87-525: GWN7 was an Australian television network serving all of Western Australia outside metropolitan Perth . It launched on 10 March 1967 as BTW-3 in Bunbury . It was an affiliate of the Seven Network and served one of the largest geographic television markets in the world—almost one-third of the continent. The network's name, GWN , is an acronym of Golden West Network , the network's name from 1979 to when
174-541: A 15-year exclusive programming deal GWN made with the Nine Network was anti competitive and opposed the acquisition. The Seven Network subsequently dropped their plans to purchase GWN. And as a result, the network soon ended its programming deal with Nine for exclusive broadcast of its shows in regional areas of the state. Prime Television purchased GWN in November 1996 from Stokes for A$ 71 million. Remote Western Australia
261-713: A combined program guide for the free-to-air broadcasters, named Channel 4 ; a news, sport, and weather datacast channel provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; a government and public information channel, known as Channel NSW , which included real time traffic information and surf webcams; the Australian Christian Channel; the Expo Channel ; and various federal parliamentary audio broadcasts. Today, datacasting consists of information based channels that are broadcast as subchannels of
348-618: A complaints mechanism for Australian residents and law enforcement agencies to report prohibited online content, including child sexual abuse material . Within the scheme, which operates under Schedules 5 and 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , content is assessed with reference to the same criteria within the National Classification Scheme that applies to films and computer games in Australia. The ACMA Hotline
435-454: A focus on agency innovation: Major program delivery – through resource and program management with fully effective corporate governance: Effective regulation – doing the 'day job' of the regulatory agency with effective and efficient regulatory administration and operations coupled with extensive stakeholder engagement: Representing Australia's interests internationally (see International Telecommunication Union ) The ACMA administers
522-537: A manufacturer of internet filtering software, contained 2395 sites. Approximately half of the sites on the list were not related to child pornography, and included online gambling sites, YouTube pages, gay, straight, and fetish pornography sites, Misplaced Pages entries, euthanasia sites, websites of fringe religions, Christian sites, and even the websites of a tour operator and a Queensland dentist. Colin Jacobs, spokesman for lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia , said that there
609-404: A network in 1986, with a shared logo produced and used across the regional stations, featuring the letters GWN inside an outlined oval surrounded by an orbiting ring. This logo was used across the network until 1995, when a new logo was introduced with the removal of outlined oval surrounding the letters GWN . Following this, 2001 saw the launch of a new simplified yellow logo, with the removal of
696-508: A new agreement for sharing of information about serious child abuse material, including an arrangement whereby the ACMA can report content through INHOPE based on where content may be produced, as well as where it is hosted During National Child Protection Week 2013, the ACMA Hotline conducted 418 investigations involving over 4,700 images of abused children to Australian police agencies or through
783-519: A new, nationwide indigenous television network. Although no major political party championed this cause, commercial broadcaster Imparja Television stated in 2004 that it would run such a network, at least within its own licence area. In 2005 the federal Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts considered funding such a station, and conducted a review process. On 13 July 2007 NITV launched, replacing Indigenous Community Television on
870-601: A number of specialised market segments; including Spanish, Greek , and Italian . As of January 2011, the service is no longer available. There are two small region-based subscription television providers; TransTV Digital which is available in Canberra ; and Neighbourhood Cable based in Ballarat , and also available in Geelong & Mildura . There are also a number of satellite services that target specific language speaking groups,
957-496: A result, WIN Television WA picked up both the Nine Network and Network 10 affiliations. The network's transmission operations were moved from Bunbury to Prime Media Group 's digital broadcast facility in Canberra in April 2005. Programming was delivered to regional Western Australia via a satellite feed. A proposal for a third television station – a joint venture between GWN's parent company Prime Media Group and WIN Corporation –
