The first Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts president is a performer.
=== Funding ===Around the world, broadcast television is financed by government, advertising, licensing (a form of tax), subscription, or any combination of these
 On 2 November 1936, a 405-line broadcasting service employing the Emitron began at studios in Alexandra Palace, and transmitted from a specially built mast atop one of the Victorian building's towers

