Г‚ВЂВў This paper traces the history of the anti siphoning regime in Australia. At the same time, anti siphoning has proven an issue that governments, despite various efforts at compromise, have not been able to resolve to the total satisfaction of the broadcasters or other participants, including viewing audiences. Г‚ВЂВў The diametrically opposing stances of these powerful interest groups have ensured thatДЄnti siphoning is not an issue that governments can ignore. Pay television operators oppose the list, which they argue serves the interest of free-to-air broadcasters, not the public. Free-to-airД«roadcasters claim that the list serves the public interest, and therefore it should be maintained. Г‚ВЂВў Arguments surrounding the maintenance of the list have been consistent. Some minor changes, but a list, per se, appears to be entrenched firmly as part of the media landscape in Australia. Г‚ВЂВў The list has undergone considerable review since its introduction. The grounds that it would inhibit the development of pay television. Г‚ВЂВў Pay television operators initially objected to the introduction of an anti siphoning list on

The list detailed events that can not be shown on pay television until telecast rights have first been acquired by a free-to-air broadcaster. Programs which could not be siphoned by pay television was in place to coincide with the introduction of pay television in the mid 1990s. Г‚ВЂВў AustraliaвЂ™s free-to-air broadcasters lobbied government extensively to ensure that a list of Г‚ВЂВў Siphoning refers to the practice used by pay television broadcasters by which theyДЄppropriate, or вЂsiphon offвЂ™ certain events that have been traditionally shown on free-to-air television so that viewers who do not subscribe to their services are unable to view those events. Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament RESEARCH PAPERДЎ1 February 2010, no. Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Sport on television: to siphon or not to siphon?

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