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Should the government maintain local content quotas? The government wants to hear your thoughts on Aussie media.

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Should the government maintain local content quotas? Do we have enough access to a diversity of voices, views and information? How do we balance freedom of media against community standards?

The government’s Convergence Review Committee is seeking input from both stakeholders and individuals at Australia’s media and communication regulations.

They will look at the rules around content accessed through devices such as televisions, tablets, and smartphones; the production and distribution of Australian content; the rules around media ownership and media diversity; and the way that valuable spectrum is allocated.

If you want to have your say you can contribute via their social networking platform or through email.

The committee will produce a report for Government to consider early next year.

Check it out here.

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  1. All i want is for new and old content to have seperate homes. Ideally australian content on the digital channels and the international content on the main channels that would make more sense.

  2. @Tex- The old ABCB once put TVT6 Hobart off the air for 24 hours for breach of commercial limits. Haha. Imagine that now.
    Those were the days when commercials had to average 12 mins/hr and not exceed 13 mins/hr., and Sir Frank Packer decreed that TCN and GTV must not have more than 3 commercials per break (‘though 30 & 60-secs were common in the 70’s). Oh for the good old days.

  4. What i am extremely annoyed about is Nine continues to breach and ACMA continue to slap them on the wrist, especially the captions. The no captions thing has become a real issue. The Logies for one despite not being a good telecast there were none at all. This is huge. Harry’s Law, The Mentalist and other shows in the past 6 months have had none or an ad break comes and then the next set of scenes have nothing but then after the following break they return. Its just a joke. This is the 21st century for god sake.

    The major problem is ACMA doesn’t act they just seem to think its ok all the time or write a “stern warning”. Until they hand one of the networks a massive fine or something else substantially the networks will continue to breach. Its not just Nine but of late they are the main offenders.

  6. Tex: Well said.

    David: Yep, would like to contribute my two pennyworth. What’s the email address? The link?

    I am particularly interested in … ” the way that valuable spectrum is allocated.” And, in my opinion, wasted.

    A (criminal) waste of resources.

  7. Reg, what has the quality of that programming (a lot of which is actually quite good) got to do with license fees? The BBC still chases ratings like commercial networks.

    Speaking of commercial networks, why the hell don’t we have a fourth? I’m sure the landscape wouldn’t really change much, but there wouldn’t really be a lot of downside.

  8. The ACMA has plenty of power – it can require specific actions of broadcasters; it can add additional licence restrictions; it can fine broadcasters or take them to civil or criminal court; it can even suspend their broadcasting licence.

    It’s just that there’s no political or popular balls behind it – can you imagine the media (and, by extension, public) outrage if they fined Ch9 for cutting bits out of a program to fit more ads in, sued them because they repeatedly broadcast outrageous and easily-falsifiable lies as “current affairs”, or cancelled their licence for attempting to manipulate & subvert the democratic process (or showing titties before 9:30pm)?

    Much easier & politically safer to let broadcasters write their own standards & content rules (under the banner of FreeTV Australia), and threaten to slap them on the wrist “next time …” when they break them.

  9. If they made half decent shows then maybe. As they’re currently exploiting tax breaks for producing local content, Sea Patrol is a typical example as the tax allowance finishes after its announced final seson.

    Mind you I don’t want Oz TV to become like in Britain where a licensee fee is charged for the BBC as they have been making some pretty average shows over there at the moment. When I was over there recently on Sunday night 7:30pm had the ABC equivalent Sunday arts show about rural countryside water colour painting (in primetime, I bet that got huge ratings). They then had a travel back in time doco where people dress up and experience the olden days which was rather just plain silly, just look at the High Shop recently on ABC. They even had another one where they clear a town out of all immagrants and make the locals work their jobs to see if they can hack it! You have to ask yourself would you want to pay for this type of rubbish!

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