Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Overview
[1] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000.
[2] Australian
Consumers’ Association, Submission No. 10, p.12
[3] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, pp 30 and 37
[4] Southern
Cross Broadcasting, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.121
[5] Australian
Subscription Television and Radio Association, Proof Committee Hansard,
1 June 2000, p.105
[6] International
Dynamics, Submission No. 1, p.5
[7] International
Dynamics, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.6
[8] International
Dynamics, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.6
[9] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.38
[10] Productivity
Commission, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.55
[11] Philips
Sound and Vision, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.45
[12] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p 30
[13] Telstra, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p 48
[14] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.1
[15] Special
Broadcasting Service, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p. 88
[16] Cable
&Wireless Optus, Submission No. 13, pp 4-5
[17] Note: The
issue of the reviews provided for under the Bill is dealt with in Chapter 4
[18] Australian
Subscription Television and Radio Association, Proof Committee Hansard,
1 June 2000, p.105
[19] Productivity
Commission, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.55
[20] ntl, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p 99
[21] ntl,
Supplementary Submission No. 27a, p.6
[22] Community
Broadcasting Association, Submission No. 7, p.5
[23] Government
of Western Australia, Submission No. 15, p.2
[24] ntl,
Submission No. 27, p.9
Chapter 2 - Datacasting
[1] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television and Datacasting) Bill 2000, item 12
[2] FACTS,
Submission No. 21, p.1
[3] News
Limited, Submission No. 23, p.1
[4] Telstra,
Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.50
[5] Telstra,
Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.49
[6] Cable
& Wireless Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.112
[7] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Submission No. 25, pp 4-5
[8] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.96
[9] Australian
Consumers Association, Submission No. 10, p.7
[10] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.5
[11] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.6; Special Broadcasting
Service, Submission No. 11, p.3
[12] Special
Broadcasting Service, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p. 91
[13] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p 81
[14] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.5
[15] Special Broadcasting
Service, Submission No. 11, p.4
[16] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.94
[17] Telstra, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.52
[18] Cable
& Wireless, Optus, Submission No. 13, p.13
[19] Cable
& Wireless, Optus, Submission No. 13, p.13
[20] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.95
[21] Telstra, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.49
[22] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, pp 94-95
[23] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, pp 75-76
[24] Special
Broadcasting Service, Submission No. 11, p.5
[25] Open TV, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.61
[26] FACTS,
Supplementary Submission No. 21a, p.2
[27] Open TV, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.61
[28] FACTS,
Supplementary Submission No. 21a, p.3
[29] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.129
[30] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Submission No. 25, p.10
[31] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.93
[32] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.7
[33] Special
Broadcasting Service, Submission No. 11, p.7
[34] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.6
[35] Special Broadcasting
Service, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.90
[36] Telstra, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.48
[37] Cable and
Wireless Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.111
[38] John
Fairfax Holdings Limted, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.95
Chapter 3 - Multichannelling and enhancements
[1] Special
Broadcasting Service, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.88
[2] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.2
[3] Reports
on Digital Television Reviews, Volume One, Department of Communications
Information Technology and the Arts, 2000, p.34
[4] Special
Broadcasting Service, Submission No. 11, p.2
[5] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, pp 72-73
[6] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p. 33
[7] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p. 1
[8] Special Broadcasting
Service, Submission No. 11, p.3
[9] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.2
[10] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.74
[11] Special
Broadcasting Service, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.88
[12] Government
of Western Australia, Submission No. 15, p.3
[13] Australian
Subscription Television and Radio Association, Proof Committee Hansard,
1 June 2000, pp 111-112
[14] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.3
[15] Special
Broadcasting Service, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.88
[16] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Submission No. 20, p.4
[17] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.27
[18] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, pp 89-90
[19] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television and Datacasting) Bill 2000, item 94,
p.26 and item 115, p.33
[20] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.90
[21] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.89
[22] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.91
[23] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.89
[24] Australian
Subscription Television and Radio Association, Submission No. 29, p.3
[25] Cable
& Wireless Optus, Submission No. 13, p.6
[26] Open TV,
Submission No. 32, p.2
[27] Cable
& Wireless Optus, Submission No. 13, p.7
[28] Australian
Subscription Television and Radio Association, Submission No. 29, p.9
[29] Cable
& Wireless Optus, Submission No. 13, p.9
[30] Australian
