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With Community Television stations Channel 31 & 44 once again facing a switch-off deadline of June 30 from TV broadcasting to online only, questions were raised this week at Senate Estimates.
SA Senator Marielle Smith asked what was relevant about the date of June 30, given there would be static in its place.
“Is anything happening on the first of July? ….It’s just the date the Minister chose… that’s why we’re working towards that date. Is that correct?” she asked.
Pauline Sullivan, First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Communications replied, “It was the date the Minister chose.”
Broadcast spectrum buyback threatens popular TV channels
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Television networks are worried they will be unable to provide viewers with high definition quality and secondary channels such as
7mate,
9Gem and 10Bold if a proposal to buy back some of the spectrum they use is implemented, despite assurances from the federal government that the move would not significantly affect viewers.
Reforms proposed by the government in November suggest removing spectrum licence fees in exchange for reducing the amount of radiofrequency spectrum used by TV broadcasters by compressing it. The spectrum made available - known as the 600mHZ band - would be sold at a higher price to companies like telcos that can use it to rollout fast mobile networks.