Community TV bid for SBS channel rejected

By Madeleine Heffernan and Dominic White
Updated September 15 2014 - 11:18am, first published 10:54am
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard McLelland, the secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance says Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) may have 'pulled the wrong rein.' Photo: Glenn Hunt

The government has given a thumbs down to the community TV sector's bid to take over an SBS channel rather than go off air.

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