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23/09/2024

🎉 Today, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of community broadcasting in Australia! 🎉 Read more on c44.au at the link below!

On this day in 1974, the Whitlam Labor Government made a Cabinet decision to create community broadcasting sector for “those who represent organisations that think they have something to say and want some better means of saying it," and “those who are associated with communities cut off from their rights and entitlements”.

Fifty years on, the community broadcasting sector today delivers over 500 AM/FM/DAB+ services and two dedicated television services, C44 Adelaide and C31 Melbourne and Geelong, that reach over 5.19 million people across Australia each week – almost one quarter (24%) of Australians.

Today, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Government's decision to create community broadcasting

23/09/2024

NOW ON CTV+ | The Stobie Pole: A Century of Powering South Australia | Watch now at www.ctvplus.org.au or download the app for iOS or Android from your app store. Discover the story of the Stobie pole, a true icon of South Australia. Celebrate its 100 years of service with us and learn about its history, how they're made, why they work so well, and the colourful ways they've influenced our culture.

The Stobie Pole: A Century of Powering South Australia is a production of MadeAdelaide and SA Power Networks.

20/09/2024

🏳️‍🌈 Feast of LGBTIQA+ culture coming to Adelaide for Pridevember! 🏳️‍🌈 From 9 to 24 November, more than 900 artists, performers, volunteers, and production crew will come together to produce 82 events during Feast Festival. “We celebrate q***r stories because everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and loved,” says Feast CEO Tish Naughton.

Adelaide’s premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival Feast returns in Pridevember!

17/09/2024

VODCAST 🖥🎧 How do you turn the spark of an idea into an Adelaide Fringe show? In the latest episode of FringePod, Thomas Gorham from Head First Acrobats and writer and comedian Jennifer Wong share their journeys from idea to stage. Watch or listen now here 👇

Watch on CTV+: https://bit.ly/4d2BF5e
Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3XJ4pLH
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4bAO6F4
Listen on SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/4dPwSpe

16/09/2024

PREMIERE | TRUE RHYMES | MONDAY 9.00PM
Join Mark the Bush Bee Man and be regaled with the true and often chilling stories behind popular nursery rhymes, starting with the dark origins of 'There Was a Crooked Man' and the story of King Charles I's tumultuous reign.

Congrats to local producers Six Foot Four Productions, makers of The Bush Bee Man and now True Rhymes, on another really fun series!

09/09/2024

🍿 GIVEAWAY 🍿 Win a family pass to see Runt! Enter now at www.c44.au.

Craig Silvey’s beloved best-selling novel leaps onto the big screen in a charming new Australian family movie. Runt is the heartfelt and hilarious tale of eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend Runt, an adopted stray dog with remarkable abilities. In a bid to save their family farm, the two aspire to compete in the Agility Course Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London, while overcoming hurdles, obstacles and villains.

Only in cinemas September 19. Enter now below to win a family pass (four in-season tickets) to see Runt, thanks to STUDIOCANAL.

Note: Entries open to South Australian residents only.

Craig Silvey’s beloved best-selling novel leaps onto the big screen in a charming new Australian family movie.

06/09/2024

How has the Royal Adelaide Show changed over the years? ❤️

96-year-old Mary from Stirling joined ABC Radio Adelaide's David Bevan at the Royal Adelaide Show and reminisced about what the Show was like when she was younger. 🥰

Listen to her full chat here: https://shorturl.at/aAeWl

Hear more from 891AM ABC Radio Adelaide on the ABC listen app or here: ab.co/Adelaide

31/08/2024

Celebrating the best of community broadcasting!

28/08/2024

Here we go for University of South Australia Open Day at Magill Campus, to talk about film and TV industry pathways through our partnership with UniSA Creative!

27/08/2024

🎡 WIN TICKETS TO THE SHOW! 🎡 It's Showtime! Tell us your favourite memory of the Royal Adelaide Show, like Tyrell from Findon High School, to win tickets! Our favourite responses will win a family pass (valued up to $76) and we've got single passes (valued up to $33) to give away too. Enter now at https://bit.ly/4cAc97

26/08/2024

🎡 WIN TICKETS TO THE SHOW! 🎡 It's Showtime! Tell us your favourite memory of the Royal Adelaide Show, like Abdi from Findon High School, to win tickets! Our favourite responses will win a family pass (valued up to $76) and we've got single passes (valued up to $33) to give away too. Enter now at https://bit.ly/4cAc973

26/08/2024

TONIGHT 7PM | OurTimeTV host Malcolm Harslett is joined by Jo O'Callaghan from Adelaide Fringe to talk about Australia's biggest arts festival, what to expect in 2025, and how you can get involved! Watch at 7pm Monday or catch-up later on CTV Plus.

