Australian Christian Channel
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The Australian Christian Channel (ACC) is a Christian channel featured on subscription-based television in Australia. The Australian Christian Channel is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on Foxtel, Austar, Optus, TransACT, and Neighbourhood Cable.
The channel reaches a potential audience of approximately 2.2 million homes (6.4 million people).
It can also be viewed for free online via their website.
The channel was previously also available on free-to-air digital television
in Sydney
on the Digital Forty Four
service.
The Australian Christian Channel has a strategic partnership with Shine TV
in New Zealand, The U- Channel in Indonesia and UCB in the UK by working together to establish a broadcast service center in Australia that provides programming for those channels.
The Australian Christian Channel is a non-profit organization. Any proceeds in addition to expenses go to fostering new programs, conducting support services or community welfare programs.
The Australian Christian Channel does not sell air time - programs are broadcast at no cost. The provision of finance is not a consideration in determining which programs will go to air on the channel. Programs are selected on merit and their potential placement within the schedule.
The Australian Christian Channel sources programming from all over the world and Australia, with a goal to continue to increase the amount of great quality local Aussie content on air. They are currently looking for programs that are relevant to their Australian audience.
It was announced on the 29th of January, 2010 that the free-to-air digital television
service Digital Forty Four
would end its transmission on 30 April, 2010 including the channels & services Australian Christian Channel, National Indigenous Television
, Expo, Teachers TV, text news from the ABC, live audio feeds from State and Federal Parliaments, and a TV guide as datacasted in the Sydney Area. The Australian government agency, the Australian Communications and Media Authority
decided not to renew the license to broadcast beyond the end of April.
The channel reaches a potential audience of approximately 2.2 million homes (6.4 million people).
It can also be viewed for free online via their website.
The channel was previously also available on free-to-air digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
on the Digital Forty Four
Digital Forty Four
Digital Forty Four was a Sydney-only trial datacasting service which was licensed by the Australian Broadcasting Authority in March 2004 for an initial three year run until late 2007...
service.
The Australian Christian Channel has a strategic partnership with Shine TV
Shine TV
Shine TV is a New Zealand Christian television channel operated by Rhema Broadcasting Group and broadcast on Sky TV channel 111, Christchurch UHF 56, Nelson UHF 44, Telstra Clear Digital TV and Freeview Channel 25 . It includes a mixture of locally made and overseas programming.Shine TV is...
in New Zealand, The U- Channel in Indonesia and UCB in the UK by working together to establish a broadcast service center in Australia that provides programming for those channels.
The Australian Christian Channel is a non-profit organization. Any proceeds in addition to expenses go to fostering new programs, conducting support services or community welfare programs.
The Australian Christian Channel does not sell air time - programs are broadcast at no cost. The provision of finance is not a consideration in determining which programs will go to air on the channel. Programs are selected on merit and their potential placement within the schedule.
The Australian Christian Channel sources programming from all over the world and Australia, with a goal to continue to increase the amount of great quality local Aussie content on air. They are currently looking for programs that are relevant to their Australian audience.
It was announced on the 29th of January, 2010 that the free-to-air digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
service Digital Forty Four
Digital Forty Four
Digital Forty Four was a Sydney-only trial datacasting service which was licensed by the Australian Broadcasting Authority in March 2004 for an initial three year run until late 2007...
would end its transmission on 30 April, 2010 including the channels & services Australian Christian Channel, National Indigenous Television
National Indigenous Television
National Indigenous Television, commonly referred to as NITV, is an Australian television network broadcasting throughout Australia via satellite.-History:...
, Expo, Teachers TV, text news from the ABC, live audio feeds from State and Federal Parliaments, and a TV guide as datacasted in the Sydney Area. The Australian government agency, the Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is an Australian government statutory authority within the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio...
decided not to renew the license to broadcast beyond the end of April.