Australia - Free-to-Air TV - Overview - 2003

Last updated: 11 May 2005 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 16

Analyst: Tine Lewis

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The 50-year old broadcasting infrastructure is undergoing its most dramatic change ever and this is only the start. As one of the last industries to go digital, broadcasters have been trying to hang on to analogue systems as this provided them with better options to protect their lucrative oligopolies. This report provides previous analysis written on the market as well as a few sections on broadcasting content. A brief history of the FTA broadcasting market is also provided. For the latest market analysis on the FTA broadcasting market see separate report “Australia – Broadcasting and Pay TV Markets - 2005”.

1. Synopsis
2. Is there a future for traditional broadcasters?
- 2.1 Does broadcasting have a future?
- 2.2 Impact of broadband
- 2.3 New business models are needed
- 2.4 So what’s the future?
3. Market statistics
- 3.1 Local content expenditure
4. Digital TV challenging traditional broadcasters
- 4.1 Broadcasters winning battles but losing the war
- 4.2 Set to revolutionise the broadcasting industry
5. Satellite TV and MDS - Hampered by government regulations
6. Despite recovery Free-to-Air (FTA) remain under pressure
7. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ forecasts – towards 2006
8. Australia’s sixth TV channel?
- 8.1 Overview
- 8.2 Regulations
- 8.3 Where the sixth channel is not available
9. ABA study on commercial FTA trends over the past few decades
10. Is there a future for traditional broadcasters?
- 10.1 Does broadcasting have a future?
- 10.2 Impact of broadband
- 10.3 New business models are needed
- 10.4 So what’s the future?
11. Digital TV challenging traditional broadcasters
- 11.1 Broadcasters winning battles but losing the war
- 11.2 Set to revolutionise the broadcasting industry
12. Satellite TV and MDS - Hampered by government regulations
13. Does broadcasting have a future?
14. Media monopolies firming up
- 14.1 Telstra/Foxtel dominant in access and content
- 14.2 Covert government blessing for monopoly
- 14.3 Battle fatigue
15. Regulatory – Content Overview
- 15.1 International broadcasting
- 15.2 Broadcasting Codes of Practice
  - 15.2.1 Complaints
16. Regulatory – Control Overview
- 16.1 Radical new way to stimulate Australian content
17. Media classifications
- 17.1 Children’s classification
18. History of the broadcasting market
- 18.1 The mid-1950s
- 18.2 Colour TV
- 18.3 Pay TV
- 18.4 Television Fund
19. Related reports

Table 1 – Audience ‘satisfaction’ with media in Australia
Table 2 – Audience usage statistics for broadcasting media in Australia
Table 3 – Commercial TV broadcasters’ local content expenditure – 1996 - 2002
Table 4 – Audience ‘satisfaction’ with media in Australia
Table 5 – Audience usage statistics for broadcasting media in Australia
Table 6 – Audience ‘satisfaction’ with media in Australia
Table 7 – Audience usage statistics for broadcasting media in Australia
Table 8 – Code breaches for TV broadcasting – 1994 - 2002

Exhibit 1 – Gladesville Amateur Radio Group
Exhibit 2 – Registration and reviews of TV Codes of Practice

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