23/08/2024

🎡 WIN TICKETS TO THE SHOW! 🎡 It's Showtime! Tell us your favourite memory of the Royal Adelaide Show, like Gracie from Findon High School, to win tickets! Our favourite responses will win a family pass (valued up to $76) and we've got single passes (valued up to $33) to give away too. Enter now at https://bit.ly/4cAc973

14/08/2024

🚨 PILOT 🚨 | THE VANITY PROJECT | All the best drama is caught off-stage! Saturday 14 September or watch it now on CTV Plus at https://ctvplus.org.au/series/the-vanity-project/

Conceived and produced by Flinders University film and TV students, The Vanity Project is about what happens when, with a lack of university productions in sight, news of the latest student-led play sends everyone into chaos. The drama club and its attentive president welcome the new production, excited to work on something different. As the initial phases of production occur, it becomes apparent how doomed this play might be. Throw in a camera crew set on filming the whole experience, and a diva director. What will the cameras capture?

12/08/2024

We won a South Australian Screen Award for Be Curious! It's taken a few weeks to get the very busy team together to celebrate winning the SASA for Best Web Series at The Mercury recently. Congratulations and many thanks again to our fantastic host and first-time TV presenter Alison Kershaw, executive producer Lauren Ann Hillman, John DeCaux and his team at Six Foot Four Productions , editor Clare Elvia, and (not pictured) associate producer Amalia Sablada.

If you haven't seen Be Curious, watch it now on CTV Plus here: https://ctvplus.org.au/series/be-curious/

It's a new four-episode series made to break down barriers between scientists and the public and inspire the next generation of South Australian scientists and innovators.

Hosted by science communicator and first-time TV presenter Alison Kershaw from Inspiring South Australia, Be Curious explores the groundbreaking science and trailblazing technology happening in the North Terrace institutions that many of us pass every day, including SAHMRI, MOD., the South Australian Museum, and the Australian Space Discovery Centre at the Australian Space Agency.

12/08/2024

Today is International Youth Day and we had the great opportunity recently to capture the Youth Action Plan Forum in action, as young people across the state came together at Carclew to tell the state government how it can better meet the needs of young people, hosted by Nat Cook MP and Human Services SA.

12/08/2024

TONIGHT! OurTimeTV celebrates its 600th episode with a special one-hour program at 7pm, with host Malcolm Harslett and very special guests Peter Goers and Dianne Gall, filmed as always at the University of South Australia's Magill Campus.

12/08/2024

TONIGHT! OurTimeTV celebrates its 600th episode with a special one-hour program at 7pm, with host Malcolm Harslett and very special guests Peter Goers and Dianne Gall, filmed as always at University of South Australia's Magill Campus.

If you miss it tonight, fear not, it will repeat on Wednesday at 2pm and on Saturday at 10pm. And it'll be available on-demand on CTV Plus at www.ctvplus.org.au.

02/08/2024

We are excited to announce the election of Dr Tom Young as the new Chair of Channel 44. Tom is the founder of Frankie Films, a senior lecturer at Flinders University, and creator of the widely acclaimed The 100 Day Film Project.

Having been a director on the C44 board since 2021, Tom is poised to lead the organisation through this next innovative chapter of national growth for the community tv sector.

We also want to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing Chair, Jo Stewart-Rattray, for her dedication and contributions over the past six years. Jo will formally step down from the board at the end of her tenure in December 2024.

Filmmaker and academic Dr Tom Young is the new chair of the Channel 44 board

29/07/2024

📢 OPPORTUNITY 📢 Could you be the artist who creates the poster that represents the biggest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere, Adelaide Fringe, in 2025? Read more about the Adelaide Fringe poster competition and how to win $10,000 from Lumo Energy SA!

Enter now for your chance to define the 2025 Fringe and win $10,000!

29/07/2024

📢 VACANCY 📢 The South Australian Film Corporation is looking for an all-round finance whiz to join its team as Finance Officer at Adelaide Studios in Glenside. This is a role well-suited to someone who has come from a book-keeping or Finance Assistant position, who is highly organised and comfortable managing multiple responsibilities. A great eye for detail and proven experience in financial management are essential. This is a full-time role, but part-time candidates will be considered. More info at

Want to join our dynamic team of screen professionals? Find out more about available opportunities below.

29/07/2024

🍿 REVIEW 🍿 It’s certainly been a while since an arthouse horror movie has captured this level of hype. Read movie guru Austin Frape's review of surprise hit Longlegs, in which FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case and discovers a personal connection to the cryptic killer known as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage). Can Harker stop him before he strikes again?

It’s certainly been a while since an arthouse horror movie has captured this level of hype.

25/07/2024

🍿 GIVEAWAY! 🍿 Win a double pass to see 200% Wolf! A follow up to the Australian animated feature film, 100% Wolf, in which our hero, Freddy, had to grapple with the shock revelation that he is destined to be not a mighty werewolf like all of his family, but a tiny pink poodle!

