Changing standards for Australian content on TV

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This was a workshop on Australian content standards hosted by Network Insight, the AFC and Allens Arthur Robinson on 15 March 2002. It revealed many insights from participants in the ABA’s review of the free-to-air TV content standard, including detailed discussions about drama, children’s and documentaries, and broader issues such as:

how to encourage and support programs that have high cultural values but may be commercially risky;
implications of WTO and other international trade pressures for the Australian content standard;
the role of public broadcasters; and
the standard beyond the current review, with the multi-channel environment, pay TV, and possible changes to ownership and control rules and the number of free-to-air commercial channels.