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Attachment F Local content provided by regional commercial television broadcasters

DECEMBER 2013

CanberraRed Building Benjamin OfficesChan Street Belconnen ACT

PO Box 78Belconnen ACT 2616

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MelbourneLevel 32 Melbourne Central Tower360 Elizabeth Street Melbourne VIC

PO Box 13112Law Courts Melbourne VIC 8010

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SydneyLevel 5 The Bay Centre65 Pirrama Road Pyrmont NSW

PO Box Q500Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230

T +61 2 9334 7700 1800 226 667F +61 2 9334 7799

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Licence areas with regulatory local content obligation 2Southern New South Wales licence area 3Northern New South Wales licence area 4Regional Queensland licence area 5Regional Victoria licence area 8Tasmania licence area 9

Licence areas with no regulatory local content obligation 10Western Australia licence area 11Northern Territory licence area 11Remote Central and Eastern Australia licence area 12Regional Victoria licence area 12Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill licence area 12

Licence areas with no regulatory local content obligation 13

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Introductory note

A number of regional commercial television broadcasters (regional broadcasters) broadcast content that may be considered material of local significance (local content) for the purposes of the licence condition but have not been captured in this attachment.

The purpose of this attachment is to provide a snapshot of the local content types being provided by regional broadcasters. As such, the ACMA has collated the most common types of local content being broadcast by regional broadcasters when fulfilling the requirements of the regulatory local content obligation.

Additional material not identified may include weather, sport or stock updates, weekend news updates or programs/episodes which contain local content, such as sporting or lifestyle programs.

Data current as at November 2013.

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Licence areas with regulatory local content obligationThese tables list licence areas where local content is provided pursuant to a regulatory obligation.

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Southern New South Wales licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE

NEWS BULLETIN(Mon to Fri)

NEWS BULLETIN(Sat to Sun)

NEWS UPDATES(Mon to Fri)

CSAs OTHER

Central Tableland & Central Western Slopes

CTC/Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd (Southern Cross Austereo)

CBN/Prime Television (Southern) Pty Ltd

WIN/WIN Television NSW Pty Ltd

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ACT & Southern Tablelands




South Western Slopes & Eastern Riverina




2

Illawarra & South Coast


1 WIN also broadcasts programs across all licence areas of regional Australia, wherein certain episodes may meet local content obligations, such as Alive & Cooking and Fishing Australia. WIN also broadcasts annual programming events such as Gympie Muster and other region specific programming. 2 Included in this news bulletin are two stories per day from licence areas in Griffith and MIA, a licence area not subject to local content obligations.

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LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE




CSAs OTHER



Northern New South Wales licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE

NEWS BULLETIN

(Mon to Fri)

NEWS BULLETIN

(Sat to Sun)

NEWS UPDATES

(Mon to Fri)CSAs OTHER

Richmond/Tweed

NBN/NBN Ltd (Nine Network)3

NRN/Northern Rivers Television Pty Ltd (Southern Cross Austereo)

NEN/Prime Television (Northern) Pty Ltd

North West Slopes & Plains

NBN/NBN Ltd (Nine Network)

NRN—Northern Rivers Television Pty Ltd (Southern Cross Austereo)

NEN—Prime Television (Northern) Pty Ltd

Northern Rivers & Mid North coast



3 The local content obligation only requires licensees to provide local content for four of the five local areas for the Northern New South Wales commercial television licence area. The broadcaster is not required to provide local content to this local area—this is considered to be additional local content.

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Hunter




Central Coast


Regional Queensland licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE




CSAs OTHER

Far North Queensland

RTQ/Win Television Qld Pty Ltd

STQ/Channel Seven Queensland Pty Ltd

TNQ/Regional Television Pty Limited (Southern Cross Austereo)

North Queensland




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Central Coast & Whitsundays

RTQ/Win Television Qld Pty Ltd4



Capricornia


STQ/Channel Seven Queensland Pty Ltd5


Wide Bay

RTQ/Win Television Qld Pty Ltd6


TNQ/Regional Television Pty Limited (Southern Cross Austereo)7

Sunshine Coast



4 The local content obligation only requires licensees to provide local content for five of the seven local areas for the Regional Queensland commercial television licence area. The broadcaster is not required to provide local content to this local area—this is considered to be additional local content.5 ibid.6 ibid.7 ibid.

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TNQ/Regional Television Pty Limited (Southern Cross Austereo)8

Darling Downs


STQ/Channel Seven Queensland Pty Ltd9


8 ibid.9 ibid.

