Online science TV channel launched

New online science television channel riaus.tv will promote the public awareness and understanding of science by delivering free science-based content to Australians.

The channel will operate out of Adelaide and is run by national science communication organisation RiAus.

Media solutions company Hostworks partnered with RiAus to host the TV platform. Content will be available across digital media platforms from desktops to tablets and smartphones.

“RiAus TV will provide a great opportunity to encourage conversations about science,” RiAus Director Dr Paul Willis said in a statement. “RiAus TV will have something to appeal to everyone, from school students to professionals to science first-timers.

The University of Adelaide, Flinders University, University of South Australia, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and industry organisations, including the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), have signed up as partners for RiAus TV.

Upcoming broadcasts include personal interviews with leading science communicators including Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb and Canadian biologist Dr Carin Bondar.