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BSA seeks to keep pace with changing media

Otago Daily Times Online News·Friday, 1 May 2026·about 1 month ago
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Louis Collins of RNZ Government ministers have publicly mused about changing the legislation that governs media regulators. During a select committee briefing this week, regulator the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) reaffirmed its  longstanding desire for reform to improve its legislation to fit the digital media environment. The BSA was established under the Broadcasting Act in 1989 and is tasked with upholding standards across New Zealand's broadcasters. In 1989, television was vastly different. TV3 launched, as did Paul Holmes' show and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . There were just three terrestrial channels, no Sky TV, and streaming video signals would remain technically unfeasible for more than another decade. Thirty-seven years later, the rise of online media has blurred what being a 'broadcaster' actually means.…

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