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The Broadcasting Standards Authority found it has jurisdiction to consider a complaint about The Platform’s Live Talkback programme on the basis transmission of the programme meets the Broadcasting Act’s definition of ‘broadcasting’. It found programme transmissions via the internet fall within the definition’s reference to transmission by ‘telecommunication’, applying a plain English and purposive interpretation of the term. It also found such transmissions were not captured by the definition’s exception for transmissions ‘made on the demand of a particular person for reception only by that person’. The Authority acknowledged a technical argument existed for application of the exception but, based on the exception’s wording and the Legislation Act 2019 obligation to apply legislation to circumstances as they arise, the Authority found it did not apply....
NZ Media Holdings 2023 Ltd, which carries on business as Reality Check Radio (RCR), applied for leave to intervene, on the question of jurisdiction, in respect of complaint 2025-063. This complaint concerns content transmitted over the internet by The Platform. RCR said it is affected by the outcome as a provider also conveying content over the internet and that the decision would have a significant impact on its business model, structure and operation. The Authority found it had power to grant such an application. Considering relevant principles, the nature of the jurisdiction issues and the parties’ submissions, leave was granted on conditions designed to ensure the timeliness of the complaints process. Leave granted to intervene...