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#17328548918721044-602: A single digital transmitter for GWN, WIN WA and the new Ten West in standard definition. On 15 January 2011, Prime Media Group reported that GWN and Prime were to rebrand to GWN7 and Prime7 respectively, in connection to their strong relations with the metropolitan stations of the Seven Network. Their news bulletins were quickly renamed as GWN7 News and Prime7 News . These bulletins were relaunched on 16 January 2011 at 5:57pm. Digital transmitter upgrades continued on 28 July 2011, with Bunbury and surrounds being introduced to
1131-583: A test transmission in Sydney using one of the reserved digital spectrum positions. Australian broadcast infrastructure company Broadcast Australia undertook the three-year trial using the DVB-T system. The trial consisted of a number of services on one standard 7 MHz multiplex , collectively known as Digital Forty Four . The service was extended past the three-year period, but ended in March 2010 The services included;
1218-421: A third licence to the same company that owned the other two licences. There are three main metropolitan networks, the Seven Network , Nine Network and Network 10 . Although primarily targeted at metropolitan areas, these names are also used in some regional areas (others choose to run the same programming as these stations, but use independent names). Seven Network Nine Network Network 10 Although
1305-409: A webform on the ACMA's website. Popularly held misconceptions about the ACMA's regulatory role include that it investigates and takes action on whole websites (it investigates specific URLs, images or files) and that the ACMA causes blocking of content at an ISP level (it notifies overseas hosted content to optional end-user filters). In February 2013, the ACMA and Australian Federal Police announced
1392-555: A wide range of responsibilities, it does so against a backdrop of rapid change. Many of the controls on the production and distribution of content and the provision of telecommunications services through licensing or other subsidiary arrangements, or by standards and codes (whether co-regulatory or self-regulatory) are subject to revision and adaptation to the networked society and information economy. Moreover, there are new platforms, applications, business models, value chains and forms of social interaction available with more to come in what
1479-634: Is a division of the Special Broadcasting Service , founded to provide for the estimated 20% of Australians that speak a language other than English in the home, aiming to complement the ABC . In recent years SBS TV has begun to target a broader cross-section of the Australian community, in part because of the emergence of specialty subscription television channels aimed at such minorities. In addition to its free-to-air channels, SBS also has an interest in
1566-419: Is a dynamic, innovative environment. Other challenges for regulators include cross-jurisdictional issues and the need for engagement and collaboration with stakeholders locally, regionally and internationally. ACMA has developed a 'converged communications regulator' framework which seeks to bring to the global discussion a 'common ground' to deliver outcomes in the public interest. The four cornerstone parts to
1653-776: Is an independent government agency managed by an executive team comprising the Chair (who is also the Agency Head), Deputy Chair (who is also the chief executive officer). ACMA collects revenue on behalf of the Australian Government through broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications taxes, charges and license fees. It also collects revenue from price-based allocation of spectrum. The corporate structure comprises four divisions – Communications Infrastructure, Content, Consumer and Citizen, Corporate and Research, and Legal Services. ACMA has responsibilities under four principal Acts –
1740-721: Is one of a global network of international bodies within INHOPE – the International Association of Internet Hotlines that exchange information on child abuse images, pinpointing the hosting countries to help eradicate them from the web. INHOPE consists of 44 members in 38 countries, with members including the Internet Watch Foundation (UK), the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (USA), Cyberia (Canada), Friendly Runlet Foundation (Russian Federation) and
1827-556: Is present only in the form of local news bulletin or local advertising. The amount of local news provided varies from two-minute updates to full-hour, seven nights a week news bulletins. Commercial stations in metropolitan markets (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth), in addition to some regional markets, are owned and operated by their respective network instead of an affiliate operator. However, commercial stations in most regional and remote areas are instead operated by broadcasters with unique licences and commercial agreements with
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#17328548918721914-496: Is sent with consent, contains sender identification and contact information and includes a functional unsubscribe facility. Some exemptions apply. Members of the public are able to make complaints and reports about commercial electronic messages to ACMA which may conduct formal investigations and take enforcement actions. The ACMA developed the Australian Internet Security Initiative (AISI) to help address
