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Public Access Television

Austin’s public access channels (10,11 & 16) are operated by a new non-profit contractor, the Austin Film Society (AFS) who uses the City’s state of the art television and community media center to provide training, production and distribution of content created by Austin residents.

On October 1, 2015, AFS began its two-year contract for $475,000 annually to operate the access center and training program.  The contract allows for two, two-year extensions

Since 1973, public access in Austin has been about providing and protecting free-speech “soapboxes”  for our electronic age. Channel 10, at 42 years young, is the longest continually-operating public access channel in the nation.

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