The Australian Government in 2009 requested submissions for the review of the Anti-Siphoning legislation. However, there is still no response from Minister for Communications Senator Stephen Conroy on the outcome of the review. It seems a response from the government is now unlikely until after any election. This delay is dangerous and could have a… Continue reading Still waiting for Anti-siphoning announcement…
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Writing on the wall for Senator Conroy over anti-siphoning
Saturday night’s French Open Women’s Final featuring Australia’s Samantha Stosur was a late addition to Nine’s schedule but a bit of programming genius. The broadcast averaged 1.1 million viewers nationally (not bad for a 10:45pm start time and around 1am finish) for the network. Comparatively over at Fox Sports, their coverage of the final (Nine… Continue reading Writing on the wall for Senator Conroy over anti-siphoning
What are the anti-siphoning laws?
Extract from a research paper  by the author of this website titled: ‘The effectiveness and relevance of Australia’s Anti-Siphoning laws in today’s television environment.’ The Anti-siphoning laws reside at s115 of the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA).[1] This section empowers the Minister (currently the for Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) to publish… Continue reading What are the anti-siphoning laws?