Australia has three principal regulators when it comes to media access. Read more about their roles and how they fit together.
Media access is regulated in different ways throughout the world. Read more about the main regulators and how they relate to each other.
Ofcom is the UK media and communications regulator—similar to the Australian Communications and Media Authority in Australia.
Ofcom has the power to create minimum access requirements for television, and the power to enforce those targets, including using sanctions (financial penalties) if there are serious breaches to obligations.
Canada has a Charter of Rights and Freedoms annexed to its Constitution. Section 15(1) reads:
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
