INDUSTRY-NEWS
Minister, The Future is Already Here
18/12/2009
The need for an urgent review of the current communications regulatory regime in Australia has been brought into sharp focus over the past few weeks. Reports of the proposed launch of new services such as the Telstra T-Box, Fetch TV and TriplePlay indicate that business is moving ahead with plans that seek to capitalise on the rollout of the NBN.
In a recent speech the Minister himself highlighted the lack of Australian content requirements related to programming via the internet as one element of uncertainty surrounding existing and planned services in a converged environment.
FOXTEL CEO, Kim Williams (pictured left), recently called on the Government to recognise the urgency surrounding the proposed review of the Broadcasting Services Act in 2011. He said that 2011 was ‘too late’ because ‘change is affecting us now’. Williams suggested that the Productivity Commission should conduct the review as soon as possible.
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