Data quality statement
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Data asset name |
TV in Australia: Spending on subscription TV drama |
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Date |
November 2022 |
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Business data steward |
ACMA Content Safeguards Branch |
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Purpose |
To report on the subscription television licensees (STV licensees) new eligible drama expenditure information by type of expenditure for the previous financial year. |
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Description of data asset |
Data in the file format of .xlsx provided to the ACMA on behalf of STV licensees or STV licensees themselves. |
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Legislation and authority |
Section 103 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 |
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Scope and coverage |
To report on compliance and observe trends in STV licensees and pass-through providers about expenditure on new eligible drama programs. |
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Reference period |
Annual (reporting for financial years) STV licensees and pass-through providers report to the ACMA details about new eligible drama programs as they report on their annual compliance obligations. |
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Frequency and timing |
Data is collected by 29 August each year for the previous financial year. |
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Formats available |
.xlsx files |
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Other notes |
The ACMA uses the data to report on the STV licensees’ program expenditure information by type of expenditure for the relevant financial year. The data also allows the ACMA to observe trends across reporting years. |
Data quality description
Accuracy
ACMA staff review the data provided by the STV licensees. Where errors exist and cannot be reconciled, they are queried with the relevant licensee to ensure accuracy of data.
Completeness
All STV licensees are required to report to the ACMA on their eligible drama expenditure and total program expenditure on drama channels for the relevant financial year. The number of licensees and drama channels can vary year to year.
Relevance
The data informs stakeholders about expenditure on new eligible drama programs on subscription television. The data is divided by type of expenditure. The data allows for analysis of spending, amount of content available and trends over time.
Timeliness
Data is collected by 29 August each year for the previous financial year. The ACMA Corporate plan KPI is to report on the data within 6 months of its receipt.
Collection
Owners of subscription TV licenses and channel providers are required to lodge annual returns about their program expenditure by 29 August each year for the previous financial year. This is achieved by completing and returning the B43L Licensee and B43CP Channel Provider forms. The data collected includes information on program name, type of program (i.e., Australian or NZ), format, series number and number of episodes, program duration per episode, whether the program has been released, amount of expenditure and type of expenditure (i.e., acquisition, designated script development, investment, production, or pre-production).
Consistency
The ACMA has documented processes and procedures for the handling, storage and analysis of data provided to it, including confidential information, by STV licensees and channel providers.
Fit-for-purpose
Drama is a broad category of Australian television that attempts to capture a wide variety of programming. The acquisition and production of new drama programs is vital in making sure subscription television licensees are fulfilling their obligation to produce new Australian content and that modern Australian stories are being told. Expenditure can differ greatly due to different methods of program acquisition and production; it is important to capture these distinctions in the data. This data is fit for purpose as it reports on the subscription television industry’s expenditure on new drama programs by type of expenditure for the relevant financial year.