Published: August 25, 2020
Commercial television networks are pushing to have current quotas for original content in each category abandoned
A proposed “simplified” quota system for Australian drama and kids’ TV would result in more than half of that content disappearing from free-to-air television, producers have told an inquiry.
Screen Producers Australia say a fallback proposal by the commercial television lobby – which wants all quotas scrapped in the first instance – is so “aggressively deregulatory” it would mean commercial networks would spend $161m, or 51%, less on Australian drama, documentary and children’s TV than they do now.
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