The Australian free-to-air industry has been lobbying the Turnbull government hard to scrap its $153 million-a-year licence fees that it argues are outdated, especially as they give an an unfair advantage to larger overseas rivals such as Google and Facebook, which invest far less in Australian content. What does Peter Costello, the newly appointed Channel Nine chairman think about it?Aaron has more.
The Australian free-to-air industry has been lobbying the Turnbull government hard to scrap its $153 million-a-year licence fees that it argues are outdated, especially as they give an an unfair advantage to larger overseas rivals such as Google and Facebook, which invest far less in Australian content. What does Peter Costello, the newly appointed Channel Nine chairman think about it?Aaron has more.
