Topic
areas
- ABA
AND BROADCASTING INFORMATION
- ABA
POLICIES
- BROADCASTING
PLANNING Digital
technology Inquiry
into the future use of the sixth
television channel
- LICENCES
- ON-LINE
SERVICES
- OWNERSHIP
AND CONTROL
- RESEARCH
- TELEVISION
AND RADIO PROGRAM CONTENT Australia
content
- Protected
free-to-air (anti-siphoning)
- Pay
TV
- Children's
television
- Industry
codes and classifications
- Compliance
to industry codes and the Broadcasting
Services Act
ABA
AND BROADCASTING INFORMATION
1 December - ABA Chairman
warns of costs of proposed NSW contempt law
(125/97)
28 November - ABA Chairman
calls on the media to improve the public's
understanding of the Wik debate (123/97)
23 October - The media
should be free to inform the people (106/97)
16 October - Media should
be free to inform the people, says new ABA
chairman (103/97)
30 September - ABA
international relations program (97/97)
11 June - ABA attends
inaugural meeting of the regulatory roundtable
for Asia and the Pacific (57/97)
24 April - ABA establishes
formal ties with Candian and French regulators
(46/97)
6 March - Tim O'Keefe to
resign from the ABA (28/97)
20 February - ABA hosts
broadscasting planning seminar (18/97)
ABA
POLICIES
12 November - ABA service
charter launched (113/97)
BROADCASTING
PLANNING
22 December - New radio
services proposed for New England region (131/97)
18 December - ABA invites
applications for a new community radio licence to
serve Dubbo, NSW (130/97)
12 December - ABA invites
applications for six new community radio licences
in central Victoria and central Murray (128/97)
4 December - Four new
radio services for Atherton/Mareeba (127/97)
3 December - New community
radio licence for Albany (126/97)
1 December - ABA invites
applications for regional WA TV licence (124/97)
27 November - New radio
services proposed for the Hunter region (121/97)
21 November - ABA expects
temporary community radio licences in up to a
hundred markets (119/97)
18 November - New radio
services for Innisfail (117/97)
17 November - New radio
services proposed for mid north coast of NSW
(116/97)
14 November - High power
FM radio channels for Perth (115/97)
14 November - New radio
services proposed for Darling Downs (114/97)
6 November - Eighteen new
radio services for North Queensland (110/97)
23 October - Five new
radio services for Cairns (105/97)
3 October - New radio
services proposed for Rockhampton, Gladstone,
Bundaberg, Emerald and Maryborough (100/97)
21 september - New radio
services for Albury, Deniliquin, Shepparton and
Wangaratta (93/97)
29 August - New community
radio licences for Halls Creek, Western Australia
and Torres Strait Island , Queensland (82/97)
14 August - New radio
services for Bendigo (80/97)
14 August - New radio
services for Ballarat (79/97)
5 August - New radio
services proposed for Cairns, Atherton and
Innisfail (74/97)
24 July - New radio
services proposed for Townsville and Mackay
(72/97)
30 June - New radioservices
for Mudgee and Kandos (62/97)
27 June - New radio
licences for Swan Hill (61/97)
27 June - new radio
services proposed for Albury, Deniliquin,
Shepparton and Wangaratta (60/97)
6 June - New radio services
for Orange and Dubbo (56/97)
20 May - New radio services
for Bathurst, Lithgow and Parkes (50/97)
3 April - ABA proposes new
radio licences for central Victoria and central
Murray (36/97)
25 March - New propsals for
community and open narrowcasting radio in central
NSW (34/97)
24 February - New
television licence for regional Western Australia
(21/97)
Digital
technology
13 August - High definition
digital television essential for long term
viability of free to air networks (78/97)
22 July - ABA backs
introduction of digital television (70/97)
24 February - Introduction
of digital televison and radio will require
careful planning, says ABA chairman (23/97)
5 February - Broadcasters
looking at large investiment for digital televion
(13/97)
30 January - Wde screen high
definition television on the way (7/97)
28 January - ABA to release
report on digital terrestrial television
broadcasting (5/97)
Inquiry
into the future use of the sixth television
channel
18 June - Community
television trial on the sixth channel to be
continued (58/97)
3 March - Sixth channel
should be used for community access TV (27/97)
5 February - ABA develops
model for use of the sixth television channel
(14/97)
LICENCES
27 November - ABA
allocates pay TV licences to Selectra Pty Ltd
(122/97)
20 November - ABA radio
auction raises over nine million dollars (118/97)
11 November - ABA invites
applications for temporary community radio
stations across Australia (112/97)
6 November - ABA to
auction radio licences (111/97)
27 October - ABA allocates
temporary licences togroups in Barham, Cobar,
Deepwater and Newcastle, New South Wales;
Ballarat, Mansfield, and Wangaratta, Victoria;
Beaudesert and Yeppoon, Queensland; and Tanunda,
South Australia. (107/97)
17 October - Applications
invited for community radio licences in central
west of New South Wales (104/97)
10 October - ABA invites
applications for new open narrowcasting licences
(102/97)
3 October - Full time
licences for temporary community radio stations
(101/97)
30 September - ABA invites
applications for new commercial radio licences
(96/97)
22 September - More
temporary community radio stations (94/97)
21 September - New
metropolition radio licences likely by end of
