Information about television reception issues and the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service.

Most Australians can access television programs from the national broadcasters—the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

Commercial and pay television broadcasters operate under commercial TV licences, ACMA program standards, industry codes of practice and other content rules.

Community television is a free-to-air service operated by not-for-profit organisations for local communities. It supports community participation in production, operations, and governance, and provides local content that may not be available through other media.

The Australian Government has legislated a television prominence framework to help Australian audiences easily find and access local TV services on connected TV devices.

The department commissions research into Australians’ usage, attitudes, habits and expectations about the things we watch and the technology and devices we use to watch them. This includes through the Media Content Consumption Survey and the Television Consumer Survey.

Australia's media laws, regulation, classification, and complaints processes support community safeguards and help Australians raise concerns about content and programming.

The Government is supporting Australian screen content by injecting $53 million for the development and production of local content as well as modernising Australian content regulation.

Television captioning and audio description help people with hearing or vision issues access TV programs.

The anti-siphoning scheme aims to give free-to-air broadcasters the opportunity to show major events of national importance and cultural significance on their channels.

Narrowcast television is a service that provides specialised and niche TV content. Services operate under narrowcasting licences, industry codes of practice, and other content rules.