The “Australian Screens, Australian Stories” campaign aims to fight for local TV programming across free-to-air and digital channels as the government drafts new legislation. Dr Vincent O’Donnell reports.
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Conroy sets the scene for new round of media consolidation
The government has opened up the television industry to a major round of consolidation as it responds to the Convergence Review. Broadcasters should be thrilled, reckon Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer.
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Idiot’s Guide to the Convergence Review: local content in global age
While the Convergence Review’s final report put forward a radical rewriting of the basis for media diversity regulation, on local and children’s content this is a strongly status quo report.
READ MOREConroy’s cutting remarks ruffle feathers at ABC
There is consternation and some pissed-offedness within the senior management at the ABC this morning over Senator Stephen Conroy’s unforced remarks to ABCNews24 yesterday.
READ MOREMedia regulation review: groundbreaking, eventually changing everything
Revolutionary change to media regulation in Australia is the likely outcome of the current convergence review, something made clear in a discussion paper issued earlier this week.
READ MORENew logo: taking aim at the ABC’s rebranding
The ABC’s brand new, and annoyingly big, watermarks are clever because they throw light on perhaps the two most important issues currently facing the national broadcaster, writes Andrew Dodd.
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