Dublin Community Television
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| Country | Ireland |
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| Broadcast area | Dublin |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Members of DCTV |
| History | |
| Launched | 16 July 2008 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Saorview | Not available |
Dublin Community Television (DCTV) is a not-for-profit co-operative television station in Ireland. It broadcasts from the country's capital, Dublin.[1] The channel launched on 16[citation needed] July[2] 2008.[3] It shut down 2013 - 2014 due to lack of funding, but came back on the air in 2015.[3]
The launch was attended by Minister Eamon Ryan, Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources.[citation needed] DCTV is Ireland's only co-operatively run TV channel,[citation needed] and Dublin's only community TV station.[4][non-primary source needed] It has offices in Temple Bar[5][6][non-primary source needed] and The Digital Hub in Dublin.[4][non-primary source needed]
The channel broadcasts on television as well as online services such as YouTube and Vimeo.[3]
Production and programming
[edit]DCTV is a member's co-operative.[3] DCTV is funded by membership fees, alongside local and national government funding, and community organisations.[4][non-primary source needed] The station does not run advertising.[4][non-primary source needed]
Programs for DCTV are created and produced by sources which include:[citation needed]
- Not-for-profit TV production companies, such as NEAR TV Productions in Coolock.
- Other DCTV member organizations, such as AONTAS (adult education), Cultivate (sustainable living), Project (arts); NALA (adult literacy).
- Individual members of DCTV.
It provides training for its members in television production.[3] Its own productions are produced under a Creative Commons license that allows non-profit use, subject to recognition of source.[citation needed] In 2011 during the Post-2008 Irish economic downturn Dublin CTV opened up production facilities in disused shopfronts for unemployed locals and students to create media for digital broadcast.[7]
The channel airs features and shorts (both documentary and drama), cookery programs, adult literacy programmes, activist and college films, community programming, films by young/emerging film-makers and sports (with an emphasis on minority sports).[citation needed]
The station also shows international material such as Democracy Now![6][non-primary source needed]
In 2012 as part of the local Occupy movement DCTV broadcast a series of local lectures relating to "radical movements in Irish history".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Report on the Effect Of the BAI Access Rules (2017" (PDF). Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Browne, Harry (30 July 2008). "Lost Opportunities". Politico.ie. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Mangaoang, Áine; O'Flynn, John; Ó Briain, Lonán (2021). "Assembling the Underground: Scale, Value and Visibility in Dublin's DIY Music Scene". Made in Ireland: studies in popular music. Routledge global popular music series. New York, NY: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429443367-17. ISBN 978-1-138-33602-5.
- ^ a b c d "About". DCTV. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "DCTV". Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b Tierney, Rashers (12 November 2013). "So What Happened DCTV? rabble Chats To The Staff". Rabble. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Mansell, Robin; Tremblay, Gaëtan (2013). Renewing the knowledge societies vision for peace and sustainable development. UNESCO. p. 31. ISBN 978-92-3-001215-1. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Sheehan, Helena (2023). Until We Fall: Long Distance Life on the Left. United States: Monthly_Review_Press. ISBN 978-1-68590-027-4.