Pinoy TV: Imagining the Filippino-Australian Community

Both ethnic community television and representations of Filipino-Australian community are underrepresented areas in Australian cultural studies scholarship. With existing work focusing on the ways in which Asian Australian communities may consume media sources, this article examines cultural representations of Filipino-Australians and modes of addressing an imagined Filipino-Australian 'community'. Through a nuanced reading of the creation and development of Pinoy TV, Australia's only Filipino-Australian community television producer, we contextualise the sociocultural positioning of contemporary Filipino-Australians within the broader national culture. The article examines issues crucial to Filipino-Australian community identity-building, including language, gender and generational differences.