Open Channel TV Base believes that Community Television provides a forum for the voiceless. It is a tool of democracy and equality. Poverty and marginalisation can cause an effective loss of voice for those who live in a consumer society. Empowering people is about choice. Community Television is about giving people access to facilities, training and the means of transmission. Equal access for all means a levelling of barriers to allow greater freedom of expression. Open Channel was set up in 1990 as a not for profit community development organisation dedicated to the establishment of a Community Television service in Ireland. Its aim is to promote community based television by developing the necessary infrastructures, training strategies and information networks which will form the backbone of Community Television in Ireland. Since its inception Open Channel has established links with Community Television groups and stations internationally as well as with groups and individuals interested in Community Television and video in Ireland. Open Channel is part of a movement of similar organisations dedicated to the promotion of Community Television and video as a tool for community development through the World.

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