RMIT University’s Streaming Industries and Genres Network (SIGN) presents the
100 Years ofBroadcast TV Symposium, reflecting on the impact of the broadcast signal across media and communication industries in Australia.
Date: Friday 6 February 2026
Time: 9.30am–5.00pm (Networking drinks to follow at The Oxford Scholar)
Location: Kaleide Theatre, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost: $50 regular; $25 students
Australia was a latecomer to broadcast television in 1956, 30 years after John Logie Baird’s first public demonstration of a true television
broadcast signal in 1926. Broadcast TV disrupted existing news, media and entertainment to form a billion-dollar industry engaging and assembling audiences and reaching into every part of Australia, from cities to remote communities. But the disruptor has
become the disrupted. Streaming, social media and countless media convergences have irrevocably changed the broadcast TV industry.
This symposium brings together experts in television production, news, advertising, and policy to discuss the burning question: “Is
it time to switch off broadcast TV?”
Over one day we explore this provocation through a keynote address by Professor Jock Given (Swinburne University of Technology), and
panels on Australian television history, news, advertising, and TV today and into the future.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions at:
100yea...@gmail.com
