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Broadcasting planning
Licence allocations
Online services
Ownership and control
Research
Television and radio program content
Australian content
Compliance with industry codes and the Broadcasting Services Act

ABA AND BROADCASTING INFORMATION

10 December - ABA welcomes extra funding for digital television conversion (120/98)

27 November - Australian families guide to the Internet launched (114/98)

29 October - Daylight saving - differences in broadcast times between Queensland and New South Wales (107/98)

18 September - ABA announces new senior management structure (88/98)

11 September - Australian co-regulation a success says ABA Deputy Chairman (85/98)

25 August - GWN acts on ABA TV reception concerns in south west WA (80/98)

23 July - ABA shortlisted for Carl Bertelsmann Prize (71/98)

24 June - ABA launches new web site (57/98)

6 May - ABA asks Golden West to restore coverage to 'blind spots' in south west (45/98)

21 April - Satellite delivered television services in remote and regional Western Australia (40/98)

26 March - ABA extends Optus WA retransmission permission (31/98)

16 March - ABA grants Optus permission to rebroadcast Golden West terrestrial service (24/98)

13 March - ABA considers granting Optus permission to rebroadcast Golden West terrestrial service (23/98)

13 March - ABA Deputy Chairman elected head of International Children and the Media Research Committee (22/98)

11 March - ABA approves Golden West network analog satellite service (21/98)

5 March - ABA seeks comments by Monday on Golden West network analog satellite service (18/98)

4 March - Golden West network analog satellite service (17/98)

19 February - The ABA to meet in Adelaide tomorrow (12/98)

29 January - Commercial TV and radio profits up (4/98)

8 January - ABA collects $181.5m in TV and radio licence fees (2/98)


BROADCASTING PLANNING

Digital

24 December - Draft national television digital conversion scheme (129/98)

17 December - Warning to consumers about 'digital ' televisions (123/98)

2 November - Draft commercial television digital conversion scheme (109/98)

Analog

23 December - Additional television services in remote regions of Australia (126/98)

30 November - New radio services for the Darling Downs (116/98)

26 October - Up to twenty new radio services proposed for South East NSW (104/98)

26 October - New radio services for Coffs Harbour and Kempsey (103/98)

12 October - New radio services for Kingaroy (98/98)

12 October - Up to eight new radio services proposed for Canberra (97/98)

9 October - Eleven new radio services for the Hunter region of NSW (96/98)

8 October - Additional television service in the remote regions of Australia (95/98)

2 September - New radio services for Armidale, Tamworth and Grafton (84/98)

4 August - New community radio licence for Derby (73/98)

17 July - New radio services for Gunnedah, Moree and Narrabri (69/98)

2 July - New radio services for Inverell (66/98)

26 June - Variations to commercial radio licence area plans for Katanning and Narrogin, Western Australia (64/98)

26 June - New preliminary views for the Hunter Region of NSW (62/98)

17 June - ABA proposes additional radio services for Darling Downs and extension of 4SUN into Stranthorpe (55/98)

3 June - Proposed change of freqencies for commercial radio services in Katanning and Narrogin, WA (52/98)

22 May - New community radio licences for Alexandra/Eildon and Wangaratta (50/98)

7 May - New commercial radio licence for Kingaroy, Queensland (47/98)

7 May - ABA invites applications for open narrowcasting licences (46/98)

15 April - New commercial radio licence for Atherton, Queensland (39/98)

9 April - New community radio licences for Echuca, Ballarat and Barham (37/98)

1 April - New commercial television licence for remote and regional Western Australia (33/98)

25 March - Variation to radio licence area plan for Atherton (30/98)

20 March - Up to three high power radio channels available in Perth (28/98)

20 March - Up to five high power radio channels available in Adelaide (27/98)

10 March - New radio services for Rockhampton/Gladstone and Emerald (20/98)

17 February -  Up to six high power FM radio channels available in Brisbane (11/98)

17 February - Up to seven high power radio channels available in Melbourne (10/98)

17 February - Up to six high power radio channels available in Sydney (9/98)

16 February - Extension of 2TEN community radio service into Stanthorpe (8/98)

10 February - New radio services for Bundaberg and Maryborough (7/98)

4 February - New community radio licences for Orange, Kandos and Cobar (6/98)

6 January - New commercial radio service proposed in Emerald (1/98)


LICENCES

23 December - New commercial radio licence for Murray Bridge (128/98)

22 December - ABA allocates pay TV licences to FOXTEL and Optus (125/98)

21 December - FM licences in capital cities (124/98)

16 December - ABA narrowcasting auctions raise $150 000 (122/98)

7 December - ABA invites applications for two community radio licences to serve Maryborough and Hervey Bay, Queensland (119/98)

4 December - ABA chairman outlines principles for allocating community radio licences (118/98)

30 November - ABA allocates new non-broadcasting services bands commercial radio licence for Wagin, Western Australia (115/98)

