TY - JOUR
T1 - Station break
T2 - a history of Australian regional commercial television ownership and control
AU - Thurlow, Michael
AU - Griffen-Foley, Bridget
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - On July 1, 2016, the Nine Network abandoned its long-term regional affiliation agreement with WIN Television in favour of a new five-year deal to supply programs to Southern Cross Austereo. This realignment of metropolitan and regional commercial television interests was the latest move in a game of regulatory, economic, corporate, political and technological brinkmanship that began more than 60 years ago, and which is likely to end in the demise of regional commercial television as an independent if not distinct entity in Australia.
AB - On July 1, 2016, the Nine Network abandoned its long-term regional affiliation agreement with WIN Television in favour of a new five-year deal to supply programs to Southern Cross Austereo. This realignment of metropolitan and regional commercial television interests was the latest move in a game of regulatory, economic, corporate, political and technological brinkmanship that began more than 60 years ago, and which is likely to end in the demise of regional commercial television as an independent if not distinct entity in Australia.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098218515&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
VL - 38
SP - 117
EP - 130
JO - Australian Journalism Review
JF - Australian Journalism Review
SN - 0810-2686
IS - 1
ER -