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		<title>Ghosts of media regulators past haunt Convergence Review</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/ghosts-of-media-regulators-past-haunt-convergence-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/ghosts-of-media-regulators-past-haunt-convergence-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The free-to-air television networks are the big winners from the convergence review. And bloggers may be the big losers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The growing cost of the gift to TV networks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/23/the-growing-cost-to-taxpayers-of-the-gift-to-tv-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/23/the-growing-cost-to-taxpayers-of-the-gift-to-tv-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadasting regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government's gift last year to the free-to-air TV networks is costing us tens of millions more than forecast.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conroy&#8217;s convergence review must surrender control</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/15/the-convergence-review-must-surrender-ideas-of-media-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/15/the-convergence-review-must-surrender-ideas-of-media-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The challenge for the government's review of convergence is to let go of the idea that we can control the media like we could before digital.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anti-siphoning isn&#8217;t new paradigm-friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/18/sorry-but-anti-siphoning-isnt-new-paradigm-friendly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/18/sorry-but-anti-siphoning-isnt-new-paradigm-friendly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-siphoning list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadcasting Services Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay tv]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the huffing and puffing on anti-siphoning doesn't change that the opposition and minor parties have virtually no options if they don't like what the government offers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The great lie of anti-siphoning: it doesn&#8217;t work, and it rips off sports</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/the-great-lie-of-anti-siphoning-it-doesnt-work-and-it-rips-off-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/the-great-lie-of-anti-siphoning-it-doesnt-work-and-it-rips-off-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-siphoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's pretty simple: anti-siphoning isn't about protecting free-to-air viewers, it's about ripping off sports and stifling competition. Too bad politicians and the media don't get it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>More movies, more news or more Two and a Half Men? Australia&#8217;s new channels</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/whitenoise/2010/05/04/multichannel-speculation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/whitenoise/2010/05/04/multichannel-speculation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[digital TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each commercial broadcaster will offer three unique channels by the end of 2010. So what can we expect? <b>Dan Barrett</b> wraps the rumours and speculation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>On-the-run decision making aside, Senator Conroy, where&#8217;s our media policy?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/22/on-the-run-decision-making-aside-senator-conroy-wheres-our-media-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/22/on-the-run-decision-making-aside-senator-conroy-wheres-our-media-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$250m free TV rebate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Colman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surely, surely, it is time Stephen Conroy and his department took a deep breath, sat back and actually tried to come up with a media policy. One with a coherent philosophy and clear aims.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government&#8217;s FTA TV bonus could have better spent elsewhere</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/governments-fta-tv-bonus-could-have-better-spent-elsewhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/governments-fta-tv-bonus-could-have-better-spent-elsewhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Beecher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs JBWere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, without any hint or debate, the federal Government dramatically changed the settings and priorities of Australian media policy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/governments-fta-tv-bonus-could-have-better-spent-elsewhere/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips for Tony Abbott</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/10/tips-for-tony-these-talking-points-are-staring-you-in-the-face/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/10/tips-for-tony-these-talking-points-are-staring-you-in-the-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question time]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Opposition has two big issues on which it could inflict real damage on the Government -- and it is wholly ignoring one and feebly prosecuting the other.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t someone think of the rich TV execs!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/10/crikey-says-155/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/10/crikey-says-155/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government's decision to rebate free-to-air television networks' licence fees, ostensibly to assist them in meeting the cost of local production, is appalling.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: Will Conroy kill free TV?</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Will-Conroy-kill-free-TV-pd20090921-W44XD?OpenDocument&#038;src=kgb</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Will-Conroy-kill-free-TV-pd20090921-W44XD?OpenDocument&#038;src=kgb#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Broadband Network could see a range of competitors to free-to-air TV emerge, as internet TV and video become more accessible and profitable. But whose interests will the Broadband Minister be protecting? asks <b>Stephen Bartholomeusz</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free-to-air ad revenue plunges $300m</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25816724-7582,00.html?from=public_rss</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25816724-7582,00.html?from=public_rss#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free-to-air TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television advertisements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=75194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian advertisers spent $300 million less on free-to-air TV advertising last year than they did the year before -- a drop of 7.8%. With the launch of more free-to-air digital and pay-TV channels coming this year, things may only get leaner.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why is free-to-air TV still hogging sports coverage?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/use-it-or-lose-it-why-is-free-to-air-tv-still-hogging-sports-coverage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/use-it-or-lose-it-why-is-free-to-air-tv-still-hogging-sports-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government’s anti-siphoning list amounts to direct, government-approved theft from sports bodies, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. When is that going to change?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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