Hours of
local and imported programming broadcast by commercial free-to-air networks,
6 am to midnight, 1998
Updates not available
Hours
broadcast
Seven
Nine
Ten
Total
Local
Import.
Local
Import.
Local
Import.
Local
Import.
Drama
670.5
1,748.0
301.6
1,815.5
458.5
732.6
1,430.6
4,296.2
Docu.
32.3
118.4
48.8
61.0
25.5
10.5
106.6
189.9
Infotain.
106.0
7.7
309.3
20.8
303.7
23.0
719.0
51.5
Light
entertain.
730.7
903.2
868.3
187.0
1,166.1
1,632.2
2,765.1
2,722.4
News &
current
affairs
1,060.5
143.0
1,552.5
68.8
725.3
0.0
3,338.3
211.8
Sports
events
771.2
7.4
618.0
114.4
319.1
80.1
1,708.2
201.9
Sports
event
12-2am
119.2
0.0
48.5
0.0
10.1
0.0
177.8
0.0
Sports
other
233.0
3.9
302.2
8.6
467.3
26.4
1,002.5
38.9
Other
27.6
1.2
235.7
60.7
215.0
380.3
478.4
442.1
Total
3,750.9
2,933.0
4,284.8
2,336.6
3,684.0
2,885.1
11,726.4
8,154.7
Share
of hours broadcast (%)1
Seven
Nine
Ten
Total
Local
Import.
Local
Import.
Local
Import.
Local
Import.
Drama
10.2%
26.6%
4.6%
27.6%
7.0%
11.2%
7.3%
21.8%
Docu.
0.5%
1.8%
0.7%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
1.0%
Infotain.
1.6%
0.1%
4.7%
0.3%
4.6%
0.4%
3.6%
0.3%
Light
entertain.
11.1%
13.8%
13.2%
2.8%
17.8%
24.9%
14.0%
13.8%
News &
current affairs
16.2%
2.2%
23.6%
1.0%
11.1%
0.0%
16.9%
1.1%
Sports
event
11.7%
0.1%
9.4%
1.7%
4.9%
1.2%
8.7%
1.0%
Sports
event 12-2am
1.8%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
Sports
other
3.5%
0.1%
4.6%
0.1%
7.1%
0.4%
5.1%
0.2%
Other
0.4%
0.0%
3.6%
0.9%
3.3%
5.8%
2.4%
2.2%
Total
57.1%
44.7%
65.2%
35.5%
56.2%
44.0%
59.5%
41.4%
Source: Australian Broadcasting Authority, Compliance
Trends & Issues No.6, 1999.
Notes:
Any discrepancies in the totals are due to rounding.
Three-city average (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane); 6 am to midnight;
includes first-release and repeat broadcasts; includes children’s
(C) and preschool (P) programming; includes programs funded by the Commercial
Television Production Fund.
1. Percentage of broadcasts between 6 am and midnight; total exceeds
100 per cent due to inclusion of Australian sports events which extend
beyond midnight to 2 am.