2001-470: Is the merging of the previously distinct services by which information is communicated – telephone, television (free-to-air and subscription) radio and newspapers – over digital platforms. ACMA also works with industry and citizens to solve new concerns and mitigate risks arising in the evolving networked society and information economy, recognizing that Australians are interacting with digital communications and content in changing ways. Not only does ACMA address
2088-514: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation , established in 1956. ABC TV , ABC Family , ABC Entertains and ABC News are available nationally, in addition to ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel) , focused at the Asia Pacific region. ABC TV carries a variety of local and national news, current affairs, and sports coverage, as well as Australian arts and comedy programming. It is well known for broadcasting British programming, primarily from
2175-463: The BBC , ITV , and Channel 4 . ABC Family , established as a second digital-only channel called ABC2 on 7 March 2005. Originally aimed at providing 'more choice, more often', the channel mainly provided repeats of popular ABC productions, such as Australian Story and Stateline , and was prohibited by law from carrying programmes from a number of genres; however, after the removal of these restrictions
2262-873: The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , the Telecommunications Act 1997, the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 and the Radiocommunications Act 1992. There are another 22 Acts to which the agency responds in such areas as spam, the Do Not Call Register and interactive gambling. The ACMA also creates and administers more than 523 legislative instruments including radiocommunications, spam and telecommunications regulations; and license area plans for free-to-air broadcasters. ACMA's main offices are located in Canberra , Melbourne and Sydney . Communications convergence
2349-671: The Gold Coast , the Central Coast and all of Western Australia until mid-2012 when Foxtel/ Austar merged hence Foxtel gaining the Austar coverage areas. Optus Television operates only in the small parts of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane and Adelaide where it has laid cable. SelecTV was the fourth provider of subscription television controlled by WIN Corporation . SelecTV was available throughout Australia via satellite and focused on providing content in comparatively low priced packages to
2436-457: The Hawke Labor government introduced a system known as aggregation – regional television equalisation – which would provide viewers with the same viewing choices as those in the metropolitan cities. Consequently, the regional stations and networks continued to merge and expand, and became affiliated with one of the three metropolitan networks. Further equalisation later occurred in the 2000s – with
2523-488: The Optus Aurora remote satellite service. On 12 December 2012 NITV was launched on free to air on which was the 4th digital channel of SBS, making this channel available to all Australians wherever SBS digital television is broadcast. In order to allow for commercial licensing, the country was divided into a number of licence areas. When these were drawn up in the 1950s, each major city or regional area – about 50 in all –
2610-609: The PAL 625-line format was introduced in 1967 and went to a full-time basis on 1 March 1975 while subscription television , on the Galaxy platform, began in January 1995. Digital terrestrial television was introduced on 1 January 2001 in Australia's five largest capital cities. As early as 1929, two Melbourne commercial radio stations, 3UZ and 3DB were conducting experimental mechanical television broadcasts – these were conducted in
2697-593: The World Movies Channel which has since been revived on free-to-air TV as SBS World Movies and it relaunched on the 1st of July 2019. SBS shows many non-English language films with English subtitles, and each morning shows news bulletins in foreign languages from around the world in its WorldWatch timeslot. In addition to this, a great deal of programming from the PBS , Arte , BBC and CBC , and even Comedy Central are shown. Acquired entertainment programs include
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2784-568: The logical channel numbers (LCN) for the full suite of digital services. Digital terrestrial transmissions were available in all populated cities and major towns of regional Western Australia. Analog terrestrial services ceased transmission statewide on 25 June 2013. Digital satellite transmissions were available direct-to-home on the Viewer Access Satellite Television platform in areas that were not covered by adequate terrestrial transmissions. The Golden West Network became
2871-532: The 23rd of May of 2022. National Indigenous Television , funded by the Commonwealth of Australia , is produced in Sydney and broadcast via Imparja Television 's existing satellite capacity. The idea for a national, indigenous television service was initially conceived by the National Indigenous Radio Service (the peak Indigenous radio group), which initially lobbied the government to start
