Free TV CEO Bridget Fair has downplayed concerns regarding figures released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) last week showing Australia’s commercial broadcasters spent nothing on Australian children’s drama in 2022-23.
Free TV CEO Bridget Fair has identified free and easy access to free local services on connected 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".
There is no doubt that the future of children’s television quotas for commercial television is an emotive issue. But rather than hanging on to the current quota arrangements like an old and well-loved security blanket, it’s well past time to really look at whether they are delivering their intended purpose.
Following the release of new independent research, Free TV Australia has renewed its call for broadcasters to be fairly compensated for the resale of their services by competitors.
Screen Producers Australia has accused the primary free-to-air commercial channels of screening "significantly less" first-run Australian drama, documentaries and children's programs.
Free TV Australia rejects pay TV's latest claims about the cost to government of so-called "privileges" to the Free TV industry.
Ten Network Holdings Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Hamish McLennan, welcomed the appointment of Harold Mitchell as Chairman of the industry group Free TV Australia.
Representatives of Australia's production, writing, directing and acting professions have attacked the FTA commercial broadcasters claim that they invested a record $1.35 billion in local content