Shifting community TV to the net is a better fit

By Malcolm Turnbull
Updated September 24 2014 - 6:57pm, first published September 23 2014 - 10:30am
Malcolm Turnbull: The point is small audience figures suggest that CTV is not contributing significantly to the diversity of media services for local communities, one of the prime reasons for licensing community broadcasting services. Picture: Rob Homer.
Malcolm Turnbull: The point is small audience figures suggest that CTV is not contributing significantly to the diversity of media services for local communities, one of the prime reasons for licensing community broadcasting services. Picture: Rob Homer.

Without access to radio frequency spectrum your mobile wouldn't work, your TV screen would be black and your radio silent, trains wouldn't run safely, satellites couldn't communicate, nor could aeroplanes, police and ambulance radios ... it's a long list. Let's face it, we live in a wireless world.