2958-568: The ACMA blacklist. He was backed up by ISP Tech 2U, one of six ISPs involved in filtering technology trials. Conroy's denial was called into doubt by the Internet Industry Association (IIA), who publicly condemned the publishing of the list, chief executive Peter Coroneos saying, "No reasonable person could countenance the publication of links which promote access to child abuse images, irrespective of their motivation, which in this case appears to be political." Conroy later claimed
3045-433: The ACMA to law enforcement in Australia, or, in the case of child sexual abuse material hosted overseas, through INHOPE for rapid police notification and take-down in the host country. The ACMA publishes comprehensive statistics and information about the ACMA Hotline on its website. The majority of investigations the ACMA conducts concern online child sexual abuse material. Complaints to the ACMA Hotline are usually made via
3132-488: The Australian Communications Authority. ACMA is responsible for collecting broadcasting, radiocommunication and telecommunication taxes, and regulating Australian media. It does this through various legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice. ACMA is a converged regulator, created to oversee the convergence of telecommunications, broadcasting, radio communications and the internet. ACMA
3219-1332: The Federal Government's Digital Switchover Taskforce Industry Advisory Group. In addition to these, a number of community groups produce programming in regional areas, including Queanbeyan Canberra Television (QCTV) in Canberra , Hunter Community Television in Newcastle , Illawarra Community Television (ICTV) in Wollongong and WARP Television in Bathurst . Groups in a number of areas including Ballarat and Victor Harbor have unsuccessfully applied for licences. Aurora Community Television , Australian Multicultural Television, Ballarat Community Cable Television, Channel Vision (Canberra) and Satellite Community TV, although not licensed as community stations, provide similar services. Community Television stations went digital in 2010. However, in September 2014 Australian federal communications minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that licensing for community television stations would end in December 2015. In September 2015, Turnbull, now Prime Minister, announced an extension of
3306-649: The GWN brand name after 33 years in favour of Seven Network's branding and would see its statewide news service carrying the Seven News brand. Prior to this, GWN (alongside its sister Prime) was the only commercial network affiliate not carrying full metro network branding across promotions and programming, in contrast to WOW's owner WIN which carries the Nine Network branding full-time since its return to carrying Nine's programming in 2021. On 23 May 2022, Seven West Media announced that
3393-476: The INHOPE international network for action overseas. During the week, the ACMA announced it is now working more closely with CrimeStoppers in Australia to make it easier to report illegal online content. The ACMA's online role is not connected to ISP blocking 'worst of the worst' child abuse material, which was operated by ISPs and the Australian Federal Police . In July 2015, this function moved to
3480-478: The Internet Hotline Center Japan. If prohibited online content is found in Australia, it is issued with a take-down notice after being formally classified; if it is hosted overseas it is notified to optional end-user Family Friendly Filters that are accredited by industry through the Internet Industry Association (these are available at cost from ISPs). All potentially illegal content is reported by
3567-596: The Office of the Children's safety Commissioner. ACMA operates Australia's Do Not Call Register, which is a scheme to reduce unsolicited telemarketing calls and marketing faxes to individuals who have indicated they do not want to receive such calls by registering their private and domestic telephone (including mobile) and fax numbers on the Register. The scheme has been in operation since May 2007. Since mid-2013, Salmat has managed
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3654-457: The Register on behalf of ACMA. ACMA is responsible for enforcing the Spam Act 2003 which prohibits the sending of unsolicited commercial electronic messages with an Australian link. A message has an Australian link if it originates, or was authorised, in Australia, or if the message was accessed in Australia. Anyone who sends commercial email, SMS, or instant messages must ensure that the message
3741-802: The US animated series South Park , Queer as Folk and Inspector Rex . In addition to news and current affairs programming such as SBS World News and Dateline , the network also commissions locally produced documentaries, movies and comedy programs. Less-popular mainstream sports such as soccer, cycling and athletics are also shown. SBS currently broadcasts six channels: SBS , known as 'SBS One' between 2009 and 2015, SBS Viceland , known as SBS Two between 2009 and 2016, SBS World Movies , SBS Food , known as Food Network Australia between 2015 and 2018, NITV , also known as National indigenous Television (see #National Indigenous Television and more info about this channel in that section), and SBS WorldWatch launched on
