Victorian Indigenous News and Current Affairs
Indigenous television can't afford footy
By Anna Henderson
Updated 2 hours 24 minutes ago
National Indigenous Television (NITV) has
confirmed
it cannot afford to cover an
Indigenous AFL carnival in Alice Springs
this weekend.
The Ngurratjuta Lightning Carnival is held over Easter
in Alice Springs and brings
together teams from remote communities.
NITV chief executive Pat Turner says the event has been
broadcast nationally for
the past two years.
But she says the future of NITV is uncertain because
Federal Government funding
has not been confirmed past June this year.
"It is extremely disappointing," Ms Turner said.
"It is very sad that we can't do it, because I know that
we have been under a lot of
pressure to put more content from remote areas
on television.
"This is one of our great opportunities to cover the
games in Alice Springs and
unfortunately we just don't have the resources to do it."
