Past Programs
Regulation - 2008
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Public broadcasting: Its future and responsibilities
23/10/2008
There's a new review of public broadcasting underway in Australia ahead of next year's triennial funding decision for the ABC and SBS. Meantime in the UK, the media regulator Ofcom has been conducting its own review process into public broadcasting. More specifically, how that county's commercial broadcasters can continue to meet their statutory public service broadcasting requirements, in a changing media environment.
The rise and rise of file-sharing
02/10/2008
From Napster & Kazaa through to Bit Torrent - a look at the history and impact of file-sharing software. IT journalist Patrick Gray explains the history and the issues.
Regulating commercial TV
26/06/2008
A new Senate Committee report has made a series of recommendations for changing the complaints procedures for commercial TV and radio.
Professor Lesley Hitchens is a specialist in this area who works at the University of Technology, Sydney. And she says when it comes to complaints and codes of conduct, the largely self-regulatory nature of our commercial broadcasting sector simply doesn't work.
Canadian copyright changes
19/06/2008
Canada's copyright laws are about to change. The Harper Government has introduced a copyright reform bill into the Canadian lower house and it's got the online community stirred up and angry.
Net neutrality
29/05/2008
Earlier this month a Bill was introduced into the US House of Representatives in an effort to enshrine in law the idea of 'net neutrality'. And across the border in Canada this week, a rally was held outside the national parliament in support of the concept. So what's it all about?
Media bits and pieces
01/05/2008
Including two new reports about the workings of the ABC; and the death of BBC broadcaster Humphrey Lyttleton.
'On the Record' with Graeme Samuel
14/02/2008
In the first of our 'On the Record' series of interviews for 2008 we speak to Graeme Samuel, Chairman of the ACCC - the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The Murdoch-Packer deal
14/02/2008
Media and business writer Glenn Dyer updates us on the proposed $3.3 billion media deal between Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer.