1998, says outgoing ABA chairman (92/97)
16 September - ABA renews
licence for Sydney community radio service 2000FM
with condition (89/97)
9 September - ABA allocates
Pay TV licence to continential century (87/97)
1 September - Major
rollouts of temporary community radio stations
(84/97)
1 September - ABA invites
comment on Albany community radio applicants
(85/97)
14 August - ABA seeks
comment on propsed licence condition for new TV
licences in remote Western Australia (81/97)
13 August - New community
radio broadcasting licence for Broome (77/97)
29 July - Discussion paper
on temporary community licences (73/97)
22 July - Extension of 3HOT
community radio services to Ouyen (71/97)
3 July - ABA invites
comment on Torres Strait community radio
applicant (66/97)
30 June - ABA urges merger
of Albany community radio applicants (63/97)
23 June - New community
radio licence for Kangaroo Island (59/97)
23 May - ABA invites
comment on broome community radio applicant
(54/97)
21 May - Auctions for Alice
Springs, Broome, Katherine and Mildura
narrowcasting licences (51/97)
15 May - ABA allocates
community radio licences for Fitzroy Crossing and
York, Western Australia (49/97)
11 April - Comments on Mt
Isa community radio applications (40/97)
8 April - Applications for
Albany community radio (39/97)
3 April - ABA invites
applications for open narrowcasting licences
(37/97)
21 March - ABA invites
comment on Kangeroo Island community radio
applicant (33/97)
17 March - ABA invites
comment on York community radio applicant (32/97)
27 February - Eight per
cent rise in commercial TV profits (26/97)
26 February - New
commercial radio licence for Coffs Harbour
(25/97)
25 February - Commercial
radio profits up 25 per cent (24/97)
24 February - Channels for
Community-funded retransmission in Perth (22/97)
21 Feburuary - New
community radio licence for Ceduna (19/97)
12 February - ABA tests of
Bunbury FM channels are successful (17/97)
6 February - ABA gives all
clear for One FM sale (16/97)
5 February - New commercial
radio licence for Grafton (12/97)
3 February - Community radio
application for Fitzroy Crossing (8/97)
3 February - ABA allocates
new TV licence for Darwin (9/97)
3 February - ABA invites
applications for a new community radio licence
for Meekatharra (10/97)
29 January - ABA invites
applications for new community radio licence for
Kangaroo Island, South Australia (6/97)
9 January - ABA collects
$165M in TV and Radio licence fees (3/97)
8 January - ABA allocates
new commercial telvision broadcasting licence for
Mildura to Prime Television (1/97)
8 January - ABA invites
applications for a new community radio licence
for York, Western Australia (2/97)
ON-LINE
SERVICES
1 October - ABA/UNESCO
study on Internet regulation in four countries
(98/97)
9 September - ABA welcomes
on-line direction from Minister (86/97)
17 July - ABA Chairman
welcomes White House announcement in Internet
(69/97)
14 July - ABA joins
international group on interest content rating
(68/97)
23 April - ABA seeks
international partners for on-line research
(45/97)
25 March - Parents need
assistance in setting house rules for children
on-line (35/97)
11 March - ABA presents
paper on Internet regulation at UNESCO conference
(29/97)
4 February - ABA discusses
Internet regulation with European Commission
(11/97)
21 January - UNESCO invites
ABA to carry out Internet research (4/97)
OWNERSHIP
AND CONTROL
15 December - Publishing
and broadcasting Ltd/Fairfax Trust (129/97)
2 October - ABA grants
extension of time to CanWest (99/97)
8 August - ABA welcomes
courts decision on CanWest (76/97)
21 May - Return to previous
position by CanWest may not be sufficent to
satisfy ABA, says ABA chairman (52/97)
4 April - ABA finds CanWest
in control of Network Ten (38/97)
RESEARCH
7 August - Level of concern
about television remains stable (75/97)
30 June - Youth and Music
in Australia - review of research (64/97)
6 May - ABA research on
youth and music (47/97)
22 April - International
research forum on television and children (44/97)
20 April - 'Youth and the
Media, Tommorrow' conference (42/97)
TELEVISION
AND RADIO PROGRAM CONTENT
Australian
content
26 November - Protection
of Australian content (120/97)
12 May - More Australian
drama likely for pay TV (48/97)
12 March - Australian film
industry stands to gain from pay TV (30/97)
21 February - ABA consults
with producers in Western Australia (20/97)
6 February - Pay TV
industry meets Australian drama requirements
(15/97)
Anti-siphoning
29 August - ABA finds
Australis has been providing Super League pay TV
without a licence (83/97)
Children's
television
1 July - Agro's Cartoon
Connection in breach of television code of
practice (65/97)
Industry
codes and classifications
5 November - Broadcasting
services act has been a success (109/97)
17 September - ABA
registers codes of practice for narrowcasting
services (91/97)
27 March - Logan city
narrowcaster asked to change its service (55/97)
Compliance
to industry codes and the Broadcasting Services
Act
29 October - Investigation
into program matters (108/97)
15 September - Australian
content and children's programs on commercial TV
in 1996 (88/97)
10 July - 'Beverly Hills
90210' breaches television code of practice
(67/97)
14 March - ABA finds
segment of 'Sex/life' in breach (31/97)
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