Turning off the Television: Broadcasting’s uncertain future
UNSW Press, $44.95pb, 342pp
Media
Screen Tests and Digital Dead-ends
by Prue Torney-Parlicki •
At a recent Australian Broadcasting Authority conference, federal communications minister Senator Richard Alston conceded that the early adoption of digital television in Australia had been ‘modest’. More impartial observers of the transition to digital broadcasting in Australia have been less restrained. ‘A digital dead-end’ and ‘dismal failure’ are representative of recent media commentary on the subject.
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