Free TV CEO Bridget Fair

Free TV CEO calls for ‘modernised regulatory framework’

Free TV CEO Bridget Fair has identified free and easy access to free local services on smart TVs and updates to anti-siphoning legislation as the two most pressing issues for commercial broadcasting in 2024, calling on the government to implement a modernised regulatory framework that “allows broadcasters to compete with cashed up streaming services”.

It’s been nearly six months since representatives from the industry body joined executives from ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine and 10 in Canberra to lobby for new rules that...