Simplified outline
1 Simplified outline
The following is a simplified outline of this Schedule:
• This Schedule sets up a system for regulating the provision of datacasting services.
• A person who provides a designated datacasting service must hold a datacasting licence.
• Datacasting content will be subject to restrictions. Those restrictions are designed to encourage datacasting licensees to provide a range of innovative services that are different to traditional broadcasting services.
• The main restrictions on datacasting content are as follows:
restrictions on the provision of certain genres of television programs;
restrictions on the provision of audio content.
• Datacasting licensees will be allowed to provide the following types of content:
information‑only programs (including matter that enables people to carry out transactions);
educational programs;
interactive computer games;
content in the form of text or still visual images;
Parliamentary broadcasts;
ordinary email;
internet content.
• A group that represents datacasting licensees may develop codes of practice.
• The ACMA has a reserve power to make a standard if there are no codes of practice or if a code of practice is deficient.
• The ACMA may investigate complaints about datacasting licensees.
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.