ACMA

Report shows Australian content spending by commercial television in 2022–23 -networks spent $1.67 billion on Australian programs.

2022–23 subscription TV Australian drama expenditure results – More than $18 million was spent by subscription TV licensees and channel providers.

ACMA seeking feedback on draft captioning guidelines – designed to give broadcasters and their viewers a clearer understanding of how the ACMA assesses captioning.

ACMA remakes TV captioning standard following review – the ACMA has made the Broadcasting Services (Television Captioning) Standard 2023.

2022 commercial television Australian content results released – for metropolitan and regional commercial television broadcasters.

Report shows Australian content spending by commercial television in 2021–22 – shows commercial TV networks spent $1.54 billion on programs.

ACMA consults on sunsetting of Television Captioning Standard – The ACMA has opened a consultation on a proposal to remake the Standard.

Foxtel breaches rules in COVID and climate coverage – Foxtel will tighten its controls over third-party content on its service after industry code breach.

The ACMA is now seeking views from relevant stakeholders including media companies, digital news and social media platforms, government bodies, academia and consumers on the suitability of our proposed framework.

However, the ACMA’s overall assessment was that the program came close to, but did not breach, the high bar set by the impartiality standards in the ABC’s Code.

The ACMA’s investigation and finding is not related to any Victorian police investigation into the Brownlow medal count.

The ACMA has published the 2021–22 Australian content expenditure data for subscription video on demand (SVOD) service providers.

ACMA Chair Nerida O’Loughlin said the facts presented in the ABC’s reports did not meet the standards set out in its own code of practice.

These results showed that $18.72 million was spent by subscription TV licensees and channel providers on new Australian drama programs in the 2021–22 financial year.

ACMA Chair Nerida O’Loughlin said Australians are increasingly concerned about the potentially harmful nature of gambling advertising.