In the archive
free-to-air programming 

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All free-to-air services

Data from OzTAM

Program types - share of hours broadcast, 1991-2003

Commercial free-to-air broadcasters

Data from the Australian Communications and Media Authority. 

Spending on programs of various types, local and imported, 1990/91-2008/09

Proportion of spending on Australian and imported programs, drama and other, 1990/91–2008/09

Sources of imported programming, 6am to midnight, 1998

Share of hours and proportion of Australian content broadcast by commercial free-to-air networks, 6 am to midnight, 1998

Evening programming - hours of local and imported programs broadcast 5 pm to midnight, 1998-2000

First-release drama share of evening programming, 1998

Number of commercials classified as Australian and foreign, 1998-2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Program types - hours broadcast and proportion of Australian content, 1996/97-2008/09

Hours of local and imported programming, 1996/97-2008/09

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

Program types - hours broadcast and proportion of Australian content, 1996/97-2008/09

Hours of local and imported programming, 1996/97-2008/09