Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
What this does: This sets the final date for TV broadcasters in three specific parts of regional Victoria—Eastern Victoria, Regional Victoria, and Western Victoria—to broadcast in both analog and digital formats simultaneously.
Why it matters: The "simulcast period" is the timeframe when TV stations broadcast the same programs in both old (analog) and new (digital) formats to help viewers transition to digital TV. This determination fixes the end of that period as 5 May 2011 for these regions. After this deadline, analog broadcasts would cease, meaning viewers who hadn't upgraded to digital equipment would have lost their TV signal.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Eastern Victoria TV1, Regional Victoria TV1 and Western Victoria TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2010.
I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6A(2) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated 10 September 2010
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Eastern Victoria TV1, Regional Victoria TV1 and Western Victoria TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2010.
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
regional coverage area has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
regional licence area has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
simulcast period has the same meaning as paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of ‘simulcast period’ in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
The simulcast period for the regional licence areas and the regional coverage areas of Eastern Victoria TV1, Regional Victoria TV1, and Western Victoria TV1 is to run until and including 5 May 2011.
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I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6A(2) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated 10 September 2010
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Eastern Victoria TV1, Regional Victoria TV1 and Western Victoria TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2010.
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
regional coverage area has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
regional licence area has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
simulcast period has the same meaning as paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of ‘simulcast period’ in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
The simulcast period for the regional licence areas and the regional coverage areas of Eastern Victoria TV1, Regional Victoria TV1, and Western Victoria TV1 is to run until and including 5 May 2011.