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Report to government urges shake-up of media rules

The report's recommendations are believed to include the removal of the one-to-a-market rule, which prevents a television broadcaster from operating more than one TV licence in a market.

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A Department of Communications commissioned report has recommended the scrapping of media laws, which could allow for a wave of mergers and acquisitions in regional television, print and radio, in the interest of keeping local news in areas outside of capital cities.

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has been urged to move on media laws. Alex Ellinghausen

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