Dublin Community Television

Dublin Community Television (DCTV)

Country	Ireland
Broadcast area	Dublin
Ownership
Owner	Members of DCTV
History
Launched	16 July 2008
Links
Website	www.dctv.ie
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

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

1. "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.
2. Browne, Harry (30 July 2008). "Lost Opportunities". Politico.ie. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
3. 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. ISBN 978-1-138-33602-5.
4. "About". DCTV. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
5. "DCTV". Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Sheehan, Helena (2023). Until We Fall: Long Distance Life on the Left. United States: Monthly_Review_Press. ISBN 978-1-68590-027-4.

External links

• Dublin Community Television's channel on Vimeo