00:03Coming home, Rosie Smith turns to free-to-air TV to relax.
00:07It's got that murder thing on the traitors or whatever it's called.
00:11That's interesting, yeah.
00:12The reality show, one of many casualties for thousands in Mount Gambier, the Riverland and Griffith,
00:18after Channel 10 failed to reach a deal with the WIN Network to continue terrestrial broadcasting.
00:24It's totally unfair to regional communities. It's just another loss.
00:30Channel 10 says viewers in the affected regions will still have free access through its website and app,
00:35but some prefer traditional platforms.
00:38I don't know, and I don't probably want to learn. It just scares me, actually. It just scares me.
00:43It's less scary for Telly Teekle, who pays about $100 a month for streaming services.
00:48I broke up with free-to-air TV about 17 years ago.
00:51Her antenna long forgotten.
00:53I wish I could grow ivy up or something just to cover it up, make it a bit useful.
00:58The shift to streaming is one of many challenges for commercial broadcasting.
01:02Beaming TV shows into lounge rooms isn't cheap, and with ad revenue declining,
01:07some predict the whole nation could be on a similar path to losing broadcasts.
01:11It's very conceivable that we'll see a complete shutdown of the terrestrial broadcasting service
01:17at some point in the next ten years.
01:20Network 10 is expected to switch off at midnight.
01:23It's just another blow.
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