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ABA AND BROADCASTING INFORMATION 17 November - ABA Deputy Chairman elected vice chairman of UNESCO's Communications Commission 5 (111/99) 8 November - ABA broadcasting planning seminar (107/99) 29 October - Broadcasting, co-regulation and the public good (101/99) 20 October - Investigations into program matters (95/99) 28 September - ABA Chairman's statement (85/99) 25 May - Sorry seems to be the hardest word (42/99) 18 May - Exposing broadcasting sector to GATS could have significant impact says ABA (37/99) 12 May - ABA welcomes additional funding for digital and online work (36/99) 30 March - Asia-Pacific Internet conference calls for greater national coordination and regional cooperation (29/99) 25 March - Australia convenes Asia-Pacific Internet conference (26/99) 17 March - TV profits up 6.9 per cent; radio up 26.8 per cent in1997-98 (23/99) 17 March - The ABA to meet in Hobart tomorrow (22/99) 26 February - Hospitals warned of digital TV trials (14/99) 11 January- ABA collects $206.5M in television and radio licence fees (1/99) AUSTRALIAN CONTENT AND PROGRAM STANDARDS 12 November - Major ABA study into the impact of Australian content rules (109/99) 27 October - ABA to vary Children's Television Standards for Sydney 2000 Olympic Games (100/99) 21 July - Australian television predominantly local (58/99) 19 May - Only four pay TV drama channels meet Australian content standard (39/99) 1 March - ABA determines new Australian content standard (15/99) 18 February - New ABA Australian content standard from 1 March 1999 (11/ 99) BROADCASTING PLANNING Digital 11 October - ABA releases digital TV channel plans for Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart and Melbourne (92/99) 15 July - ABA releases digital TV channel plans for Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Brisbane, Toowoomba and Darwin (55/99) 9 June - Digital TV trials commence in Sydney (45/99) 5 May - ABA releases draft digital channel plans for TV services (35/99) 25 March - Commercial television digital conversion scheme (27/99) 16 February - ABA to coordinate digital datacasting trial (20/99) 4 March - ABA welcomes comments by Digital Convergence Australia (18/99) Analog 8 November - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Bega (108/99) 3 November - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Cooma (106/99) 24 September - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Wondai, Queensland (84/99) 24 September - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Dalby, Queensland (83/99) 30 August - ABA proposes two new commercial radio services for Sydney (73/99) 13 August - New radio services for the Nowra region (67/99) 30 July - New community radio licence for the Cooma region (63/99) 9 July - Draft licence area plan for Sydney (54/99) 8 July - New community radio licences in Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Taree, Port Stephens and Muswellbrook – applications invited (53/99) 2 July - Five new radio services for Wollongong (51/99) 18 June - Two radio services for Goulburn (49/99) 18 June - Five new radio services for Bega (48/99) 18 June - Nine news radio services for Canberra (47/99) 12 February - Television services in remote central and eastern Australia (10/99) 2 November - ABA releases regulatory policy for datacasting trial (102/99) 21 May - ABA releases draft regulatory policy for datacasting trial (41/99) CODES OF PRACTICE 26 October - ABA registers revised commercial radio codes of practice (99/99) 23 April - ABA registers pay TV codes of practice (33/99) 25 November 1999 - ABA disappointed by publication of extracts from draft closing submission (126/99) 23 November - ABA Expands Commercial Radio Inquiry to include 3AW Melbourne (118/99) 16 November - ABA expands terms of reference for 2UE hearing (110/99) 13 October - Further directions in 2UE hearing (94/99) 22 September - Commercial radio inquiry - directions for public hearing 6 September - ABA announces 2UE hearing in commercial radio inquiry (76/99) 6 August - Revised terms of reference for commercial radio inquiry (65/99) 30 July - ABA expands terms of reference of commercial radio inquiry to include Adelaide and Perth (64/99) 26 July - ABA decides to issue notices to produce documents in inquiry into allegations concerning Mr John Laws and 2UE Sydney (60/99) 20 July - Conduct of ABA inquiry into allegations concerning John Laws and 2UE Sydney (57/99) 15 July - ABA to investigate allegations concerning Mr John Laws (56/99) 28 June - Queensland government advertisement were 'political matter', ABA finds (50/99) 9 June - ABA finds Perth TV channel STW 9 failed to show chilren's programs during 1998 Commonwealth Games (44/98) 21 April - ABA registers pay TV codes of practice (32/99) 16 April - ABA registers revised commercial television industry code of practice (30/99) 1 March 1999 - ABA asks ABC to broadcast to apology after breach of code(16/99) 15 January - 'Crazy for a kiss' – broadcast by Nine network on 14 January 1999 (3/99) 11 October - ABA finds no breaches of Act in news services agreements (91/99) 1 October - ABA comment on Consolidated Press Holdings announcement (88/99) 