salvatore and we are at mutual agreement that Community TV is an essential and vital link for the people.<br /><br />It is unfortunate what happened to c31, and I give my full support and good will, to AMTV and its intentions. The truth is that the future of TV will be on satellite.<br /><br />However for the time being, it seems as if Australia is behind the rest of the world in this area of technological advance.<br /><br />I have contacted the CBAA, and the ABA, in concern to MR David Hills Resignation, the ABA is unresponsive. The CBAA has advised that it appears that he has resigned sometime ago, however TVS has not publicly informed the stakeholders as of yet!?<br /><br />It will be interesting to see the turnout, and also if they make the airing date that they must reach as part of their acceptance of the licence.<br /><br /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" />

Interesting!

Iv always been interested to know, - Just out of curiosity, <br />sometimes when your waching satellite tv - the picture goes fuzzy and sometimes pauses for a few seconds ... Why does that happen ?<br /><br />does it have anything to do with the size of the reciever dish?

errors!! in the Stream, yes size, and setup have a lot to do with that problem + rain

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Salvatore Scevola:<br /><strong> G'day Guys,<br /><br />Good to see there is a bit of discussion on here about our new service. as you will see from the test signal, we will be showing a 1 hour promo from this weekend. whist the service is formed primarily from a consortium of CTS program producers it will also include much more programming form all over Australia and New Zealand. As for the comments from Joseph Safi, regarding Ch31, I have some news for him and others: Ch31 Sydney was barely represented at the annual CBAA conference last weekend in Qld and are quite far from getting their service up and running, and as usual is dogged with infighting. The Executive director appointed this year the infamous mr David Hill (ex ABC Man Director) resigned last week and I have heard Slice TV the community arm of Ch31 is wanting to break from the consortium. This is the reason we decided to re-group and form AMTV. As others have commented it can be picked up on KU band in digital format all over the broadcast footprint. Our new Wesite will be up and running soon and we welcome your comments. We do not operate in competition with the 31's across australia but rather in tandem with them. No one is more supportive of the community Tv sector than myself and our members having lobbied for years for the permanment licenses for all the 31's. the main problem with them is that they have no Federal government funding and are therefore unable to function profitably for the long haul. This is the state that the commercial networks wish to maintain them. I appreciate mr Safi's enthusiasim but it is better for him to inform himself of the real facts about community broadcasting before making unrealistic projections about ratings, i note that he was not a community broadcaster on CTS unlike most of us who were a part of it since its inception.<br /><br />i look forward to hearing your replies.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Salv, </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey Salv - great news.<br /><br />What are the possibilities of some Spanish content down the track - we have one of the largest communities here in Australia, but no services - even TV Chile has gone from UBI.<br /><br />Couldn't you feature some of their programmes?<br /><br />Great service, like the demo tape - look forward to seeing more!<br /><br />Hasta pronto

Hi all and Salvatore<br />I produced a program called Fandangle on CTS this year before CTS lost their license. I have checked your website http://www.amtv.com.au/ and look forward to updates. I tried to ring you as well as edmond but no answer.<br /><br />I have a few questions:<br />Is is possible for me to have my program Fandangle put on amtv?<br />If so what are the requirements?<br />If I purchase the dish are there other channels that I can watch besides amtv?<br /><br />I look forward to your reply.