s21 price increase

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I know someone has mentioned before that the application fee for a s21
opinion was going up.
I was on the ACMA web site yesterday and the fee has increased from
$1300 to
$12300.
Does anyone know why the fee has increased 924%?
Kira said

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> http://www.aussieseek.com" <nswa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I know someone has mentioned before that the application fee for a s21
> > opinion was going up.
> > I was on the ACMA web site yesterday and the fee has increased from
> > $1300 to
> > $12300.

newtaste said

Under the ACMA guidelines for the Allocation of unassigned TV channels
(Channel A and Channel B):

"While providing useful direction, the guidelines do not pre-empt any
opinion that ACMA may provide on an application. This is because
ACMA's section 21 opinions will depend on a detailed assessment of any
proposed service against the matters set out in section 22 of the BSA.

A prospective provider of a narrowcasting television service should
apply to ACMA as soon as possible for a section 21 opinion on the
category into which the service will fall. Information about applying
for an opinion is on ACMA's website at www.acma.gov.au. Section 21 of
the BSA establishes a timeframe that encourages ACMA to provide an
opinion within 45 days of receiving an application."

So ACMA has advised that anyone who wins the Channel A and B licences
that they should ask ACMA for a section 21 opinion on each service.
I'm thinking that is why ACMA jacked up the prices. If there were a
total of 24 channels on A & B, ACMA could have made almost $300,000.00
for those opinions alone.

With Rudd government now appearing to have abandoned the auction (and
the Australian only concept of standalone television 'datacasting'
channels failing to get of the ground again), maybe there is a case to
ask ACMA to drop the price for section 21 opinions.