Radio Television New Ingerland
| Radio Television New Ingerland | |
|---|---|
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| Organisation | |
| Type | Agency sui generis |
| Owner(s) | Government of New Ingerland |
| Founded | 1 October 1973 |
| Headquarters | Kingsbury, CENT |
| Products and services | |
| Industry | Media |
| Products |
Television Radio Internet |
Radio Television New Ingerland or RTNI is the national broadcaster of radio, television and broadband media in New Ingerland. An agency sui generis, RTNI is governed free of political interference and has most its funding provided by a government grant which is set every five years by the Parliament. RTNI is available throughout the country via terrestrial, satellite and internet transmission.
RTNI was established by the Radio Television New Ingerland Act, which consolidated the existed national television and radio services. The assets of the previous operators were transferred to the newly established network, which began broadcasting on the 2 February 1974. Since then, RTNI has grown to include multiple television and radio networks, and has also made much of its content available to the world via the internet.
Overview
Radio Television New Ingerland is comprised of both television and radio services, which are broadcast across multiple mediums, including terrestrial, satellite and digital. At present, there are four television channels and four radio stations offered by RTNI, all of which broadcast across the entire nation, using the various transmission methods listed above.
The principal means of funding of RTNI is through government grant funding, with Parliament having the power to set the amount of money RTNI gets for each quinquennial cycle. In addition to the government grant, RTNI also receives money from foreign programme sales and also from the retail sale of films, music, and books at selected bookstores across the country.
Services
Television
Under the Radio Television New Ingerland Act, RTNI is allowed to operate up to four separate television networks, although it has never exercised this right in full. The current television channels operated by the organisation are known as RTNI1 and RTNI2. Both channels run twenty-four hours a day and each feature a specialist programming schedule suited to different viewing audiences.
Radio
RTNI has five different and independent radio services for different parts of the community. The Radio Television New Ingerland Act allows RTNI to operate up to six terrestrial radio stations, and RTNI operates chooses to operate five of these licences. All five are the direct successor of stations broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network, with four national networks and a regional network providing local news and content.
Internet
The Broadcasting Act gave RTNI the ability to create and transmit content over the internet. The act also applied the charter to the online operations of the national broadcaster, ensuring that commercialisation and political bias could be kept under control. Today, RTNI operates a lavish website, with highly interactive content made available for people of all ages. Many locally produced radio and television programmes are either streamed live or can be downloaded for viewing later.
Governance
RTNI is an agency sui generis governed by the Radio Television New Ingerland Act. The act created the framework for an organisation to be free from both political and commercial influence. This framework has been fleshed out in the RTNI Charter, which is a document that provides specific examples of what RTNI must do as a national broadcaster. Between them, the act and the charter ensure much of the political and cultural bias of journalists and editors is kept under control.
RTNI is governed by a board of six governors and a chairman appointed by the King on the advice and consent of a two-thirds majority of the Senate, with appoints usually vetted by the Senate Select Committee for Communications). The board in turn appoints a Director-General to manage the day to day affairs of the organisation.