All commercial television licensees met Australian content quotas for their primary and non-primary channels in 2025, according to data published by the ACMA.
The 2025 Commercial television compliance with Australian content requirements report includes results for 13 metropolitan licensees and 61 regional licensees.
Under broadcasting rules, each year commercial television licensees must broadcast at least:
- 55 per cent Australian content in their programming between 6am and midnight on their primary channel, and
- 1,460 hours of Australian content between 6am and midnight across non-primary channels.
The Seven Network reported an average of 77 per cent Australian programs across its primary metropolitan channels, the Nine Network 79 per cent and Network Ten 66 per cent.
Regional licensees, including those from the WIN Network, SCA TV and Imparja, reported a compliance range of 65 per cent to 80 per cent on their primary channels.
Commercial television licensees are also required to meet a quota of 250 points each calendar year by broadcasting first-release Australian content across certain genres.
Points are allocated per broadcast hour based on a program’s genre and, for drama programs, the program’s production budget. More points can be claimed per hour for commissioned Australian drama programs with high production budgets.
All metropolitan licensees met the required points quota, with Seven Network, Nine Network and Network Ten each reporting 284 points of first release Australian content. These results include ‘carry over’ points from 2024.
All 61 regional commercial television licensees also met their first-release Australian content obligations in 2025.
The full 2025 Commercial television compliance with Australian content requirements report has been published at Broadcaster compliance with TV content standards.
Information about the rules and the ACMA’s assessment approach is available at Australian content in TV programs.
The ACMA also collects voluntary information from commercial TV networks about program expenditure. Data for the 2024-25 financial year has been published in our TV in Australia: Spending on commercial TV programs report.
Overall, the networks spent $1.83 billion on Australian and overseas programs, slightly down from $1.84 billion in the previous financial year. The majority – $1.63 billion – was spent on Australian programs.
The report is available at Commercial TV program expenditure.