In 200% Wolf, Freddy thinks he has everything it takes to lead his werewolf pack but earning the respect of his pack-mates proves to be a challenge. But when a wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a mischievous moon spirit on earth, Freddy must restore the cosmic order before it’s too late!

Enter now to win an in-season double pass to see 200% Wolf, only in cinemas August 8, thanks to Studiocanal.

Win a double pass to see the follow-up to the Australian animated feature film, 100% Wolf

18/07/2024

❄️ Save 25% on C44 advertising with our Winter Sponsor Special! ❄️ Promote your business or event and support local, independent TV for just $7.50 per 30-second spot!

Go to www.c44.au/advertising and use our winter coupon code winter25 for a cockle-warming 25% off when you choose a three, six or 12-month sponsorship package.

Becoming a Channel 44 sponsor is a great, low-cost way to enter TV advertising, build brand recognition and increase sales while supporting local screen content and creators. With a broadcast footprint across the Adelaide metropolitan area, you can increase awareness with a diverse audience or targeted niches, from active seniors to car enthusiasts, avid anglers, local music fans, outdoor adventurers and classic movie buffs to name a few. Become a Channel 44 sponsor today!

16/07/2024

📢 OPPORTUNITY 📢 Apply before July 20 to join the crew of a new series of Couch 44 here: https://bit.ly/4bJD4Ni

We're excited to announce that C44 has commissioned another series of Couch 44, thanks to the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation! Apply now to work on the youth show that has gone from the C44 office couch to a third series, Antenna Awards for Best Youth Program and Best Director (Maddie Siegertsz), a South Australian Screen Awards nomination, and spawned a production company, Clarice would like a word., led by Couch 44 producers Maddie Siegertsz and Tully Templeman

11/07/2024

🍿 GIVEAWAY 🍿 Enter now at the link in bio for a chance to win a double pass to see LONGLEGS.

From writer/director Oz Perkins comes the most anticipated horror movie of the year, LONGLEGS, starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe. FBI agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Enter for your chance to win a double pass, thanks to Rialto Distribution.

Win a double pass to see the most anticipated horror movie of the year, LONGLEGS, starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe

09/07/2024

We were honoured today to be able to welcome Karen Grogan - Senator for SA to the C44 office to discuss community TV's future as a platform for local content by and for local audiences, and the Australian Labor Party's continued support for community broadcasting.

Read more about Roadmap 2033, a shared vision for the future of community broadcasting in Australia, led by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and Community Broadcasting Foundation, here: https://www.roadmap2033.org.au/

06/07/2024

🔬 TONIGHT! 6.30 PM 🧪 Watch the South Australian Screen Award-winning Be Curious in a very special replay, starting with a new bonus episode about SAHMRI, coinciding with SAHMRI fundraiser Bright Walk, raising funds for life-saving research! Read more about Bright Walk here: https://sahmribright.org.au/

Hosted by science communicator and first-time TV presenter Alison Kershaw, Be Curious is a Channel 44 series, made in collaboration with Inspiring South Australia and Six Foot Four Productions, exploring the groundbreaking science and trailblazing technology happening in North Terrace institutions SAHMRI, MOD. at University of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the Australian Space Discovery Centre at the South Australian Space Industry Centre in Lot Fourteen.

24/06/2024

The next episode of FringePod is available now on CTV Plus and podcast! Looking at how shows go from Adelaide Fringe to touring to other festivals, Honey Pot marketplace manage sits down with theatre-maker Alexander Wright from Wright & Grainger to discuss the company’s journey from their first ever Fringe show to onward touring around Australia and internationally.

Watch on CTV+: https://bit.ly/3zaBINY
Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3xxL1Hn
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4bAO6F4
Listen on SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/4dPwSpe

Adelaide Fringe's marketplace manager Andy Beecroft sits down with theatre-maker Alexander Wright from Wright & Grainger to discuss the company's journey

21/06/2024

⭐ Nominated for Best First Nations Film: Mob Talks: Politics! ⭐ The Politics episode of C44 First Nations talkshow Mob Talks is a finalist in the South Australian Screen Awards this Saturday at The Mercury. Watch it on-demand on CTV Plus at https://bit.ly/3KQilMO

In this special episode of Mob Talks, Kyam Maher MLC talks with host Marcellus Enalanga about his life in politics as an Aboriginal man, his road to becoming South Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Attorney-General, and why SA is leading the national conversation on First Nations voices to Parliament.

The SASAs are held annually by The Mercury to celebrate and showcase the work of South Australian screenmakers, recognising emerging talent and celebrating the people and projects created by the local screen industry. Read more at https://themercury.org.au/sasa2024/