NITV

Nunavut Independent Television Network, based in Igloolik, Nunavut, is Canada's first artist-run media centre located in a remote Inuit community. NITV aims to expand local access television in Igloolik and link other Nunavut communities through NITV on IsumaTV, by developing the use of Internet-TV to increase the production and distribution of Inuktitut-language and other Aboriginal programming. NITV is one of the founding members of IsumaTV, a collective multimedia platform for Inuit and Aboriginal media worldwide. NITV also is one of the founding partners in Digital Indigenous Democracy, an effort to bring global partners into a working collaboration through new media and socio-political networking. As a Northern Internet Distributor NITV on IsumaTV is recognized as an Eligible Broadcaster by the Canada Media Fund to trigger financing from the Aboriginal Fund Envelope. More information at nitv@isuma.tvSee more