Television Sydney
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| TVS | |
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| Launched | February 20, 2006 |
| Picture format | 576i (PAL) |
| Slogan | Sydney's New Free-TV Channel |
| Broadcast area | Sydney |
| Website | www.tvs.tv |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Tuned to 31 |
TVS, or Television Sydney ([1]), (call sign TSN-31), is an analogue free-to-air community television station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia on UHF channel 31.
TVS is promoted as Sydney's newest free-to-air TV channel.
Since its opening on 20 February 2006, TVS has been broadcasting 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
TVS has a 20kW transmitter and transmits through the same antenna as SBS located on the Broadcast Australia tower at Gore Hill. The channel provides coverage across most of Sydney, with reports of clear reception from locations as far south as Wollongong, in the lower Blue Mountains and on the Central Coast. The signal is slightly weaker than that of SBS, however some viewers report stronger signal reception for TVS than for SBS.
TVS has a broadcast operations centre on the media campus of the University of Western Sydney. The station's fully digital automation system is based on the Playbox ([2]) software.
The focus is on Sydney-specific programming with some programs sourced from interstate community channels and from professional program makers. Genuine not-for-profit community based program makers receive free airtime.
There are repeats in the TVS program line-up, with some shows repeated twice in a week to allow viewers a choice of viewing times. The station's program line-up is published in most Australian electronic program guides (EPG's) and in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
TVS accepts sponsorship advertising and has an external sales and sponsorship agent, Stenmark Media Brokers ([3]). It also sells program airtime (a maximum of eight hours per day as permitted under its licence conditions).
The channel has engaged a small team of paid employees and volunteers (many of them media students) and is headed up by former Seven Network executive Laurie Patton as CEO, Henri de Gorter (Program Manager) and Ian Sneddon (Operations Manager).
TVS is a founding member of the Australian Community Television Alliance ([4]).
[edit] External links
- TVS
- Stenmark Media Brokers
- Australian Community Television Alliance
- University of Western Sydney
- Playbox
[edit] See also
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