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BtN: Episode 32 Transcript 09/11/10 On this week's Behind the News: The fight over which channel you'll have to turn to, to watch your favourite sports. Thinking about safety for animals that have trouble crossing our roads. And kids take steps towards remembering those that sacrificed everything during our past wars. Hi welcome to another week on BtN. I'm Nathan Bazley. Also today we'll head north to find out why some of our favourite fruit is so fussy and even gets a bit grumpy. UV Warning Reporter: Natasha Thiele INTRO: A new report from scientists reckons that people don't apply enough sunscreen to get the sun protection they need. Sunscreen's job is to reduce the amount of UV rays getting into our skin. Now we all know that too much UV can cause problems. But what exactly is UV light and what does it do to us? Tash went to find out. NATASHA THIELE, REPORTER: Introducing UV man! His name stands for ultraviolet! He's got killer rays that travel from the sun to the earth's surface and into your skin. In real life they're invisible. But UV can be more deadly than this silly character. 1 Enough about UV man for now, what is UV? Well, there's a whole spectrum of energy the sun gives off, some that we can see and some that we can't. The stuff we can see is this bit 'visible light'. That's how we can see colours. And UV is right next to it! UV light can be used in lots of things like tanning beds, barcode scanners, agriculture and even in forensics. But UV can cause problems for us, like sunburn and skin cancer. This is what a common type of skin cancer called 'melanoma' looks like. Exposure to UV rays can damage skin cells and cause them to grow abnormally into a cancerous lump. The cells can then invade the body through the blood stream. To help warn people about harmful ultraviolet rays, scientists have found a way to measure how much UV is expected to reach us. And each day we can check out the weather bureau online or watch the news on TV to see the warnings. REPORTER: Well this is what they look like. This UV warning says it'll be very high to extreme but when it's that high on a summer day in Australia, you can get burnt in less than 15 minutes. Even schools are checking UV alerts every morning in their classroom. It reminds them that they need to be SunSmart when they're outdoors. UV alerts are calculated by looking at things like the time of year and how many clouds are around. But even if it's cloudy, UV rays can still be damaging. BOY 1: My mum always tells me to put sunscreen on and a hat, even if it's not sunny, so just to make sure that I'm not sunburnt. 2 GIRL: I know that if I don't wear sunscreen or protect my skin, I could end up with something like skin cancer and I actually know someone with skin cancer and I know how serious it is, so I make sure I protect myself. BOY 2: Keep in the shade, wear a hat, use a rashie when you're swimming and put a lot of sunscreen on. But there's a bright side to UV exposure and it's called Vitamin D. The sun is the only place you can get it. It's important for our bodies because it helps the calcium we need for healthy bones, teeth and muscles. UV man and his deadly affects will always be there! So it's a good idea to keep an eye on the UV warnings to protect yourself and others. The Wire And the researchers say you should put on sunscreen twice about 20 minutes apart before you go outside. OK, there were some big music awards handed out over the weekend so Alfie checked it out. *********** It was a family affair at the 2010 ARIA awards last night, with a brother and sister duo, Angus and Julia Stone the big winners. The Sydney siblings won both the best single and best album of the year. Megan Washington won best breakthrough performer, and best female artist while Dan Sultan won best male. And Powderfinger, in their last live TV performance, took home two trophies. The awards, held at the Sydney Opera House, celebrate the best in Australian music. Siphoning Sport 3 Reporter: Nathan Bazley INTRO: There is a fight on in sport but this one isn't on the field or on the sidelines. It's in the boardrooms of the big TV channels of Australia. The fight is on between free-to air and pay TV about who deserves the rights to broadcast different sports. And just like fights out on the field this one has the potential to get ugly. NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: This is the most watched Australian TV event of the last decade. (2005 Australian Open Men's Final: Lleyton Hewitt v Marat Safin) This is the second. (2003 Rugby World Cup Final: Australia v England) This is third and fourth (Masterchef 2010 & 2009) This is fifth (2006 Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony) And this is sixth (2005 AFL Grand Final: Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles) What does all this tell you? Australian's love watching sport (and Masterchef) on TV. But mostly sport! NATHAN: However right now, there is a big fight over sport on TV or more importantly, where it is on TV. And it's a fight that could change your viewing habits quite a bit. You would have noticed that some sports are played on free-to-air TV stations, like Channels 7, 9 & 10; and some are played on pay TV stations, like Foxtel. These stations bid on the rights to broadcast them, and that can cost up to $150 million per season. But not any station can bid on any sport. The government has a list of 12 main sports that free-to-air TV channels are allowed to have first dibs on before pay TV is allowed to buy them. It's called an 'anti-siphoning list'. Here's what's on it. First there is the Olympic and Commonwealth games. Then there is the race that stops the nation - the Melbourne Cup. 4 There are local motorsports like the V8 supercars. Aussie cricket played here or in the UK. And the major local and international golf tournaments. There's every netball game featuring the Diamonds. And the major tennis comps from around the world. The Soccer World Cup makes the grade. As does the Union World Cup and the Wallabies tests. And finally, there is the entire season of NRL, and every game of the AFL to round the whole thing out. The list has been around for a while, but at the end of this year it's all up for grabs and changes might be made. And that's got people fired up. Free-to-air stations are worried that sports will be taken off the list, allowing pay TV to buy them and only let subscribers watch. They say that all Australians should witness the great sporting triumphs, rather than just those that can afford pay TV. But on the other hand, pay TV is worried more sports will be added to the list, meaning they would struggle to keep some viewers. They say they're in a much better position to show the sports because they can put more money into broadcasts. Over in the UK, Premier League Soccer switched to pay TV, and that change is partly credited with helping grow the code into the world's most watched sport league. Pay TV brought them more camera angles, better graphics, and more live matches. Whereas in Australia, many free-to-air matches like Friday night AFL, are still shown on delay. But making things more tricky is the fact that now free-to-air has a whole lot more digital channels to play with. And instead of breaking into their main channels, they'd love to play sports on their extra digital ones too. But pay TV says that's unfair, because not everyone has digital yet. 5 It's a pretty bitter fight and just like a lot of classic sporting matches, this one will have sport fans from either side on the edge of their seats. Presenter: Now we'd like to know what you guys think about that so let's make that our poll this week. Online Poll The question is: Should big sports be shown on free TV or pay TV? To vote just head to our website. And let's look at what you thought in last week's poll. We asked if you prefer to rent movies from a DVD shop or an online service. And we got a pretty one-sided result. 81% voted for the DVD shop and 19% said you prefer going online. Koala Roads Reporter: Natasha Thiele INTRO: We often hear of koalas being accidentally killed or injured on Australian roads. They're sometimes forced to cross them because the areas they live in are being destroyed for human development or they're trying to escape predators. Unfortunately koalas and cars don't mix but scientists are looking at way to help protect the koalas. Tash had a look at what they're working on.