Television

Find information on the Australian Government funded national television services provided by the ABC and SBS.

Learn about the schemes that ensure certain high profile events are made available to the whole television viewing public via free-to-air television.

Information on the responsibilities of television services to provide closed captioning for their programs and details of the recent review of captioning standards.

Find information on trials of community television services and the regulation of services under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

Information on the Australian Government’s plans to reform the cross-media ownership and media specific foreign ownership restrictions in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

The Australian Government has announced that all free-to-air television broadcasters in Australia will complete the conversion from analog transmission to digital transmission by the end of 2013.

Details the processes for making complaints about television or radio broadcasts, advertising, online/Internet content or material in film, videos, literature or other print media.

Outlines current subscription-based television broadcasting services in Australia.

An overview of the options for investigating interference to television services.

Television captioning is the presentation of the audio component of audio-visual content as text on screen. The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 provides for the captioning of free-to-air television programs.