Project Description

Project Title:

Competition and Content

Country:

Australia

Sector:

Telecoms

In Country Location:

National

Funding Agency:

Start Date:

1999

Completion Date:

1999

Associates:

 

Description of Project

 

Tasman examined the impact of technology and competition on the provision of high quality domestic content programs, and explored the impact of technological convergence on fee-to-air (FTA) operations.  Major tasks include: analysis of the effect of technological evolution such as cable TV, satellite TV, broadband technology and the Internet on the current FTA arrangements; assessment of costs and benefits of free entry: unrestricted numbers of FTA, cable and satellite, and datacasters; and examination of the impact of competition on FTAs’ conversion to digital broadcasting.

 
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