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ICTV gratefully acknowledges
the support of :
The Canada Council for the Arts
Partners for Economic & Community Help
(PEACH)
VanCity
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Who is ICTV?
ICTV is a
non-profit cooperative, community television production office. We
offer
training and equipment for the production of television that reflects the
local community. ICTV offers a place for voices and ideas that are
excluded from the commercial and public broadcast systems. ICTV
programming airs on Shaw Cable 4 in the Lower Mainland.
Our
program policy encourages programming by and for those most
under-
represented by commercial media. Our programming emphasizes
local
issues and stories, community development, undercovered news, and local
arts.
There are lots of stories and events taking place in our
communities and ICTV is
the place where the story can be told. If you
know
of a story that you think should be told on television, call us. ICTV also
supports local artists. If you are an artist who would like to promote an
event (theatre, art opening, performance, music, spoken word), let us know and we'll do what we can to promote it.
Deregulation of Community Television in Canada
In 2002, the CRTC reinstated regulations requiring cable companies to allow citizen access to the local community channel. ICTV facilitates that access by providing the equipment and training required to make community television.
The airwaves are owned by all of us, but in practice, few choose what actually goes on the air. Advertisers set the rules in commercial broadcasting. Community television is the one place where stories can be told free of corporate influence.
If you feel that your concerns and ideas and values are not accurately portrayed on commercial television, then community access television offers you the opportunity to make something better.
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