The South Australian Parliament is finally set to enter the 21st century as it prepares for a live video broadcast on its website for the first time next week.

The move comes more than a decade after Federal Parliament started broadcasting online and means members of the public will be able to watch a live feed of South Australia's upper and lower houses.

While the move means better access for the public, it could mean more restrictions for the media.

Until now, TV outlets have packed the strangers' gallery to film proceedings, but will now have to access the Parliament's own feed for their news reports.

Since becoming Speaker in 2013, Labor MP Michael Atkinson has relaxed the rules in the House of Assembly, allowing media to film and photograph MPs, even when they are not speaking.

With the new broadcast system, TV cameras will be banished from the two chambers unless media organisations get special permission, and the rules will be tightened again.

That includes a clause that vision from the live stream cannot be used for "satire, ridicule or denigration".

Mr Atkinson said it means the public will no longer see things that are not part of the parliamentary process.

"That can vary from Kevin Rudd eating his ear wax to people doing stunts or misbehaving," Mr Atkinson said.

Mr Atkinson said there were ongoing discussions around what would be shown on the live feed.

"We are discussing whether to have cutaways and to film the person who is perhaps the target of the person on his or her feet and to see what that person's reaction is, but there will be wide shots and you'll get to see the reaction of the house as a whole," he said.

This is how it used to be - TV news crews at State Parliament. ( Supplied: Mike Smithson )

The Speaker said he looked forward to tougher rules, but his main criticism of past behaviours was not aimed at the media.

"Since I liberalised the rules about four or five years ago, there has been a race to the bottom of bad behaviour by members of Parliament and staff," he said.

"For instance one member of Parliament would video another member even though that member wasn't on her feet and had no participation in the proceedings, merely to intimidate that member and put that member in fear of what might be published.

"Quite frankly I'm sick of members of Parliament taking each other's picture in the chamber. I think it's undignified and I'll be glad to see it go."

The new control room at State Parliament. ( Supplied: Australian Systems Integration )

The new system includes six cameras in each chamber, and the project's consultants said it would use the most up to date technology in Australia.