Less than a third of Aussies watching TV through an aerial
New polling commissioned by Australia’s commercial TV networks has revealed that less than one in three Australians are watching TV through an aerial.
The national polling by Resolve Strategic – and commissioned by Free TV Australia, which represents the free-to-air networks – found 69% of Australians access TV via the internet, only 29% of Australians watch TV exclusively through an aerial, with a number of those planning to ditch their aerial soon.
The research is in the aid of convincing government to extend proposed anti-siphoning laws to apply to digital services.
It’s nice of Free TV Australia to be so upfront in admitting that fewer and fewer people rely on their aerial to watch FTA, with the necessary implication that it won’t be long before FTA broadcasters don’t require radiocommunications licences, so the parts of the spectrum that are covered by their current licences can be put to better use.