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Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Southern New South Wales TV1 and Griffith and MIA TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2011

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This instrument sets 5 June 2012 as the final day of the simulcast period for Southern NSW and the Griffith/Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, after which commercial broadcasters in those licence areas could end analog transmissions and broadcast only digitally. It affected local broadcasters and residents, giving certainty for the local step in Australia’s nationwide analog-to-digital TV switch.

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Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Southern New South Wales TV1 and Griffith and MIA TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2011

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Broadcasting Services Act 1992

Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Southern New South Wales TV1 and Griffith and MIA TV1) Determination (No.1) 2011

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 25 August 2011

STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Name of Determination

This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Southern New South Wales TV1 and Griffith and MIA TV1) Determination (No.1) 2011.

2. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3. Definitions

In this Determination:

ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;

Griffith and MIA TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan - Griffith and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;

simulcast period has the same meaning as in paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of ‘simulcast period’ in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;

Southern New South Wales TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan - Southern NSW Analog Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

4. Determination

The simulcast period for the Southern New South Wales TV1 licence area and the Griffith and MIA TV1 licence area is to run until and including 5 June 2012.

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