3828-697: The West Australian Community Broadcasting Association was appointed to manage access to the sixth channel in Perth and Mandurah on behalf of groups based in the two cities. Licences were also granted in 1996 to Hobart Access Community Television Inc in Hobart and Bendigo Community Television Inc in Bendigo however these were not renewed. Similarly, a licence for BushVision in Mount Gambier
3915-483: The advent of digital television – to areas that escaped initial aggregation. Today, WIN Television , Imparja Television and Southern Cross Austereo notably remain independent, whereas broadcasters like Prime Television , the Golden West Network , Sunshine Television and NBN Television have been absorbed by the metropolitan networks over the years. As with some of the metropolitan stations, local content
4002-511: The blacklist after the ACMA blocked several WikiLeaks pages following their publication of the Danish blacklist. Assange said that "This week saw Australia joining China and the United Arab Emirates as the only countries censoring WikiLeaks." Three lists purporting to be from the ACMA were published online over a seven-day period. The leaked list, which was reported to have been obtained from
4089-444: The channel's content was broadened considerably. It was announced by the ABC that, from 4 December 2017, ABC2 was to be replaced by ABC Comedy, ending the channel's 12-year run. ABC Entertains , a third digital-only kids channel began on 4 December 2009. ABC News , a digital news channel began on 22 July 2010. ABC Kids , a digital shared channel began on 2 May 2011. SBS Television
4176-521: The city and the state of WA). In July 2022, the GWN7 Local News branding has been retired and now falls under the Seven News Regional WA brand. GWN7 was available statewide in digital terrestrial and digital satellite format. The full suite of digital services, including 7TWO, 7mate, ishop TV and RACING.COM, were available in all areas with digital transmissions. Below is a table showing
4263-659: The company's name to Golden West Network. GWN applied to broadcast an additional service on 31 October 1984, when the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal called for applications to broadcast to Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands via satellite as part of the Remote Commercial Television License (RCTS) scheme. GWN was granted the Remote Commercial Television License (RCTS) in June 1985 and
4350-499: The current branding of GWN7 will be unified into Seven Network branding across the station including for GWN7 Local News officially remains as retiring the GWN7 name. On 25 July 2022, the GWN7 brand was retired. Since becoming a full Seven affiliate, GWN7's on-air schedule had become almost identical to that of its metropolitan counterpart, TVW in Perth. Seven News Perth was aired live across
4437-514: The current name was adopted in 2011. In 2021, GWN7's parent company Prime Media Group merged with Seven and the brand was retired in 2022. GWN began life as a group of smaller, independent stations: Prior to these stations signing on, remote Western Australia had been one of the few areas of Australia without local television; the only television outlets in the area were relays of ABC Television out of Perth . Jack Bendat purchased South West Telecasters (owner of BTW/GSW) in 1979, and changed
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#17328548918724524-457: The deadline to 31 December 2016. The deadline was further extended incrementally by communications minister Mitch Fifield until June 2021, however by 2015 Sydney's Television Sydney had ceased broadcasting, as had Brisbane's 31 Digital , switching to a short-live online streaming service. As of January 2021, the only remaining community television stations in Australia still broadcasting are Melbourne's C31 and Adelaide's Channel 44 . Two of
4611-409: The early hours of the morning, after the stations had officially closed down. In 1934, Dr Val McDowall at amateur station 4CM Brisbane conducted experiments in electronic television. Australia has three national public broadcasters, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , the Special Broadcasting Service , and, as more recently, National Indigenous Television . ABC Television is a division of
4698-487: The exception of Tasmania and Remote & Central Australia, which got two licences. As some markets were formed by the merger of up to six different individual markets, this meant that some stations had to merge or form partnerships in order to remain competitive. Around the same time, many remote market regions were replaced with two satellite market regions – one for regional Western Australia , and one for remote central and eastern Australia – although each of these regions
