Seven, Nine and Ten CEOs unite to support access to Free TV

Media Release Friday 23 February 2024 Seven, Nine and Ten CEOs unite to support access to Free TV The CEOs of the Seven, Nine and Ten networks will make a rare joint appearance at a Senate inquiry, to argue the importance of access to free TV for millions of Australians. [...] The commercial TV executives will appear today alongside Free TV Chair Greg Hywood and CEO Bridget Fair before the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee to call for the prominence and anti-siphoning bill to be strengthened. [...] Free TV Chair Greg Hywood said: “We welcome the Government’s intention to make free local TV services easy to find on connected TVs and to stop global streaming giants putting our major sports behind a TV paywall. [...] “For free to air broadcasters to continue to provide these world class services we need the ability to provide them on all the platforms and delivery systems available to our audiences. [...] Free TV is calling for the following changes to the bill: Prominence • Reduce the implementation period from 18 months to a maximum of six months • Extend the rules to existing TVs that receive software updates • Ensure that viewers are presented with both free and paid options when searching for content • Require electronic TV guides to include local free TV services 2 Anti‐siphoning • Require th.