Imparja Television
Advertising Services11-50 Employees
Imparja Television is Australia's last truly independent television station. Founded in Alice Springs, NT in 1986, Imparja has grown to be one of the great success stories of indigenous enterprise. As well as indigenous and locally produced programs, Imparja purchases its programming from the Nine Network enabling a lively and varied programming schedule, with wide public appeal. It brings the best of the city's shows and sports to remote Australia. Imparja also provides relevant news and current affairs for its entire broadcast area. It is a profitable company employing approximately 70 people and it has helped train many of the Aboriginal people now working in Australia's television industry. Imparja’s founders, directors and shareholders are all indigenous and they have never requested nor received a dividend, preferring to invest any profit back into the development of the company and also support a broad social platform that is enshrined in it's Constitution. Imparja (pronounced IM-PAR-JA) is the anglicised spelling and pronunciation of the word Impatye, meaning tracks or footprints in the Arrernte language. Arrernte (pronounced AH-RUNTA) is the traditional tribe and language of the Alice Springs region.