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On 1 March 2012, C31 ceased broadcasting its analogue signal, and is now available only as logical digital channel 44.
In September 2014, Australian federal communications minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] announced that licensing for community television stations would end in December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Community TV: Malcolm Turnbull confirms licensing for stations will end in 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-10/community-television-kicked-off-air-by-federal-government/5733690 |publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 September 2014 |accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> In September 2015, Turnbull, then Prime Minister, announced an extension of the deadline to 31 December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/09/community-tv-lifeline-extended-to-2016.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=Community TV lifeline: extended to 2016 |publisher=TV Tonight |date=17 September 2015 |accessdate=26 January 2016 }}</ref> The deadline was further extended twice at the last minute by Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield, first to 30 June 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/12/new-switch-off-date-for-community-tv.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=New switch-off date for Community TV |publisher=TV Tonight |date=15 December 2016 |accessdate=18 December 2016 }}</ref> and later to 31 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 June 2017 |title=Channel 31 gets a six-month reprieve on free-to-air TV shutdown |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/channel-31-gets-a-sixmonth-reprieve-on-freetoair-tv-shutdown-20170627-gwzjw3.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> Fifield made an additional extension to 30 June 2018 as part of the government's deal with the [[Nick Xenophon Team]] to garner support for large-scale media reforms in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/devil-detail-deals-government-made-get-media-reforms-across-line-471840 |title=The devil in the detail: The deals the government made to get media reforms across the line |last=Wallbank |first=Paul |date=15 September 2017 |website=Mumbrella |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=13 September 2017 |title=Media reform: Government clinches deal with crossbench |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/media-reform-government-clinches-deal-with-crossbench/news-story/9250f66fcebc9fc8e4631e75f51e85ba |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> while a further extension, announced on 1 June 2018, gave broadcasters an additional two years through 30 June 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |date=1 June 2018 |title=Community television broadcasters granted two-year licence extension |url=http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/mitch_fifield/news/community_television_broadcasters_granted_two_year_licence_extension#.WxdVvu6FPZ4 |url-status=live |location=Canberra |agency=Department of Communications and the Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606033503/http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/mitch_fifield/news/community_television_broadcasters_granted_two_year_licence_extension |archive-date=6 June 2018 |access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref> In June 2020, they were given another 12
C31, like other community television stations, is moving operations online, and streams its channel live on their website which allows access to viewers outside of its traditional broadcast area. In April 2016, C31 became the first community station to offer a mobile app that offers live streaming and [[video on demand]] catch up television.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Adam |date=20 April 2016 |title=Community TV: shift to online begins |url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/mobiles/community-tv-shift-to-online-begins-20160412-go45mw.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>
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