Coming of television-- Government decides -- Expansion of television services 1956-65 -- Audience-commodity and program-supply markets -- Reform of commercial television-- Structural change in the broadcast-station market -- Changing dynamics of program supply and audience 1974-1998 -- Convergence and incumbency -- Commerical television and the multimedia world
Summary
"I hope this thing will not come to Australia in my term of office, said Prime Minister Menzies in 1952. But it did. In 1956 Australia opened its first channel and began the long road to building the industry that changed our way of life."--Book jacket
Analysis
Australia overseas comparisons
Australian
Australian content
Broadcasting licences
Broadcasting policy
Committees and inquiries
Government regulation
History
Key item
Media organisations
Organisational change
Reform
Statistics
Television
Television programs
Trends
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-362) and index
