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Proportion of spending on Australian and imported programs, drama and other, by commercial free-to-air services in Australia, 1990/91–2008/09

	Proportion of program expenditure (%)
	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09
Imported programs
Drama	27%	25%	27%	23%	28%	27%	32%	29%	29%
All other programs	2%	4%	3%	10%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%
Total imported	29%	30%	30%	33%	30%	29%	34%	30%	31%
Australian programs
Drama (incl. children’s)	12%	13%	14%	12%	11%	12%	9%	10%	10%
All other programs	59%	57%	56%	55%	59%	60%	57%	60%	58%
Total Australian	71%	70%	70%	67%	70%	71%	66%	70%	69%

	Proportion of program expenditure (%)
	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09
Australian programs other than drama
News & current affairs	16%	17%	16%	12%	14%	14%	14%	9%	8%
Sport	26%	23%	23%	20%	22%	21%	16%	23%	24%
Documentaries	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Variety	4%	5%	5%	7%	8%	11%	14%	13%	13%
Other light ent.	10%	10%	10%	14%	12%	11%	10%	12%	10%
Non-drama children’s	1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%	1%	1%
Other programs	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%

Source: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Authority), Broadcasting Financial Results.

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.

	Proportion of program expenditure (%)
	90/91	91/92	92/93	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00
Imported programs
Drama	29%	25%	24%	25%	27%	25%	26%	27%	30%	29%
All other programs	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Total imported	33%	28%	26%	28%	30%	28%	28%	29%	33%	31%
Australian programs
Drama (incl. children’s)	18%	16%	13%	12%	11%	12%	11%	12%	14%	11%
All other programs	49%	56%	61%	60%	59%	60%	61%	59%	53%	58%
Total Australian	67%	72%	74%	72%	70%	72%	72%	71%	67%	69%

	Proportion of program expenditure (%)
	90/91	91/92	92/93	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00
Australian programs other than drama
News & current affairs	17%	22%	22%	24%	21%	20%	20%	20%	17%	18%
Sport	15%	17%	21%	16%	17%	18%	20%	19%	20%	22%
Documentaries	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1%	1%	1%	1%
Variety	5%	5%	5%	6%	5%	7%	8%	6%	5%	6%
Other light ent.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	10%	10%	8%	8%
Non-drama children’s	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Other programs	2%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	1%	2%	1%	3%

Source: Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA), Broadcasting Financial Results.

Notes:
Details of expenditure on documentaries and light entertainment other than variety programs are not available before 1996/97.