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Industry spends up on News, Light Entertainment.

Industry data indicates there have been significant spending in News and Current Affairs, Light Entertainment and Documentaries.

2014-01-17_2321The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released the Broadcasting Financial Results (BFR) report 2011-12.

It is produced using information provided to the ACMA by commercial broadcasters to satisfy their disclosure requirements under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 in relation to the collection of broadcasting licence fees.

There have been significant spending shifts in News and Current Affairs, Light Entertainment and Documentaries (the latter in the negative).

Television—Australia—Total

 

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

 
Number of Stations

71

68

69

Revenue
Advertising Revenue

3,671,891,497

3,970,819,169

3,813,406,242

Other Licence Fee Revenue

21,081,458

37,176,885

21,350,211

Sale of Air Time

3,692,972,955

4,007,996,054

3,834,756,453

Other Revenue

673,713,946

661,099,566

415,603,050

Service Revenue

4,366,686,901

4,669,095,620

4,250,359,503

Expenditure
Service Expenses

3,619,540,389

3,861,493,270

4,615,185,508

Profitability
Service Profit/(Loss)

747,146,512

807,602,350

(364,826,005)

Assets
Current Assets

3,057,546,759

3,996,138,665

2,490,986,255

Non Current Assets

6,384,922,827

7,512,599,356

10,762,796,998

Total Assets

9,442,469,586

11,508,738,021

13,253,783,253

Liabilities
Current Liabilities

1,122,216,114

1,125,373,434

1,192,643,732

Non Current Liabilities

1,492,062,170

1,871,138,265

5,780,521,575

Total Liabilities

2,614,278,284

2,996,511,699

6,973,165,307

Net Assets
Net TV Service Assets/(Liabilities)

6,828,191,302

8,512,226,322

6,280,617,946

Program Expenditure
Australian Adult Drama

126,869,810

137,177,514

116,664,772

Australian Children’s Drama

13,862,798

9,715,171

11,333,010

Australian Children’s Other

12,066,593

13,161,434

13,702,240

Australian News and Current Affairs

242,952,933

374,936,544

378,685,552

Australian Documentaries

22,781,369

12,625,965

10,805,672

Australian Sport

319,277,752

354,953,356

344,789,788

Australian Light Entertainment – Variety

150,912,418

176,093,600

280,690,003

Australian Light Entertainment – Other

180,506,757

178,138,289

222,663,490

Australian Other Programming

25,519,553

8,068,364

14,414,397

Total Australian Programs

1,094,749,983

1,264,870,237

1,393,748,924

Overseas Drama

353,888,620

398,026,946

379,546,660

Overseas Other

19,046,412

34,566,651

86,070,567

Total Overseas Programs

372,935,032

432,593,597

465,617,227

Total Programs

1,467,685,015

1,697,463,834

1,859,366,151

2 Responses

  1. Why am I not surprised. 7 and 9 are almost becoming news and light entertainment channels during the day. Why is that? Is news cheaper to produce? The fact that news rates well and they’re producing more of it?

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