‘Cable TV’ (ie. Foxtel, Newscorpse’s own) is extremely expensive and only the very wealthy get it.
The vast majority of Australian households have Free-to-Air only. Which is the 3 major commercial networks (7- SevenWest Media, 9 -Fairfax and 10 -CBS/Paramount), ABC (State owned broadcaster) and SBS (semi-state owned, allowed to run advertisements, caters to foreign language broadcasting)
Pirate@feddit.org 1 day ago
You get my meaning. I was referring to Broadcast TV, as you called it.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a bit of a sticking point in Australia which is becoming more and more of a ‘two-speed’ society. Foxtel is for the rich classes, it caters to the right wing. Sky News is on Foxtel.
These eSafety directives killing access to youtube won’t affect those rich kids so much, but for everyone else it’s going to be a nightmare.
My only possible hope out of this is that maybe, Parliament and ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority, TV standards) decide that since we need a greater media landscape for kids and they can’t be allowed to have it online, that maybe more than 3 major broadcasters could be allowed.
It’s not a lack of will that stops anyone else making a new free-to-air network, it’s legislation, there are only allowed to be 3 commercial FTA broadcasters in any area.
I don’t love Youtube or the kids watching it, it’s that the alternatives are almost objectively worse. 10 and 7 and garbage 24/7 and 9 is basically a right-wing hugbox too.