4785-561: The existing commercial broadcasters. As of mid 2013, these broadcast mainly infomercials. Examples include TVSN and 4ME . Australian Communications %26 Media Authority The Australian Communications and Media Authority ( ACMA ) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio . ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and
4872-435: The framework, each divided into two sub-streams, are outlined below along with the main functions of ACMA under each task. Bridging to the future – active engagement with the currents of change and proactive development of responses through thought leadership and regulatory development: Transforming the agency – adapting the organization to the changing world of convergence by ensuring a structural fit with convergence and
4959-558: The full suite of digital channels for the first time, including 7two and 7mate . On 30 July 2011, the regional networks began broadcasting on the Viewer Access Satellite Television platform. On 12 February 2018, GWN7's master control facilities (transmission and technical operations) were transferred to Prime Media's national playout centre in Canberra, with the WA facilities beamed through satellite and microwave links. Playout of GWN7's programming
5046-535: The grounds that Whirlpool, a customer of Bulletproof Networks, posted a link to a blacklisted, anti-abortion web site. There was a controversy that the material hosted by Whirlpool was the response notification from ACMA stating that the website had been blacklisted (the notice included the address of the website that had been blacklisted). On 19 March 2009 it was reported that the ACMA's blacklist of banned sites had been leaked online, and had been published by WikiLeaks . Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, obtained
5133-455: The largest being UBI World TV , a non-English language service. Globecast TV and Pan Global TV are non-English language, Christian and sport channel platforms that are controlled by Globecast . Various operators run their own subscription services on these platforms. In addition, there are other satellite subscription services available through other providers. National IPTV operators include TPG IPTV . Datacasting in Australia began as
5220-591: The leaked blacklist published on WikiLeaks closely resembled the official blacklist, admitting that the latest list (dated 18 March) "seemed to be close" to ACMA's current blacklist. In an estimates hearing of the Australian Federal Government on 25 May 2009 it was revealed that the leak was taken so seriously that it was referred to the Australian Federal Police for investigation. It was further stated that distribution of further updates to
5307-467: The list have been withheld until recipients can improve their security. Nerida O'Laughlin of the ACMA confirmed that the list has been reviewed and as of 30 April consists of 997 URLs. In 2021, Schedules 5 and 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 were repealed as part of the enactment of the Online Safety Act 2021 . This Act established the eSafety Commissioner (section 26) and, under part 3 of
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#17328548918725394-447: The list published on WikiLeaks and the ACMA blacklist were the same, saying "This is not the ACMA blacklist." He stated that the leaked list was alleged to be current on 6 August 2008 and contained 2,400 URLs, where the ACMA blacklist for the same date contained 1,061 URLs. He added that the ACMA advised that there were URLs on the leaked list that had never been the subject of a complaint or ACMA investigation, and had never been included on
5481-454: The list was not the real blacklist and described its leak and publication as "grossly irresponsible" and that it undermined efforts to improve "cyber safety". He said that ACMA was investigating the incident and considering a range of possible actions including referral to the Australian Federal Police , and that Australians involved in making the content available would be at "serious risk of criminal prosecution". Conroy initially denied that
5568-415: The metropolitan market networks. Some regional markets have one operator holding a monopoly over all three networks, with one "digital only" supplementary station of the three operating under a supplementary licence. Other regional markets have only two operators, each affiliated with their own networks. Consequently, these two operators have formed a supplementary "digital only" joint venture to broadcast
5655-430: The names of the metropolitan stations remain the same across cities, their ownership varies (see below). The population of Australians living outside of metropolitan areas are served by a number of regional television networks that are affiliated with a metropolitan counterpart. Before the 1980s, regional stations were mostly independent with some forming loose partnerships and others merging into local networks. However,
