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Jock Given

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20 years of Screenrights. 20 years of Australian TV

Jock Given, a Screenrights founding director and Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University's Institute for Social Research, looks at the last 20 years in Australian television

Future consumer: emerging consumer issues in telecommunications and convergent communications and media

This report brings together consumer-focused case studies across telecommunications and mobiles, the Internet, affordability and broadcasting

Would the real Freeview please stand up?

This article explores the origins and development of these three 'Freeviews' in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia

This time it's serious

Digital TV is already here

Fibre to the everywhere: Australia's new plan for broadband

This talk considers the origins of the Australia's new $43 billion plan for broadband and asks who will benefit and who will pay for it

Kevin Rudd's partner

Fresh back from overseas, a prime minister makes a stunning telecommunications announcement

Australia's broadband: how big is the problem?

Jock Given from the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University draws four conclusions from the most recent data about broadband takeup
in Australia and overseas

Has radio blown the future?
Why we should worry about Kerry Stokes

Having taken on pretty much everyone in the Australian media and lost, it's no surprise that Kerry Stokes is getting some bad press today, writes Jock Given for ABC News

The game is on as media bosses circle

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