Broadcasting statistics: April 2015

To give stakeholders and other citizens better insights into our investigations work, we present this statistical breakdown of the broadcasting investigations work we have recently done and are currently doing. Where investigations are ongoing, or have not been published, the ACMA is generally unable to give detail of the entities and issues involved for individual matters or otherwise make comment.

Figure 1: Broadcasting – investigations finalised by service type in April 2015

TV Radio0

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10

21

5

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Broadcasting: investigations finalised by service type in April 2015

CommunityCommercialNational (ABC & SBS)

Figure 2: Broadcasting – investigations finalised by issue in April 2015*

Classification

Harm and offence

Impartiality

Warnings or advice

Community interest

Provoke or incite

Australian content quota

Accuracy

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

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1

1

1

2

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4

Broadcasting: investigations finalised by issue in April 2015*

* One investigation may involve several issues.

Figure 3: Broadcasting – investigations finalised by genre in April 2015

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3

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4

Broadcasting: investigations finalised by genre in April 2015*

DramaTalkbackOtherNews & current affairs

* Not all investigations concern broadcasts, for example, quota compliance issues.

Figure 4: Broadcasting – investigations finalised per month as at 30 April 2015*

May-14

Jun-14Jul-1

4

Aug-14

Sep-14

Oct-14

Nov-14

Dec-14

Jan-15

Feb-15

Mar-15

Apr-15

05

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103 2 2 3

19

1 0 1 0 3

13

910 8

410

25

83

5 77

21

1

0

0

21

0

0

Broadcasting: investigations finalised per month as at 30 April 2015

No findingConcludedNo breachBreach

* No finding outcomes relate to where there has been insufficient information or there are other reasons that have prevented the ACMA from making a finding. Concluded investigations are those where a complaint is withdrawn prior to a decision.

Figure 5: Broadcasting – average time taken to finalise closed investigations as at 30 April 2015*

May-14

Jun-14Jul-1

4

Aug-14

Sep-14

Oct-14

Nov-14

Dec-14

Jan-15

Feb-15

Mar-15

Apr-15

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1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9

Broadcasting: average time taken to finalise closed investig-ations as at 30 April 2015

Rolling average

Time in months

* Key performance indicator (KPI) is less than six months to finalise an investigation. For the period May 2014 to April 2015, the average time taken to finalise a broadcasting investigation was 2.9 months.

Figure 6: Broadcasting – current investigations by service type as at 30 April 2015

TV Radio0

2

4

6

8

10

12

5

7

2

2

Broadcasting: current investigations by service type as at 30 April 2015

CommunityCommercialNational (ABC & SBS)

Figure 7: Broadcasting – current investigations by date opened as at 30 April 2015

8

5

3

Broadcasting: current investigations by date openedas at 30 April 2015

< 3 monthsBetween 3-6 months> 6 months

Figure 8: Broadcasting – current investigations by issue as at 30 April 2015*

Advertising

Complaints handling

Diversity of perspective

Gratuitous emphasis

Materially mislead

Privacy

Provoke or incite

Public panic

Tobacco advertising

Classification

Dislike, contempt or ridicule

Impartiality

Captioning

Viewpoints

Accuracy

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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2

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4

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Broadcasting: current investigations by issue as at 30 April 2015*

* One investigation may involve several issues.