Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 24 & 26 : 31-Jul-17

Media industry executives have expressed concern that the ABC and SBS are increasingly competing directly with commercial rivals for content and viewers, and urged the Federal Government to step in to ensure that the public broadcasters adhere to their charters. Criticisms of the ABC and SBS include the fact that they are not subject to the same media regulations as their commercial rivals and that SBS is using taxpayers’ funds to outbid commercial networks for US content.

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