25 November - ABA commercial radio auctions raise $1.8M (113/98)

24 November - ABA to auction new commercial radio licences for Rockhampton/Gladstone and Maryborough (112/98)

16 November - ABA to conduct community radio licence allocation hearing in Bathurst (111/98)

30 October - ABA invites applications for open narrowcasting licences (108/98)

15 October - ABA allocates new non-broadcasting services bands commercial radio licence for Geraldton and Kalgoorlie (99/98)

15 October - ABA allocates new non-broadcasting services bands commercial radio licence (100/98)

15 October - ABA to conduct community radio licence allocation hearing in Bathurst (101/98)

8 October - ABA allocates new commercial radio licences for Bendigo, Bunbury and Orange (93/98)

1 October - Commercial radio licences for Rockhampton/Gladstone and Maryborough - Applications invited (91/98)

28 September - Bendigo community radion applications - comments invited (90/98)

28 August - ABA allocates new non-broadcasting services bands commercial radio licence for Albany, WA (82/98)

28 August - ABA allocates new commercial radio licences for Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay and Townsville (83/98)

18 August - New community radio licences for Dubbo, Mansfield and Townsville (76/98)

31 July - Albury community radio applications - comments invited (72/98)

8 July - New community radio licence for Kyneton (67/98)

26 June - ABA auctions raise $3 458 000 (63/98)

18 June - Two new radio licences for Darwin (56/98)

16 June - ABA to auction new radio licences for NSW, VIC and QLD (54/98)

3 June - New commercial television licence for remote and regional Western Australia (53/98)

1 May - ABA invites applications for commercial radio licences for Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay, and Townsville (44/98)

29 April - Tasradio highest bidder for Hobart narrowcasting licence (43/98)

28 April - ABA to auction transmitter licence for open narrowcasting radio service in Hobart (42/98)

14 April - ABA to auction transmitter licence for open narrowcasting radio service in Hobart (37/98)

8 April - Darwin community radio - ABA to conduct public hearing (35/98)

31 March - ABA to auction commercial television licence to serve remote and regional Western Australia (32/98)

19 March - ABA invites applications for Hobart open narrowcasting licence (26/98)

27 February - ABA to auction new commercial TV licence for remote and regional Western Australia (15/98)

27 February - Community radio applications for Bathurst, NSW (14/98)

24 February - Applications invited for seven new community radio licences in Southern NSW and Northern Victoria (13/98)

30 January - ABA invites comment on Derby community radio applications (5/98)


ON-LINE SERVICES

24 June - Industry Task Force recommends community education campaign on children's use of the Internet (58/98)

18 March - Australia at forefront of global debate about the Internet (25/98)


OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL

11 December - FXF Trust and Fairfax

28 October - ABA concludes CanWest/Ten network control investigation

8 October - ABA seeks comment on draft policy guidelines in staff and facilities sharing in commercial radio (94/98)

27 August - ABA Fairfax investigation (81/98)

24 August - ABA to consider further steps in Fairfax investigation (79/98)

21 August - ABA completes evidence gathering in Fairfax investigation (78/98)

1 June - ABA to investigate appointment of Mr Brian Powers as Chairman of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd (51/98)

18 May - ABA to investigate appointment of Mr Brian Powers to John Fairfax Holdings Ltd (49/98)

7 April - ABA investigation into DMG and AMI (34/98)

27 February - Court upholds ABA CanWest decision (16/98)

23 January - 4 April deadline for CanWest (3/98)


RESEARCH

23 March - New research about infants and television (29/98)


TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAM CONTENT

Australian content

13 November - ABA releases amendments to Australian content standard (110/98)

28 September - Submissions to Australian content review on the web (89/98)

23 July - Compliance with Australian content and children's program standards in 1997 (70/98)

15 July - Review of Australian Content Standard discussion paper released (68/98)

28 April - High Court decision threatens Australian content on television (41/98)

8 April - Pay TV falls short on Australian drama (36/98)

Compliance with industry codes and the Broadcasting Services Act

3 December - ABA finds that TEN 10 exceeded advertising limits (117/98)

27 October - ABA finds Channel 7 Sydney and Prime TV Northern NSW exceeded advertising limits

21 October - Investigations into program matters (102/98)

1 October - ABA finds that the Government's tax reform advertisements complied with the Broadcasting Services Act (92/98)

13 August - ABA releases correspondence from Senator Faulkner (75/98)

7 August - ABA publishes guidelines for the broadcasting of political matter (74/98)

14 September - ABA finds 'virtual advertising' did not breach television code (87/98)

20 August - ABA finds TCN Channel 9 exceeded advertising limits (77/98)

2 July - ‘FX The Series’ - ABA finds breach of commercial television code of practice (65/98)

22 May - ABA investigating the amount of advertising on Channel Nine (48/98)

6 March - Four Corners - ABA finds breaches of ABC code (19/98)


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