5742-512: The national news link. Kerry Stokes gained control of the Seven Network in 1995, and attempted to sell GWN to Seven in return for more shares. Seven Network shareholders agreed to the trade in April 1996 – a deal which would have seen Seven acquire GWN for A$ 72.8 million thus becoming the regional network affiliate for Western Australia. The arrangement was called off when the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission found that
5829-524: The network direct from Perth. GWN7 also produced a weeknightly local news service, GWN7 Local News , shown live at 5:30pm. Since the network's inception, it has featured a broad range of original regional programming, including the children's program Doopa's Club featuring the station mascot Doopa Dog ; as well as community service strand GWN7 InfoNet , a series of short updates listing local community events. GWN7 Local News (now Seven News Regional WA , previously known as Golden West News or GWN News )
5916-580: The opening of TCN-9 , quickly followed by national and commercial stations in Sydney and Melbourne, all these being in 625-line black and white . The commencement date was designed so as to provide coverage of the Olympic Games in Melbourne . It has now grown to be a nationwide system that includes a broad range of public, commercial, community, subscription, narrowcast, and amateur stations. Colour television in
6003-507: The orbiting ring. This logo was launched concurrently with a similarly design logo on Prime Television . Following the 2011 relaunch, a new logo was introduced which features the Seven Network logo. The relaunch logo featuring Seven Network was revised in 2013 from multi colour to be a single colour logo. Television broadcasting in Australia Television broadcasting in Australia began officially on 16 September 1956, with
6090-437: The problem of computers being compromised by the surreptitious installation of malicious software (malware). 'Malware' enables a computer to be controlled remotely for illegal and harmful activities without the owner's knowledge. Malware can: The Telecommunications Sector Security Reform (TSSR) commenced on 18 September 2018. TSSR introduces four new measures: In 2000, a legislative framework for online content regulation
6177-572: The remaining third network. In 1993 the Australian Broadcasting Authority allocated licences for a sixth television channel for non-profit community and educational use on a trial basis. The groundwork for community television was laid in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , which defined a new service category, community television, for the first time. Prospective community television providers were invited to apply for transmitter licences, which were granted to groups in Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Lismore . In February, 1995,
6264-748: The service went to air on 18 October 1986 using the call-sign WAW . Not long after, GWN continued to expand within Western Australia, acquiring Mid-Western Television (owner of VEW-8 Kalgoorlie) in December 1985 for A$ 7 million, and Geraldton Telecasters (owner of GTW-11) in March 1987 for an undisclosed amount. The takeovers gave the network a monopoly over all commercial television services in regional Western Australia. In 1987, Bendat and Kerry Stokes merged their media interests into joint company BDC Investments. Later that year, Northern Star Holdings purchased BDC for A$ 206 million. Northern Star were forced to sell GWN to satisfy existing media regulations. GWN
6351-458: The three major providers of subscription television in Australia carry a common service; however they have a number of differences. Foxtel currently 'controls' the common service that Optus resell. This service is known as the Foxtel Platform. Austar broadcast into all of regional Australia (except Western Australia ), Tasmania and Darwin while Foxtel broadcast in all capital cities,
6438-440: Was SWM's second attempt at purchasing Prime Media, after its previous attempt in 2019 was thwarted by Australian Community Media boss Antony Catalano and rival WIN Corporation owner Bruce Gordon , citing Seven's debt problems at the time and its poor ratings performance as the reason for their refusal. Prime shareholders approved the deal on 23 December, with the sale completed on 31 December. This development would mark an end to
6525-640: Was amended further in 2007 by the Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Act (2007) as Schedule 5 only applied to stored content made available over the Internet but did not apply easily to "ephemeral" content such as streamed material. A new schedule (schedule 7) was introduced to regulate this content consistently with the national classifications system. On 10 March 2009, the ACMA issued an "interim link-deletion notice" to Bulletproof Networks, an Australian web-hosting company, on
6612-424: Was considered its own market region. In each of the five major capitals, three commercial licences were granted (the exception being Perth which did not receive its third commercial station until 1988 ), while smaller cities or regions were granted a single licence. The process of aggregation began in 1989. Regional markets were merged and (usually) three licences were granted in the new, aggregated, area, with
