To celebrate Mayday 2013, DCTV is releasing this set of 5 lectures on the topic of 1913 which were organised by the Dublin City Archives for each Tuesday in April 2013. These are available for download and re-use by anybody producing material around 1913. Watch out for more releases in the coming months
Frances Devine and Fergus Russell
Seamus O’Maitiú
Cathy Henderson and Robert Ballagh
Des Geraghty
Bryan Murray
This month, the third series of Community of Independents returns to its 11pm Thursday slot, accompanied by a new DCTV music show and then a special selection of music television until 1am.. Covering Urban music, Bump TV is a weekly show which focusses on a single artist and plays from 10pm every week.
BumpTv Season 1 Episode 3 – Class A’z from DCTV on Vimeo.
This is followed by Danny and the gang who are back with the third season of Commmunity of Independents. Both shows are available on the internet from the evening of their broadcast – but nothing beats that live TV feeling so tune in each Thursday at 10pm on UPC ch 802 and www.aertv.ie/#dctv and turn up the volume.
Community Of Independents Studio Show S03E01 from DCTV on Vimeo.
2012 AGM Volunteer Video from DCTV on Vimeo.
From 6pm this evening DCTV will be holding its Annual General Meeting. The members of the co-op have received copies of the annual accounts, will receive reports from the committee of the society and will discuss motions at the Guinness Enterprise Centre from 6pm. This is to be followed by a review of the productions currently showing on the station – above is a montage of some of whats currently on air.

Dublin City Community Forum would like to invite you to attend a
documented forum on Wednesday 12th of December in the Wood Quay Venue at 10am to 1pm In this structured half day seminar we want to capture your voice on Dublins residents associations .
If you want your voice heard attend this event , this will be facilitated by Dublin City Community Forum in conjuction with the Association of Combined Residents Associations and Dublin Community Television .
Your ideas , concerns and thoughts will be documented and presented to City Council .
Dublin Community Television (DCTV) will film , upload and broadcast
keynotes , discussions and vox pops from this event .
*Tea, coffee and lunch is provided
If you would like to attend this event please register by filling in
the form here .
If you have any queries please email barry@dctv.ie
Courtesy of the team from the Live Register and a volunteer members of the station you can watch footage and reports from todays march in a Live Register Special at 4.30pm. Organisers and speakers will also be in studio for live interviews and post-march analysis.
Watch this and all DCTV material on UPC Channel 802 and online at aertv.ie/#dctv.

The Live Register Team
Dole TV // Season 4 // Promo from DCTV on Vimeo.
Who says no-one is making good telly in Ireland? DCTV is really proud of our new Tuesday evening line up, not least because we’ve decided to bundle a whole load of new programmes our members have been making together.
At 6 pm Bosco Talks airs a pilot of the new series. An all new group from the St John Bosco centre bring everything thats happening in Drimnagh and further afield. Watch out for the full new season, the third series, coming on Tuesdays in the New year.
At 9pm Dole TV returns for the fourth and what we’ve been promised is the final series. Great new comedy, some fine interviews and the usual mix of surprises and animations every week between now and Christmas. Tell everybody you know its back and get to a TV so you can see it first before everybody shares it on fakebook.
Then 9.30 pm The Live Register continues its strong first season this time looking at Social Housing. After their great start looking at Fracking and Abortion, the show doesn’t flinch from the real issues.
Finally 10 pm Democracy Now will screen – our nightly show from New York City where Amy Goodman delivers the nights news.
Tuesdays on DCTV – where you find out whats really happening.
To mark the centenary of the Dublin Lockout, SIPTU and the NCAD have developed a project to create a Tapestry telling the story of the lock out. Planning and construction of the work is being followed by DCTV as part of its plans for television to mark the centenary. This video was produced by the documentary crew and shown at the launch by Michael D Higgins in Liberty Hall on the 6th November 2012.
Tapestry Documentary Promo from DCTV on Vimeo.
for more details on the tapestry see the 1913 committee blog.
The Community Television Association welcomes the success of member NvTv in being awarded the Belfast local digital television service by the British regulator, Ofcom. NvTv recently switched off their analogue signal after eight years of broadcasting and it is encouraging to see recognition of the fantastic work by their team over this time.
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Starting from 5.30pm this evening DCTV will be broadcasting 3 hours of live programming from the Shopfront Studio in Temple Bar. Produced by NearTV the show will have live interviews on the streets of Dublin as the crowds come in to enjoy the night.
Available on cable on UPC 802 or online at AerTV.ie/#dctv the coverage is the second year that Near has broadcast from the studio for Culture Night.
At a Dublin Council of Trade Unions meeting next Tuesday evening entitled “How Should our Movement Commemorate the Lockout” DCTV will show details of it’s Tapestry project which will produce 7 hours of Lockout related community television for broadcast next Autumn.
Event Details: How should the labour movement commemorate the centenary of the Dublin Lockout. 6.30pm Connolly Books Essex Street Tuesday 18th September.
Organised by Dublin Council of Trade Unions.
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