Kate Cornick - IBES
Kate rattled off a list of possible benefits of the NBN to consumers - no initial mention of entertainment enabling via superfast broadband. Perhaps too political?
The NBN will foster access service providers - people who deliver niche content directly to the consumer, including video content.
The NBN could reverse the local braindrain of screen content creators.
Local caching of offshore video content could overcome the blockages caused by trans-oceanic links.
The advertising industry will be shaken up and there could be support for Australian content.

Chris Adams
The NBN will be driven by consumer choice.More speed will enable more choice.
Studios are not embracing an eBay for video content: (ie a monolithic online distribution network) until transactions and the marketplace are sorted out. But they will and speed is a big part of this.
Piracy goes away when a film cost $1.
The NBN will signal the end of the tall poppy syndrome for content creators. (?)

Russell Yardley
The NBN means that we will get American crap faster, so we need to foster local storytellers. We need to protect and develop the institutions that produce talent and content.
Copyright laws are a mess. So if the NBN is going to work, the Govt needs to revise the copyright laws.
Areas that the government needs to review: