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‘Ill-considered’: Regional media companies slam proposed broadcasting licence reforms – Sydney Morning Herald
A group of regional media companies have rejected the federal government’s proposed media reforms.
Regional media companies Prime Media Group, WIN Corporation, Australian Community Media, Southern Cross Austereo and Imparja Television jointly condemned the spectrum consolidation proposal on Friday as failing to understand “the urgency and extent of reforms needed”.
“The Fletcher plan is simply a grab for spectrum to bolster the federal government’s coffers,” the companies said in a joint statement on Friday.
“The notion that regional television broadcasters would surrender vital broadcast spectrum…
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