8 March - ABA finds no breach by Packer Interests in relation to Fairfax (19/99) 18 February- ABA givers Packer interests six months to rectify breaches arising from Fairfax share buy back (12/99) 24 November - Applicants bid $522,000 for new open narrowcasting licences (125/99) 24 November - New community radio licence for Wondai (124/99) 24 November - New community radio licence for Lightening Ridge (123/99) 24 November - New community radio licence for Rockhampton (122/99) 24 November - New community radio licence for Borroloola (121/99) 24 November - New community radio licence for Dalby (120/99) 23 November - ABA to auction transmitter licences for open narrowcasting services in NSW (119/99) 22 November - New community radio licence for Taree (117/99) 22 November - New community radio licence for Port Macquarie (116/99) 22 November - New community radio licence for Newcastle (115/99) 22 November - ABA decides not to allocate licence in Narrabri (114/99) 19 November - Review of time share policy for temporary community broadcasting licences (113/99) 19 November - New commercial radio licence for Port Lincoln, South Australia (112/99) 2 November - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Grafton (105/99) 2 November - ABA invites applications for two new community radio licences for Wollongong (104/99) 2 November - ABA allocates Pay Tv licence to TPG TV Pty Ltd (103/99) 25 October - New radio services for Kingaroy (98/99) 22 October - ABA invites applications for two new community radio licences in the Bendigo region, Central Victoria (97/99) 21 October - New community radio licence for the Lake Macquarie area, NSW (96/99) 12 October - New community radio licence for Bundaberg (93/99) 8 October - ABA invites applications for open narrowcasting licences (90/99) 6 October - New community radio licence for Emerald, Queensland (89/99) 30 September - ABA invites aspplications for new community radio licences for Toowoomba and Warwick, Queensland (87/99) 29 September - New community radio licence for Kempsey, New South Wales (86/99) 17 September - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Rockhampton, Queensland (81/99) 17 September - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Mareeba, Queensland (80/99) 10 September -New community radio licence for Hervey Bay, Qld (79/99) 9 September -New community radio licence for Muswellbrook, NSW (78/99) 7 September - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Borroloola, Northern territory (77/99) 2 September - New community radio licence for Esperance, Western Australia (75/99) 2 September - New community radio licence for Port Stephens, NSW (74/99) 25 August - ABA invites applications for a new community radio licence for Bowen, Queensland (72/99) 18 August - ABA invites applications for new community radio licences for Cessnock/Maitland and Lake Macquarie (70/99) 18 August - ABA invites applications for a community radio licence to serve Lightning Ridge (68/99) 17 August - New community radio licence for Shepparton (68/99) 9 August - New community radio licence for Deepwater, NSW (66/99) 29 July - New community radio licence for Newcastle - applications invited (61/99) 22 July - New community radio licence for Tamworth (59/99) 2 July - Temporary community radio services in Newcastle (52/99) 10 June New community radio licence for Bathurst (46/99) 3 June - New community radio licences for Gladstone and Yeppoon, QLD (43/99) 20 May - ABA radio auctions raise $1 377 000 (40/99) 19 May - ABA to auction new commercial radio and open narrowcasting radio licences for NSW and QLD (38/99) 4 May - ABA allocates pay TV licence to television and radio to Broadcasting Services Australia Pty Ltd (34/99) 23 April - ABA invites applications for new community radio licvences in Coffs Harbour, Deepwater, Narrabri and Tamworth (32/99) 20 April - New community radio licence for Maryborough, Qld (31/99) 25 March - ABA invites applications for open narrowcasting licences (28/99) 24 March - ABA allocates pay TV licence to Dergat Pty Ltd (25/99) 24 March - New community radio licence for Albury (24/99) 17 March - ABA invites applications for commercial radio licences for Coffs Harbour, Kempsey/Port Macquarie and Toowoomba/Warwick (21/99) 2 March - Allocation process for new Coffs Harbour radio licences (17/99) 23 February - New community radio licence for Cairns (13/99) 10 February - New community radio licence for Meekatharra (9/99) 9 February - ABA invites applications for community radio licences to serve Bundaberg, Gladstone, Yeppoon and Emerald (8/99) 3 February - Temporary community radio services using FM 94.1MHz on the Gold Coast (6/99) 29 January - Temporary community radio services on the Gold Coast (5/99) 25 January - ABA allocates new commercial radio licences for central coast Queensland (4/99) 14 January - New community radio licence for Bourke (2/99) 24 August- International research on attitudes to the Internet (71/99) 30 July - International research on attitudes to the Internet (63/99) 4 February - Headbanging or dancing? - youth and music in Australia (7/99) Search l Contact us l Home Disclaimer - Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia 1999 |