[1] The National Indigenous Media Association of Australia (NIMAA) was established in 1992, with its membership spanning urban, regional and remote community broadcasters and multimedia producers across the country.
NIMAA encouraged and provided support to Indigenous broadcasters to use new technology in production such as video-conferencing and digital video editing, while incorporating their own cultural protocols.
[1] In 2003 the Australian Indigenous Communications Association was launched, in the same year that the federal government split the powers of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
[1] AICA aims to represent all Indigenous people and organisations in media, communications and broadcasting, including print, film, television, online and radio.
[2] It develops national policy and as of 2021[update] represents the interests of 130 Indigenous media outlets all around Australia, including in remote areas, as well as individual members.