Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:48:38 +0000
Subject: Next steps: Freedom of Information request - Pre-roll promos on ABC iView (FOI 053) [ABC-Legal.FID98031]
From: FOI ABC <xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: Malakai <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>

Good evening Malakai

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-----Original Message-----
From: Malakai <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 4:02 PM
To: FOI ABC <xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Pre-roll promos on ABC iView

Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,

I write regarding the unskippable pre-roll promotional material across ABC iView on-demand television programs, including on the Apple TV platform's iView app.

I reference a comment by Ruth McGuire in 2017, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/decision_to_run_promos_before_iv*incoming-8121__;Iw!!FvZmfVE!CuEJU0n8sQrfXQg5V_zN6xqLKto9eQS5ZbgJI7ANDHZuh0PF3KfAO6ibZAz_94dmGB1a83Cb1fjlo2qzfYB9w7kI3__Z0_7ZmOU$ , which asserted the unskippable nature of preroll promotional material on iView was related to technical limitations. She also wrote "consideration to skip-able pre-rolls [will be given]".

I request documents from 30/01/2017 (the date of that comment) to 10/01/2024 (today) that provide a rationale for this preroll promotional material, or which relate to any consideration given to their removal and/or technical changes.

This should be taken as an informal request. I will only proceed with a formal FOI request through due process if required. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help with this request; if it should be made narrower or clarified.

Yours faithfully,
Malakai

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