Seven responds to Communications Legislation Amendment recommendations – Seven West Media is disappointed with the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee’s recommendations on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-siphoning) Bill 2023 (Provisions).
Seven West Media Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, James Warburton, said:
“The committee’s recommendations totally misunderstand the needs of the Australian viewing public in 2024 and beyond. The recommendations are doing the Australian viewing public a disservice.
“The Senate committee has released a report that does not see merit in ensuring free sport for all Australians, particularly those who don’t have an aerial.
“As the Minister considers the report, Seven strongly urges the Government to ensure that the anti-siphoning scheme includes the free digital simulcast of the broadcast stream and that Australians see the benefits of the Prominence Framework sooner.
“We appreciate the report reducing the introduction of the Prominence Framework from 18 to 12 months, however, for it to be effective over the coming years it needs to apply to TV screens already in the home.
“Seven welcomes the input of the Greens through Senator Hanson Young who see the merit in a shorter introduction for prominence, reducing it from 18 months to six months and including the digital simulcast in the anti-siphoning framework,” he said.
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