Free TV Facts
Commercial free-to-air television delivers the very best quality programming to all Australians for free. Free TV reaches all Australian households and on any given day is watched by more than 14 million Australians. Last year alone, Free TV networks invested a massive $1.23 billion on Australian content.
| Investment in Australian content last year |
$1.23 billion |
| Number of Australians that tune in everyday |
14 million |
| Average time spent watching TV each day |
3 hours 9 minutes |
| Australian content (main channels – 2010) |
25,650 hours |
| Australian content (digital channels – YTD) |
6,400 hours |
| First-run drama and documentaries 2010 |
716 hours |
| Sport in 2010 |
2,450 hours |
| News and current affairs hours each week |
315 hours |
| Australians employed (directly and indirectly) |
15,000 |
| Number of localised main channels nationally |
102 |
| Investment in digital television |
$2 billion |
| Licence fees paid in 15 years to 2009 |
$3.8 billion (CPI adjusted) |
| Number of unique channels |
9 |
| Cost to consumer |
Free |
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