Would Commercial Radio be better off without the ABC?

26 July 2010 · blog

Ever since the ABC announced its intention to launch a 24 hour TV news channel the Murdoch press have been waging an assault against it...

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Graham Ronald MilesSunday 25th July 2010
The ABC's 24 hour News channel is a welcome addition to the TV landscape....for those people who can access it. As it is broadcast in high definition, even on Foxtel and Austar, those of us with older TV sets accessing digital signals with a standard definition set top box are denied access to the service, apart from watching it streamed on our computers.
It begs the question why does a news service need to be in HD?
So for the moment Mr. Murdoch doesn't have too much to worry about.

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