6699-517: Was designed to be consistent with the national classifications system (the Code and Classification Guidelines established by the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995). Through this mechanism of establishing what content is prohibited or possibly prohibited, ACMA effectively creates a "blacklist" of content to which Internet service providers must deny users access. This framework
6786-717: Was established by adding a new schedule (schedule 5) to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 . The Australian Broadcasting Authority was responsible for managing and enforcing the framework, and this responsibility passed to ACMA in 2005. The key element to the framework was the establishment of a complaints mechanism under Part 4 of the Schedule. Members of the public could complain to ACMA about offensive material online, ACMA could investigate, and then notify Internet service providers to prevent access to prohibited content. The framework also permitted ACMA to initiate an 'own-motion' investigation into potentially prohibited content. The framework
6873-522: Was granted in 2005, but it later lapsed. Permanent licences for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth were allocated in 2004, while trial licences remain in effect in Adelaide and Lismore. The Australian Community Television Alliance , established in March 2008 is the national representative organisation for community television. The CEO of TVS Sydney , Laurie Patton, is the Secretary and represents ACTA on
6960-424: Was later transferred to Mediahub located at Sydney's suburb of Ingleburn (which houses playout for ABC Television and WIN Television ), before once again transferred to a facility operated by Australia's telco provider Telstra (shared with hybrid-funded broadcaster SBS Television ). On 1 November 2021, Seven West Media announced that it would acquire all the shares and subsidiaries of Prime Media Group. This
7047-508: Was no mechanism for a site operator to know they got onto the list or to request to be removed from it. Australia's Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy later blamed the addition of the dentist's website to the blacklist on the "Russian mob". Associate professor Bjorn Landfeldt of the University of Sydney said that the leaked list "constitutes a condensed encyclopedia of depravity and potentially very dangerous material". Stephen Conroy said
7134-415: Was one of the few areas of regional Australia that was not aggregated, given its small population. This ended in 1997, when WIN Television was granted the rights to a second television license in regional Western Australia, ending GWN's monopoly of all three Australian commercial channels. In March 1999, GWN opted to become a sole Seven Network affiliate, in-line with its eastern sister, Prime Television. As
7221-608: Was only granted two licences. Some remained un-aggregated, and are today known as diary markets. These were granted a second licence, sometimes to the same company that owned the existing licence. Two-broadcaster areas were later granted a third licence, to a joint venture company formed as a partnership of the two existing broadcasters. Examples of these include Tasmanian Digital Television , Mildura Digital Television , Darwin Digital Television and West Digital Television service. Areas with one broadcaster were also granted
7308-599: Was produced and broadcast from GWN7's Spencer Street newsroom in Bunbury CBD with reporters and camera crews also based at newsrooms in Perth , Albany , Kalgoorlie , Karratha , Geraldton and Broome . Since Seven's acquisition of Prime Media would mean GWN7 News and Seven News will fall under one corporate umbrella, it is unclear if the network makes changes to its regional WA news production, since Seven West Media's headquarters are located in Perth's suburb of Osborne Park (where Seven O&O TVW produces news content for
7395-400: Was sold back to Stokes in December 1988 for A$ 54 million, who upgraded equipment throughout the network. In April 1990, the callsigns BTW and GSW were merged, to become SSW . During the late 1980s, GWN was promoted as GWN Satellite Television and aired programs from mostly the Nine Network plus a few from Seven and Ten with STW's Channel Nine (later National Nine) News (from Perth) providing
7482-555: Was submitted to the Australian Communications & Media Authority in 2006. Similar to Mildura Digital Television , the new channel will operate under a Section 38B licence, as a Network 10 affiliate named Ten West . The new decade saw the introduction of digital television, with the Central Wheatbelt , Kalgoorlie , Karratha and Mingenew digital transmitters launching on 10 June 2010. The broadcasters shared
7569-400: Was the network's regional news service. Its main 30-minute program, airing live at 5:30pm on weeknights before Seven News Perth , dealt primarily with local news and current affairs. The bulletin was presented by Noel Brunning with news and sport; and Shauna Willis with weather. As of March 2012, GWN7 produced the only dedicated local news program for regional Western Australia. The bulletin
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