Media ownership and control registers
Control registers table
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This is the most complete database on who controls media operations in Australia. It has information from the Register of controlled media groups, details on ungrouped or independently owned media operations and a guide to the number of points in each radio licence area. It also lists commercial TV services that pass the shared content test. You can search the database for media operations by:
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The RCMG includes registered media groups and controllers of media operations in commercial radio broadcasting licence areas. We maintain this under section 61AU of the BSA. You can search by radio licence area for:
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Shows newspapers ‘associated’ with commercial radio or TV broadcasting licence areas. We maintain this under section 59 of the BSA. Find out more about this register. |
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A register of approvals and notices the ACMA has issued. We maintain it under section 75 of the BSA for:
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Has details of change of control notifications received since 10 July 2015. Licensees and publishers provide notifications to us under division 6 of the BSA (section 63). We maintain this report under section 75 of the BSA. Further information on controllers is available in the media control database. |
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Lists 'foreign' stakeholders in Australian media assets, as defined in the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975. Details foreign persons with interests of 2.5% or more in an Australian media company. Foreign stakeholders provide notifications to the ACMA under Division 10A of the BSA. We maintain the public register under section 4D of the BSA. |
Feedback or queries on broadcasting registers
If you have feedback, an enquiry, or want an accessible version of the database or registers, please email control@acma.gov.au.
For information on the Register of Foreign Owners of Media Assets, please email foreignmediaownership@acma.gov.au.