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TV Futures

Digital Televison Policy in Australia

Academic Monograph

Andrew T Kenyon (ed.)

In TV Futures academics from media and cultural research, copyright law, and media law and policy combine to comment on the implications of the shift to digital television.

About this Title

TV Futures: Digital Television Policy in Australia brings together leading writers from both law and media studies to examine the implications of the shift to digital television for the platforms and audiences, copyright law and media regulation.

The book combines writers with expertise in media law and copyright law with those skilled in media policy and social and cultural research. Through its scope and topicality, the book substantially develops the literature on digital television to serve readers from across the fields of law, the humanities and social sciences.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Andrew T Kenyon, 'Changing Channels'

Part I - Platforms and Audiences
2 Gerard Goggin, 'Mobile Digital Television: Dancing with the Stars, or Dancing in the Dark?'
3 Rod Tiffen, 'From Technological Abundance to Commercial Monopoly in Australian Pay TV: Key Relationships in Institutionalising Subscription Television'
4 Tim Dwyer, 'Traditional Media Buys Online: Not all Good News for Audiences'
5 Teresa Rizzo, 'Programming your own Channel: An Archaeology of the Playlist'

Part II - Copyright Law
6 Kathy Bowrey, 'What are you Missing out on? Big Media, Broadcasting, Copyright and Access to Innovation'
7 Melissa de Zwart, 'Australia's Fair Dealing Exceptions: Do they Facilitate or Inhibit Creativity in the Production of Television Comedy?'
8 Robin Wright, 'So you want to tape off TV? Copyright Law, Television and Remix Culture'
9 David Brennan, 'Flag Waving in the Digital Jungle'
10 Kim Weatherall, 'The Impact of Copyright Treaties on Broadcast Policy'

Part III - Media Regulation
11 Jock Given, 'Switching off Analogue TV'
12 Jason Bosland, 'An Analogue 'House of Cards' in the Digital Era: The Shifting Structures of Television Broadcasting Policy in Australia?'
13 Lesley Hitchens, 'Citizen versus Consumer in the Digital World'
14 Ellie Rennie and Julian Thomas, 'Analogue Nation, Digital Community'
15 Elizabeth Handsley, 'What's in it for Children? Dedicated Channels and the Effectiveness of Regulation'

About the Author

Andrew T Kenyon is Director of the CMCL (Centre for Media and Communications Law) and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne. He researches in comparative media and communications law, including defamation, privacy, copyright, journalism, and media policy. He is editor of the Media & Arts Law Review, a participant in the ARC Cultural Research Network, and president of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand. Recent authored or co-edited books include Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice (2006) and New Dimensions in Privacy Law (2006).

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