[LINK] Channels spared from rules on local content

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.smh.com.au/national/channels-spared-from-rules-on-local-content-20091120-iqvz.html

> Channels spared from rules on local content
> ARI SHARP COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDENT November 21, 2009
> TV DIGITAL multichannels will not have to screen a minute of  
> Australian programming, with the federal Communications Minister,  
> Stephen Conroy, declaring that local content rules will not apply.
>
> Senator Conroy told a gathering of screen producers that the  
> ''technical and economic'' challenge of launching the new channels -  
> so far Seven's 7Two, Nine's Go! and Ten's One HD - meant the  
> requirements were inappropriate.
>
> But, ultimately, he said, viewers would force the channels to screen  
> Australian shows.
>

> While significant new Australian production for the multichannels  
> was unlikely, he said, the channels could be a part of a secondary  
> market for local content.
>
> The multichannel policy is a concession that local content rules  
> will increasingly come under threat as free-to-air broadcasters  
> compete against pay television and high-speed internet.
>


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