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Regional Victoria licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE




CSAs OTHER

Goulburn Valley & Upper Murray

AMV/Prime Television (Victoria) Pty Ltd

GLV/Southern Cross Communications Pty Limited

VTV/Win Television Vic Pty Ltd

North Central Victoria


BCV/Southern Cross Communications Pty Limited


South West Victoria


BCV/Southern Cross Communications Pty Limited


Gippsland


GLV/Southern Cross Communications Pty Limited


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Tasmania licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE




CSAs OTHER

Tasmania

TNT/Southern Cross Television Pty Ltd

TVT/Win Television Tas Pty Ltd

TDT/Tasmanian Digital Television Ltd (Southern Cross Austereo and WIN joint venture)

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Licence areas with no regulatory local content obligationThese tables list licence areas where local content is being provided, with no obligation to do so.

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Western Australia licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE




CSAs OTHER

Kalgoorlie

VEW/Mid-Western Television Pty Ltd (Golden West Network – Prime)/VDW – West Digital Television (Prime and WIN joint venture)

South West & Great Southern

SSW/Golden West Network Pty Limited (Prime) SDW/West Digital Television (Prime and WIN joint venture)

Geraldton

GTW/Geraldton Telecasters Pty Ltd (Prime)GDW/West Digital Television (Prime and WIN joint venture)

Western Zone

WAW/Golden West Satellite Communications Pty Ltd (Prime) WDW/West Digital Television (Prime and WIN joint venture)

Northern Territory licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE

NEWS BULLETIN

(Mon to Fri)

NEWS BULLETIN

(Sat to Sun)

NEWS UPDATES


Darwin

TND/Regional Television Pty Limited (Southern Cross Austereo)

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Remote Central and Eastern Australia licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE

NEWS BULLETIN

(Mon to Fri)

NEWS BULLETIN

(Sat to Sun)

NEWS UPDATES


Remote Central and Eastern Australia

IMP/Imparja Television Pty Ltd

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QQQ/Regional Television Pty Limited (Southern Cross Austereo)

Regional Victoria licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE

NEWS BULLETIN

(Mon to Fri)

NEWS BULLETIN

(Sat to Sun)

NEWS UPDATES


Mildura/Sunraysia

STV/WIN Television Mildura Pty Ltd

Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill licence area

LOCAL AREA

CALLSIGN/LICENSEE

NEWS BULLETIN

(Mon to Fri)

NEWS BULLETIN

(Sat to Sun)

NEWS UPDATES


Spencer Gulf/ Broken Hill

GTS/Spencer Gulf Telecasters Pty Limited/BKN/Broken Hill Television Pty Limited(Southern Cross Austereo)

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10 Imparja’s other programming include, for example, Indigenous programs such as Nganamapa Anwernekehne, Yamba’s Playtime and Outback Tracks, as well as sporting events like the Intrust Super Cup. Imparja also broadcasts weather, stock and sport updates.11 This news bulletin is a combined service for both Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill.

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Licence areas with no regulatory local content obligationThis table lists licence areas where no local content is being provided, but there is no regulatory obligation to do so.

NETWORK CALLSIGN/LICENSEE12 LICENCE AREASouthern Cross Austereo IDQ/

Central Digital Television Pty LtdMount ISA Queensland

Southern Cross Austereo ITQ/Regional Television Pty Limited

Mount ISA Queensland

Southern Cross Austereo VAN/Eastern Australia Satellite Broadcasters Pty Ltd (Ten and Seven joint venture)

Northern Australia

Southern Cross Austereo VAS/Eastern Australia Satellite Broadcasters Pty Ltd (Ten and Seven joint venture)

South East Australia

Southern Cross Austereo CDT/Central Digital Television Pty Limited

Remote Central & Eastern Australia

Southern Cross Austereo BDN/Broken Hill television Pty Limited

Broken HillNSW

Southern Cross Austereo SCN/Broken Hill Television Pty Limited

Broken HillNSW

Southern Cross Austereo SGS/Spencer Gulf Telecasters Pty Limited

Spencer GulfSouth Australia

Southern Cross Austereo DTD/Darwin Digital Television Pty Limited

DarwinNorthern Territory

WIN Television WIN Television WA Pty Ltd Remote and regional Western AustraliaWestern Australia

WIN Television WIN Television SA Pty Ltd Mount Gambier/South East/Riverland South Australia

Prime PTV/Prime Television (Victoria) Pty Ltd

Mildura/SunraysiaVictoria/New South Wales

12 Under Clause 7D to Schedule 2 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (BSA), certain Viewer Satellite Access Television (VAST) services are required to broadcast local news provided by regional broadcasters under section 43AA of the BSA. Section 43AA requires section 38C regional broadcasters to make available their regional news to be carried on VAST, with some exceptions for Western Australia and regional commercial television broadcasting licensees who supply their own regional news via satellite services.

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