The federal government has opened the door for regulation of local content on the internet after Minister for Broadband Stephen Conroy confirmed the government’s intention to commence a review of convergent media regulation.

A day after ABC director of television Kim Dalton warned of the potential onslaught of cheap foreign content on IPTV through the national broadband network and suggested some of the proceeds of the federal government’s “digital dividend” be used to fund production of Australian content, Senator Conroy told delegates at the Screen Producers Association of Australia Conference in Sydney that he accepted concerns about “the protection of Australian content in the multi-channel, multi-platform world”.

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www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/local-net-content-in-line-for-review/story-e6frg9sx-1225801823743