AJ 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Sydney Morning Herald, West Digital Television
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Government media organisations are those owned by the government. In many countries, government ownership equates to government control of the media. In australia, australian broadcasting corporation (abc) and special broadcasting. Corporation (sbs) are both owned by the federal government. Because the australian government recognise the importance of the mass media to politics and society, the australian communisation and media authority (acma) allocates television and radio frequencies to community broadcasters. Acma are the regulator of the media and regulate the licences available and media ownership. Community media organisations are usually funded by the government, memberships and advertising. Channel 31 is a community television station that broadcasts in a number of australian cities, including melbourne, Commercial media organisations are privately owned companies that compete to make profits through advertising and program sales. Here is a list of the main media owners in.