Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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This Determination sets the deadline for ending analog television broadcasting in Tasmania.
During the digital TV switchover, broadcasters must transmit shows using both old (analog) and new (digital) signals simultaneously—this is called the "simulcast period." This law specifies that for the Tasmania TV1 licence area (covering most of Tasmania), this dual-broadcasting arrangement must continue until and including 9 April 2013.
After this date:
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Direct links to the current provisions in Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Tasmania TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
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 14 August 2012
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Tasmania TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;
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; and
Tasmania TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan - Tasmania Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
The simulcast period for the Tasmania TV1 licence area is to run until and including 9 April 2013.
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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 14 August 2012
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Tasmania TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;
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; and
Tasmania TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan - Tasmania Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
The simulcast period for the Tasmania TV1 licence area is to run until and including 9 April 2013.