Last Friday, Mumbrella published a piece in which Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany railed against the current anti-siphoning laws, which prevent free-to-air broadcasters from being outbid on the rights to significant sporting events by subscription TV providers – such as Foxtel. In this response, Free TV CEO Bridget Fair calls Delany’s position “narrow and self-serving” and argues free-to-air broadcasting is the “only truly democratic form of media.”
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Forget pay TV, free-to-air is the only truly democratic form of media
