This paper draws on a six month study that aimed to broadly clarify strategies for the Indonesian Government to address the issue of convergence. This paper reports on one aspect of this study that maps stakeholder policymaker opinions about a future converged regulator in Indonesia. Convergence refers to a trend in regulation that seeks to...

We are living in a converged world. We can at last put behind us the debate over whether convergence is about one device, multiple devices or multiple distribution channels. And thankfully television is not dead. However, while convergence offers flexibility and convenience, we may have in the process of getting to convergence reduced our ability...

In the digital age, what is 'television', what is 'radio'? Is there any continuing utility in describing the 'print media' as the 'print media', when its activities are increasingly online, the 'print' element is becoming increasingly peripheral1 and the more significant issues generally relate to 'content' elements (eg defamation, privacy) rather than the medium of...

Convergence and next generation networks and their potential impact on policies and regulations is the subject of this report, covering issues of competition in the new fibre environment, convergence of video, voice and data services, the rapid growth of new technologies, such as HDTV and mobile television, and the related demand for spectrum, as well...

In this speech to the Australian Broadcasting Summit, ACMA’s recently appointed chair, Chris Chapman, outlines the purpose and direction of the new organisation, discusses a number of contemporary issues relevant to the broadcasting sector and and briefly raises what the authority sees to be a number of emerging issues.