Embarrassment for Nine after ACMA says it hasn’t got permission for 3D NRL broadcast because it didn’t hand in its homework

Tim Burrowes

August 27, 2010 11:16

TV regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority has accused the Nine Network of announcing a 3D broadcast of the NRL grand final without getting permission to use the spectrum.

The network has been denied a licence because it failed to report back on how its previous trial broadcast of State of Origin went.

The Nine Network sent out the following announcement last night:

After the outstanding success of the 2010 State of Origin Series, the Nine Network and Harvey Norman will partner again to broadcast the 2010 Telstra Premiership Grand Final live and in 3D.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.