Metro Screen
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Metro Screen is a Paddington
, Sydney
based not-for-profit film and television training organisation. It is the NSW member of Screen Development Australia (SDA) and is located in the Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington.
It began in 1981 and was originally known as The Paddington Video Access Centre. During the eighties "Metro" was instrumental in developing community access to video and television production through training, productions and capital investment in equipment and facilities. In the late eighties Metro organised the community television trials and was a key organisational player in the establishment of Sydney's community television station Television Sydney
. It receives funding from the Screen NSW.
Paddington, New South Wales
Paddington is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Paddington is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and the Municipality of Woollahra...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
based not-for-profit film and television training organisation. It is the NSW member of Screen Development Australia (SDA) and is located in the Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington.
It began in 1981 and was originally known as The Paddington Video Access Centre. During the eighties "Metro" was instrumental in developing community access to video and television production through training, productions and capital investment in equipment and facilities. In the late eighties Metro organised the community television trials and was a key organisational player in the establishment of Sydney's community television station Television Sydney
Television Sydney
TVS, or Television Sydney , is a free-to-air community television station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.-History:Transmissions officially commenced on analogue UHF channel 31 in February 2006 after three months of technical trials...
. It receives funding from the Screen NSW.