Gregory Hywood, Chairman, Free TV Australia Federal cabinet is facing a critical decision that will determine the future of quality journalism in Australia for generations. Innovative legislation under consideration…
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An Opportunity Too Important to Miss Australians need a strong and vibrant news media sector now, more than ever. Through bushfires, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, Australians have turned to…
Free TV Australia today released its submission to the ACCC inquiry into digital platform service app marketplaces. The submission addresses the impact that the rapidly developing marketplaces on connected TVs…
The peak commercial television industry group, Free TV Australia, is delighted to announce the appointment of Greg Hywood as its new Independent Chairman. One of Australia’s most successful and well-regarded…
Free TV Australia today welcomed the Government’s announcement to update the Australian content rules that apply to commercial television broadcasters. Free TV CEO Bridget Fair said, “Free TV broadcasters remain…
Free TV Australia said today that threats from Facebook to prevent their Australian users from accessing or sharing news content is the clearest demonstration yet of why the ACCC Mandatory…
Free TV today released its submission in response to the ACCC’s draft news media bargaining Code and called for the legislation to be introduced as soon as possible. Free TV…
Free TV Australia today said that the deliberately misleading “Open Letter to Australians” published today by Google highlights exactly why the mandatory Code is urgently needed. Free TV Chief Executive…
Free TV Australia today welcomed the release of the exposure draft of the legislation that will ensure that Google and Facebook pay for the news content surfaced on their platforms…
Free TV: billions of dollars, millions of people, thousands of jobs, countless stories A new Deloitte Access Economics report released today and commissioned by Free TV, Everybody Gets It: the…
Free TV expressed frustration at the Government’s announcement today to support foreign productions through a $400m location offset package. Free TV CEO Bridget Fair said “Investment which supports our local…
Free TV Australia today called on the government to urgently reform the Australian content regulatory framework to provide commercial television broadcasters with flexibility to deliver the Australian content that audiences…
Peak broadcasting industry body Free TV Australia today released a submission to the ACCC setting out how Google and Facebook should be required to pay for the use of news…
Free TV Australia today released a submission to the ACCC’s advertising technology (ad tech) inquiry, calling for reforms that could unlock millions of dollars for Australian media companies. Ad tech…
Free TV Australia welcomes today’s joint announcement by Ministers Paul Fletcher, Marise Payne and Alex Hawke that audiences in Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will have…
Free TV Australia today welcomed the Government’s decision to make Google and Facebook pay for the media content used by their platforms through a mandatory Code of Conduct. Free TV…
The High Court has today unanimously decided that the warrant to search News Corp Journalist Annika Smethurst’s home in June 2019 was invalid. Welcoming the decision, Free TV’s CEO, Bridget…
Free TV has welcomed the urgent relief package announced today by Minister Fletcher which will greatly assist the commercial television broadcast industry to deal with the immediate impacts of the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of Australians more quickly and comprehensively than any other event in living memory. The crisis is forcing us into isolation and making us…
Free TV Australia today responded to the ACMA’s Discussion Paper on Impartiality and Commercial Influence in Broadcast News, saying that commercial television news programs are overwhelmingly free from commercial influence,…