Subscription Television and Radio Association, Submission No. 29, p.8
[31] Foxtel
Management Pty Limited, Submission No. 26, p.5
[32] Foxtel
Management Pty Limited, Submission No. 26, p.5
[33] Telstra,
Submission No. 16, p.9
[34] John
Fairfax Holdings Limited, Submission No. 25, p.7
[35] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.32
[36] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.54
[37] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.54
[38] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.62
[39] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, pp 63 and 74-76
[40] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.63
[41] Southern
Cross Broadcasting, Submission No. 35, pp 1-6, and WIN Corporation Pty Limited,
Submission No. 30, pp 4 and 5
[42] Prime
Television Limited, Submission No. 17, pp 3-6
[43] Prime
Television, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.116
Chapter 4 - Captioning and other important issues
[1] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television and Datacasting ) Bill 2000, p.49
[2] Explanatory
Memorandum, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.47
[3] Australian
Caption Centre, Submission No.5, p.3
[4] Australian
Caption Centre, Submission No.5, p.3
[5] WIN
Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, pp.42-43
[6] Australian
Caption Centre, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.16
[7] Australian
Caption Centre, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.16
[8] National
Working Party on Captioning, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.16
[9] Second
Reading Speech, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.4
[10] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.34
[11] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.75
[12] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.107
[13] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.112
[14] Fairfax, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, pp 96-97
[15] Telstra, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.52
[16] Telstra, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.54
[17] Cable and
Wireless Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.113
[18] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.34
[19] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.34
[20] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.74
[21] Screen Producers
Association of Australia, Submission No. 24, p.8
[22] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.36
[23] Productivity
Commission, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.57
[24] Second
Reading Speech, Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, p.2
[25] FACTS,
Submission No. 21, p.12
[26] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31 May 2000, p.37
[27] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 June 2000, p.78
[28] FACTS,
Submission No. 21, p.12
Minority report by Labor Senators
[1] Foxtel,
Submission 26, pp.1-2; ASTRA, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.106.;
Fox Sports, Submission 19, pp.1-2.
[2]
Television Broadcasting Services (Digital Conversion) Act 1998.
[3] SPAA,
Submission 24, p.10.
[4] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.103, p.112.
[5] Submission
1, p.3.
[6] SPAA,
Submission 24, p.10.
[7] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.103.
[8] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.112; FACTS, Proof Committee Hansard, 31/5/00,
p.37.
[9] Fairfax,
Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.92; Telstra, Submission 16, pp.2,4;
Productivity Commission, Broadcasting: Inquiry Report, 3 March 2000,
p.15; ACA, Submission 10, p.6; ABC, Submission 20, pp.4-5; SBS, Submission 11,
p.2.
[10] Productivity
Commission, Broadcasting: Inquiry Report, 3 March 2000, p.14.
[11] Productivity
Commission, Broadcasting: Inquiry Report, 3 March 2000, p.15.
[12] Telstra,
Submission 16, pp.2,4; ACA, Submission 10, p.6.
[13] Telstra,
Submission 16, p.1; ACA, Submission 10, p.6.
[14] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.89; Telstra, Proof Committee Hansard,
31/5/00, p.51; Telstra, Submission 16, p.2.
[15] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.90; Fairfax Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, pp.92, 93; SPAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.20; ACA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.67. Note however contrary opinion of FACTS,
which considers the definition as able to accommodate “services that operate
successfully, profitably and freely within the rules”: Proof Committee
Hansard, 31/5/00, p.30.
[16] SPAA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p20, 21; ACA, Proof Committee Hansard,
31/5/00, p.66.
[17] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.94; ACA, Proof Committee
Hansard, 31/5/00, pp.67, 68; ACA, Submission 10, p.6.
[18] SBS,
Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88; Fairfax, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.92; SPAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, pp.21, 22; ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.107.
[19] ACA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.67; C & W Optus, Proof Committee
Hansard, 1/6/00, p.108.
[20] SPAA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.22.
[21] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.93.
[22] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.93.
[23] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.93; Submission 25, p.5.
[24] SBS,
Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88; Fairfax Ltd, Proof Committee
Hansard, 1/6/00, p.92.
[25] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88; Fairfax Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00,
p.93.
[26] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp.93, 96.
[27] ACA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.67. This definition has the advantage of
defining broadcasting, and people know what broadcasting is, rather than
datacasting which we do not know at all: Proof Committee Hansard,
31/5/00, p.67. ACA, Submission 10, p.6.
[28] C & W
Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.108.
[29] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88.
[30] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, pp.30-31.
[31] ABA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.141.
[32] ABA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.142; Fairfax, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00,
p.94.
