Murdochs Pay Out for Services Rendered. The Australia Network has gone off the air after the Federal Government withdrew funding for the broadcaster earlier this year. #auspol #ausvotes The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade cut Australias international television service, which had broadcast content to 46 countries in the Asia and Pacific region including Solomon Islands, India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, in the May budget. The ABC was one year into a ten-year contract to provide the service, which had a potential audience of 144 million people. Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop told ABCs Insiders program on Sunday that the Government cut funding to the broadcaster because it did not believe it was meeting its contractual obligations. abc.net.au/news/2014-09-28/australia-network-goes-off-the-air/5774808
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:35:01 +0000
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