New SPAA President focuses on convergence review

Newly elected SPAA President Brian Rosen, former Film Finance Corporation chief executive, due to take  is making the current convergence review a priority.

In his statement of appointment, Rosen said, “I look forward to helping lead the way in getting the best outcomes for the industry with the convergence review.”

The government’s convergence review is currently examining future policy and regulatory frameworks that apply to the converged media and communications landscape in Australia.

Outgoing president, Antony I Ginnane, who held the role for three years, told EncoreLive: “One of the main thrusts of the convergence review issue is, as viewship migrates from free-to-air channels that have local content and related requirements, and even from the PAY TV channels which have local spend requirement, to these new media, how do we find a way to make a local content obligation, directly or indirectly for all this new media.”