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About Julian Thomas

Julian Thomas is Director of the Media and Communications Programme at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology. He writes on new media, broadcasting, and other aspects of information policy. He is a co-author of The Future for Local Content? (Sydney, 2001).

Articles by Julian Thomas

Tuesday 20th August

Another fine mess: digital terrestrial TV in Australia

UK digital terrestrial television (DTT) is in a shambles, David Elstein has argued. The US has taken a different path, argues Hernan Galperin, if anything it’s even worse. Perhaps we can find seeds of hope in DTT policy on the other side of the globe? Fat chance. Media analyst Julian Thomas outlines the way Australian DTT policy has drawn on both US and UK models, but created a mess uniquely its own.
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