Insiders say there is a “regulatory gap” that means broadcasts of major events could effectively disappear behind a digital paywall.
Australians could miss out on watching televised major sporting events for free because of a “regulatory gap” that means broadcasts could effectively disappear behind a digital paywall.
Under the scheme, pay TV providers are prevented from buying the rights to televise major sporting events – such as the Olympics, AFL and NRL grand finals and the FIFA World Cup – until free-to-air networks have had the chance to buy those rights., for the first time will also prevent streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon from having first purchase rights.
Bridget Fair, chief executive at FreeTV Australia, the lobby body for Nine, Seven and Ten, said by limiting the rules of the scheme, paid streamers would “lock up exclusive digital rights”, in a way that was“With more and more Australians getting their free TV over the internet, there is a real risk the anti-siphoning scheme will collapse under its own weight if it does not apply to free streaming rights,” Fair said.
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