How Tv Changed Australia In The 1970's

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In 1956 television was introduced in Australia. In just as little as 3 years it has skyrocketed and was already able to sustain itself. The introduction of television in Australia changed Australian’s in so many ways, one quite significant one being the way Australian’s chose to stay home over going out to the movies.

The introduction of tv in Australia made many australians a lot more aware of American culture and exposed them to it more than they had been ever before. There was no denying that the American culture wouldn't rub off on Australian’s. The introduction of tv sparked prompt social changes in Australia. It became very easy for australians to identify and imitate the values, ideas and trends displayed through American television …show more content…

In 1975 the Australian broadcasting channels started broadcasting in colour. The introduction of colour refreshed and refocused peoples interest due tot he fact that some TV shows were just more suited to colour. e.g Music and sport programmes.
In the picture above it shows the oldest colour television in Britain. Colour was a massive milestone as it completely changed television.

The 1990’s was a time of many technological advancements two huge ones being Digital TV and Pay TV. Digital tv and pay tv allowed people to have a broader range of choices. Movies, Comedies, Music, News and Sports were all accessible 24 hours a day.

Pay tv in Australia didn’t gain as much popularity as other forms of entertainment did in the past. In 1996 approximately 5 percent of Australian households subscribed to pay tv. It increased to 11 percent in 1998 and 17 percent in 2000. Nowadays 2.5 percent of Australian’s are subscribed to pay tv. e.g Foxtel, Netflix etc.

The negative …show more content…

Parents, Health experts and Psychologists all dreaded the potential effects that television could have. It was said that long hours watching tv would only have detrimental effects on the social and the emotional development of kids. Television also decreased the quality of family life as well as increasing the obesity rate quite rapidly.
Satellite Technology
In 1968 Australia’s whole telecommunications system had been connected to the international satellite system. Pretty much all of Australia’s capital cities were connected to satellite.
The use of satellite allowed television stations to transmit their programmes on a lot larger scale.
Before satellite had been brought in, broadcasting a television programme was a lot more challenging as a tape of the programme had to be delivered from one city to another and so forth. Satellite on the other hand allowed programmes to be able to broadcast almost instantly to cities all over Australia and countries outside of

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