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This Australian Act provides the legal basis for anti-siphoning laws.
What is the Broadcasting Services Act 1992?
Who owns the rights to the Olympics in Australia?
What is Chanel 9
This famous motorsport race held at Mount Panorama is protected on the list
What is Bathurst 1000
True or False: The legislation protects sale of the rights to all sporting events equally?
What is False
What is the most common method Australians used to consume sports content according to the 2023 Television and Media Survey?
What is Live Sports
Section 115 of the Broadcasting Services Act gives this government figure the power to protect free access to events.
Who is the Minister for Communications?
Own had the rights to the mens 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup
What is SBS
True or False: AFL mens and women's leagues are protected equally on the list
What is False. Only the AFL Women's (AFLW) finals series is protected on the anti-siphoning list, while all men's AFL premiership matches are protected.
True or False: The legislation can function as a safeguard against market competition and revenue loss for FTA networks?
What is True
Anti-Siphoning promotes domestic economic reinvestment within Australia. True or False?
What is True
Anti-siphoning laws aim to stop major sporting events from being exclusive to these paid broadcasting platforms
What are subscription television or pay-TV services?
Who owns the rights to the Melbourne Cup
What is Channel 9
The three motor sports protected on the list
Australian F1, Bathurst 1000 Supercars Championship, Australian MotoGP
If sports leagues receive higher revenue from broadcasting rights, they can invest more money into things like stadium upgrades, youth development, and which key stakeholder group?
Who are Players / Athletes
Broadcasting rights are likely be purchased by large corporations such as Netflix if anti-siphoning legislation did not exist due to greater _________ capacity.
What is Purchasing / Financial
This rule means free-to-air broadcasters get the first opportunity to purchase broadcasting rights.
What is the 'right to first acquisition'
Who owns the rights to the AFL Finals
What is Channel 7
fill in the missing sport: "Each semi-final or final of the ____ World Cup that involves the senior Australian representative team selected by ____ Australia is protected on the list."
What is Netball
Channel 9 bought the exclusive rights to 5 Olympic Games (2024-2032) for this amount of money?
What is $305 Million
Which group of people would be most disadvantaged without anti-siphoning laws?
What is Individuals of a lower socioeconomic status
If a free-to-air broadcaster does not purchase the rights to a listed event, it is removed from the list after this amount of time before the event.
What is 26 weeks
Who owns the rights to the Melb F1
Channel 10
The two tennis tournaments that are protected (in full or partially) on the list
What is The Australian Open and The Davis Cup
Sports advertising accounts for approx what percentage of annual advertising revenue for Australia’s FTA networks?
What is 20-25%
Name three digital multi-channels that may broadcast sporting events instead of the main channel for networks 7,9 and 10
What are 7Mate, 9Gem, and 10Bold