[33] ABC,
Submission 20, p.6; SBS, Submission 11, p.2; SBS, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.89; ABC, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.73. Note that the
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts does not
agree that the ABA will, in effect, have power to determine content: Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp.139-141.
[34] ACA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.67; Fairfax Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.94.
[35] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88; SBS, Submission 11, p.2; ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp.71,73; ABC, Submission 20, p.6.
[36] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp.90, 91; ABC, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, pp.80-81.
[37] ABC,
Submission 20, p.6; SBS, Submission 11, p.2; SBS, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.89; ABC, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.73.
[38] For
example, Telstra, Submission 16, p.2, Fairfax Ltd, Submission 25, p.9.
[39] DoCITA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.126-127.
[40] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88; ABC, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.71.
[41] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88; ABC, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.74.
[42] SBS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.88.
[43] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.71.
[44] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.33.
[45] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.71; SBS, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00,
p.88.
[46] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.33.
[47] Mr S
Fist, Proof Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.26.
[48] CBAA,
Submission 7, p.6.
[49] SPAA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.20.
[50] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.110.
[51] ACA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.69; International Dynamics, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.5, ASTRA, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00,
p.103.
[52] International
Dynamics, Submission 1.
[53] ABA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.125.
[54] Submission
1, pp.3-4.
[55] Productivity
Commission, “Broadcasting: Inquiry Report”, 3 March 2000, p.237.
[56] Submission
1, p.3.
[57] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.30.
[58] CBAA,
Submission 7, p.6.
[59] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.61.
[60] Foxtel,
Submission 26, pp.1-2; ASTRA, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.106.;
Fox Sports, Submission 19, pp.1-2.
[61] FACTS, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, pp.32, 33.
[62] Media
Release “”Digital – new choices, better services for Australians” Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Media Release, 21 December
1999, p.2.
[63] C & W
Optus, Submission 13, p.8; the Bill’s proposed clause 6(14) of Schedule 4 of
the BSA.
[64] Ibid.
[65] Ibid.
[66] Amendments
in Bill to clause 6(15) of Schedule 4 of the BSA.
[67] C & W
Optus, Submission 13, pp.8-10.
[68] Media
Release “”Digital – new choices, better services for Australians” Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Media Release, 21 December
1999, p.2.
[69] C & W
Optus, Submission 13, p.6.
[70] C & W
Optus, Submission 13, p.7.
[71] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.107.
[72] C & W
Optus, Submission 13, p.9.
[73] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.107.
[74] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.107.
[75] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.74.
[76] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.94.
[77] Second
Reading Speech, House Hansard, 10/5/00, pp.15337ff.
[78] ABA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp.128-129.
[79] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.74.
[80] ACA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.68.
[81] ASTRA,
Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.108.
[82] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.74.
[83] ABC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp.74-75.
[84] Fairfax
Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.94.
[85] C & W
Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.110.
[86] Media
Release, “Digital – A New Era in Television Broadcasting”, Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 24 March 1998, p.2.
[87] Fact
Sheet appended to Media Release “”Digital – new choices, better services for
Australians”, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts,
Media Release, 21 December 1999, p.2.
[88] Department
of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Proof Committee
Hansard, 1/6/00, p.130.
[89] CBAA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, pp. 81-82.
[90] CBAA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.83.
[91] National
Working Party on Captioning, Submission 18; Mr. N. Tayeh, Submission 6.
[92] Prime, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.115, WIN, Proof Committee Hansard, 31/5/00,
p.38, Southern Cross Broadcasting, Proof Committee Hansard,
1/6/00, p.118.
[93] National
Working Party on Captioning, Proof Committee Hansard, 31/5/00, p.16
[94] ASTRA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.107.
[95] Prime, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.115; WIN, Proof Committee Hansard,
31/5/00, pp.42-43.
[96] Prime, Proof
Committee Hansard, 1/6/00, p.114.
[97] Explanatory
Memorandum to the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television and
Datacasting) Bill 2000, Table p.45.
Australian Democrats' report
[1] Screen
Producers Association of Australia. Submission No.24, p.13
[2] Screen
Producers Association of Australia. Submission No.24, pp.15-16.
[3] ntl.
Submission No.27, pp.5-6.
[4] Community
Broadcasting Association of Australia, Submission No.7, pp.1-2.
[5] Proof
Committee Hansard, pp.58-59; Productivity Commission 2000, Broadcasting,
Report No.11, pp.282-291 and C.1-C.18.
[6] Government
of Western Australia, Submission No.15, Attachment—“Submission to Productivity
Commission Broadcasting Inquiry”, pp.2-3.