TY - JOUR
T1 - Politicians, media moguls and pay-TV
T2 - Pay-TV policy-making in Australia 1977-1995
AU - Nevile, Ann
PY - 2000/6
Y1 - 2000/6
N2 - This article explores the major influences on pay-TV policy-making in Australia from the late 1970s, when the issue was first discussed in the context of proposals to establish a domestic communications satellite, up until the introduction of pay-TV in Australia in 1995, thereby placing current developments in the pay-TV industry in context. The article argues that among larger broadcasting and telecommunications issues, pay-TV has never been 'the main game'. For both Coalition and Labor governments, the expansion of existing free-to-air television services in regional Australia and the introduction of competition in telecommunications have been much more important policy priorities than the introduction of pay-TV. Furthermore, because pay-TV policy-making largely took place in this wider policy context, the structure of the broadcasting and telecommunications industries also shaped pay-TV policy outcomes.
AB - This article explores the major influences on pay-TV policy-making in Australia from the late 1970s, when the issue was first discussed in the context of proposals to establish a domestic communications satellite, up until the introduction of pay-TV in Australia in 1995, thereby placing current developments in the pay-TV industry in context. The article argues that among larger broadcasting and telecommunications issues, pay-TV has never been 'the main game'. For both Coalition and Labor governments, the expansion of existing free-to-air television services in regional Australia and the introduction of competition in telecommunications have been much more important policy priorities than the introduction of pay-TV. Furthermore, because pay-TV policy-making largely took place in this wider policy context, the structure of the broadcasting and telecommunications industries also shaped pay-TV policy outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-8500.00152
DO - 10.1111/1467-8500.00152
M3 - Article
SN - 0313-6647
VL - 59
SP - 63
EP - 74
JO - Australian Journal of Public Administration
JF - Australian Journal of Public Administration
IS - 2
ER -