Region. Plea from community TV

TVS, Sydney’s community TV station, based in Penrith, along with similar stations in other capital cities, have lobbied the Federal Government for funding to help with the changeover to digital transmission. The not-for-profit stations have an estimated national audience of four million people, but they say without government help the industry will be dead in two years. The Australian Community Television Alliance's Laurie Patton is the secretary and chief executive of TVS told the ABC it was ironic that while the Federal Government was actively encouraging people to switch to digital television, it was leaving a vital part of the television broadcasting community behind.