Communication & Creativity Research Flagship - Projects

Broadband Services 2015

Project Code:CCI

This project will examine broadband based applications and services in terms of the possible social, economic and cultural benefits to Australians in the future. The typology to underpin this research will be the trio of managed commercial services, unmanaged open Internet uses, and key publicly supported services. The aim is to construct a collaborative project with integrated nodes at several universities drawing upon their specialised work on possible institutional changes in broadcasting, with special reference to Internet Protocol Television (managed), user generated content revisited (unmanaged), and remote area broadband provision (public).

Close industry liaison and community consultation will be undertaken and the project will be situated within the framework of new opportunities for creative industries and national innovation policy.

Research Team

Chief Investigators: Prof Trevor Barr and Mr Robert Morsillo

Publications and Other Research Outputs

• Publications
• Media Coverage
• Audio Visual Material
  

Research Programme

Four strategies underpin this research investigation:

1. To create research outcomes and foster participation in debates about the future of high capacity broadband in Australia that can inform policy and broadband practices.

2. To focus on how opportunities for new broadband applications and services, of different kinds with different constituents, could be successfully implemented with the National Broadband Network (NBN) project.

3. To examine experiences and practices in countries that have successfully implemented national broadband policies, notably Canada, France, the Netherlands, Singapore and Hong Kong, with possible lessons for Australia.

4. To contribute, where possible and appropriate, to an overarching national innovation approach as developed by the CCI.

Such studies will contribute to the development of a feasible and valuable national broadband policy model, taking into account the social dimensions of use. This involves analysing consumer needs and issues at different levels – with creative national policies, with building relationships with private sector system operators and suppliers, and examining emerging applications and service initiatives for diverse audiences and addressing bottlenecks to success.