The change in policy focus from basic (i.e. dial up) Internet infrastructure to broadband network provision may lead one to assume that all is done as far as basic Internet provision is concerned especially for people in urban areas. However the assumption that with the achievement of basic Internet network provision every one will take...

This paper considers indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) against a backdrop of the heightened submarine cable construction and upgrade activity currently being undertaken in the transPacific region. In the first part, this paper looks at the ever-increasing consumer demand for capacity and the response by industry that is seeing to the current capacity boom. The...

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...

An increasing number of researchers are investigating the growth of independent, alternative, community, and radical media globally _ at a time when both the academy and practitioners are concerned about the changing nature of news, independent media outlets seems to be offering a return to a time when journalists were connected to their communities and...

SBS has been the subject of some heated debates about funding models, commercial activity, perceived 'populism' and the continued relevance of publicly funded media. These debates and challenges are not unique to SBS or to Australia. Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in many contexts is facing a 'crisis of legitimacy' as it struggles to retain audiences...