"The anti-syphoning list will be fundamentally undermined if it does not apply to digital rights."
Bridget Fair: "Subscription streaming services with deep pockets are coming for iconic sporting events"
Bridget Fair: "There is a real risk we could lose the free broadcast of big events like the Matildas"
Free TV and Foxtel group both want more detail, concerns that reforms don’t go far enough
Plus: "Any further restrictions on gambling advertising must be offset by reductions in the regulatory burdens"
Rowland noted this will that changes will be subject to a formal review and public consultation
Free TV highly valued among Australians, particularly with the broadcasting of sporting events, a new Deloitte report finds.
“Free TV looks forward to participating in the work of the Future of Broadcasting Working Group on this issue.”
• The proposed reforms are in addition to the 2020-21 Federal Budget
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"There has rarely been a more important time for Australians to be able to access credible, reliable information and verified facts."
Hywood is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and the former CEO and managing director of Fairfax Media.
• "We will reluctantly stop allowing publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news"
Free TV: billions of dollars, millions of people and thousands of jobs
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