All commercial television licensees have met Australian content quotas for their primary and non-primary channels in 2024, according to the latest ACMA report.
The 2024 Commercial Television Compliance with Australian Content Requirements report includes results for 13 metropolitan licensees and 62 regional licensees.
Under broadcasting rules, each year commercial television licensees must broadcast at least:
- 55 per cent Australian content in their programming between 6am and midnight on their primary channel, and
- 1,460 hours of Australian content between 6am and midnight on non-primary channels.
The Seven Network reported an average of 77 per cent Australian programs across its primary metropolitan channels, the Nine Network 81 per cent and Network Ten 64 per cent.
Regional licensees, including those from the WIN Network, SCA TV and Imparja, reported a compliance range of 64 per cent to 82 per cent on their primary channels.
Commercial television licensees are also required to reach 250 points by broadcasting first-release Australian content across certain genres each calendar year.
Points are allocated per broadcast hour based on a program's genre and, for drama programs, the program's production budget. This means that more points can be claimed per hour for commissioned Australian drama programs with high production budgets.
All metropolitan licensees met the required points quota, with the Seven Network reporting 267 points of first release Australian content, 275 points for the Nine Network and 446 points for Network Ten. These results include 'carry over' points from 2023.
All regional licensees met the required points quota, including one which met the requirement on a pro rata basis before returning its licence to the ACMA in June 2024.
The full 2024 Commercial Television Compliance with Australian Content Requirements report has been published on Broadcaster compliance with TV content standards | ACMA.
Information about the rules and the ACMA's assessment approach is available at Australian content in TV programs | ACMA.
We also collect voluntary information from commercial TV networks about program expenditure - see Commercial TV program expenditure | ACMA.
