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Mar 09, 2010 - 9:47 PM - by stixxx
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Just checking guys that the commercial networks are supposed to show programs close(ish) to the times advertised, Survivor tonight starting at 9:50 (scheduled at 9:30)
The networks should be penalized
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Mar 07, 2010 - 10:12 PM - by David Bird
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The results of Whirlpool's 2009 Australian Broadband Survey are now available.
The survey was conducted over a four week period — from 1 January to 1 February 2010, during which it was successfully completed and verified a total of 23,683 times.
The results show a significant opposition to the government's ISP filtering plan, with only 7.4% indicating support. It also reveals that over 90% of respondents believe they could easily circumvent the filter if it was in place.
The survey also covers consumers' attitudes on a wide variety of topics relating to their choice of broadband ISP and hardware.
The complete report with detailed ISP breakdowns can be found here.
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Mar 07, 2010 - 6:03 AM - by Mark
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Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have signed a lucrative deal with the Ten Network.
The Sunday Herald Sun reports the award-winning hosts of the national drive-time program on Austereo’s Today radio network have signed up to produce a series of comedy specials for Ten.
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Mar 05, 2010 - 11:13 AM - by David Bird
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Simon Wright
The Federal Government’s proposed ISP-level filtering policy is costly, complicated, and will be completely ineffective. In the coming weeks, the Labor party is tipped to unveil the legislation that will compel Australian Internet Service Providers to filter the entire world wide web, with the intention of blocking access to specific web pages.
The principal objection I have is that the policy mandates that ISPs spend a huge sum of money to deploy and maintain masses of new infrastructure. Whether this burden is passed onto Australians via taxes or via increased ISP fees, we will end up paying for it. We will end up paying, and it won't do anything.
Sure, the technology works as specified; that much has been ascertained. The problems lie in the policy itself.
It is widely assumed that the filter will make life difficult for people trading in material such as child pornography, but in reality, it will have no impact on child pornography rings. Indeed, Stephen Conroy himself admits the policy "is not targeted at the people perpetrating it".[1] He rightfully acknowledges that people knowingly seeking the material can bypass the filter or use non-web systems like peer-to-peer.
The goal, according to Conroy, is to protect the general public by minimising inadvertent access to so-called 'refused classification' material. However, there's no evidence that any inadvertent access is taking place; the infinitesimal trickle of complaints to ACMA is hardly evidence of a national crisis. It must also be noted that the Internet is brimming with legal adult material that -- if inadvertently accessed by children -- has just as much potential to cause distress.
This is not an "evidence-based" approach to policy.
Any claim of a mandate is clearly invalid, as the current policy differs greatly from what the Labor Party took to the last election.... [Read More]
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Mar 05, 2010 - 10:51 AM - by Phantom
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The commercial free-to-air TV networks are putting their weight behind the launch of an electronic programming guide and an aggregated online catch-up TV service to land the next blow on pay TV but admit plans have been delayed by technological difficulties.
Robin Parkes, the chief executive of the free-to-air marketing body Freeview, confirmed the launch of a Freeview-branded electronic programming guide in June to rival Foxtel's iQ device. Its catch-up TV service, accessed via the EPG, will be turned on in the last quarter, she said.Freeview will not make any of the hardware but is working closely with manufacturers of TV sets, digital video recorders and set-top boxes to have devices in stores in June.(don't hold your breath )
http://www.theage.com.au/business/fr...0304-pltt.html
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Mar 03, 2010 - 9:26 AM - by Phantom
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Leno averaged 6.6-million viewers on Monday night, beating CBS' David Letterman, who averaged 3.8 million, and ABC's "Nightline," which drew 4.1-million viewers, per Nielsen. Among adults ages 18 to 49, Leno was first with a 1.6 rating, followed by "Nightline" with a 1.3 and Letterman's 1.1 rating. Each rating point equals 1.3-million viewers in that demographic. For what it's worth, Letterman was up in adults 18 to 49 Monday night.
Having digested those numbers, now we can go a little ways down the road. Leno's 6.6-million viewers were fewer than Conan O'Brien averaged in his premiere and in his final show. However, in between Conan's first and last shows, he averaged 2.7-million viewers and a 1.1 among adults 18 to 49. In other words, Leno can take a big hit in the ratings later this week and still beat O'Brien's average.For the really curious, Leno's last telecast in May, when he ended his first run as "Tonight Show" host, averaged 11.9 million, and his average last season was 5.14 million and a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 category.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...rst-place.html
Also
In the local people meter markets Leno was twice as popular with adults 18-49, scoring a 2.0 rating vs a 1.0 rating for Letterman.
In the metered market houshold ratings between 11:30p-12:30a Jay Leno’s return to The Tonight Show dominated Leterman and Late Show. Leno had a 5.4/14 (household rating/share) to Letterman’s 3.0/8.
Sure, Leno’s first night back (and perhaps first week or two back) is likely inflated by a post-Olympic halo, but the early indication is “all is forgiven.”
Nightline had a 3.4/8 between 11:30p-12:00a.
While much higher... [Read More]
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Mar 01, 2010 - 9:43 PM - by Phantom
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THE loss of Top Gear to the Nine Network will have a material effect upon the ability of the public broadcaster to commission Australian productions, according to Matt Campbell, SBS's director of television and online content.
"The loss of Top Gear is certainly a blow to us, and it is a blow to the producers sitting in the room, because Top Gear for the last four years has been funding many of your programs," Mr Campbell told delegates at the 2010 Australian International Documentary Conference in Adelaide last week.
Campbell also said advertising revenue from the program was "quite a few millions -- and without it, frankly, we are in the shit"."How dire is it?" he asked of SBS's budgeting. "It's dire. We have no money for online; we have no money for SBS TWO."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busi...-1225835359581
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Mar 01, 2010 - 9:22 PM - by Phantom
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The first of Sky Racing's new channels, Sky Racing2, will go live on Tuesday 30 March as the first stage in Sky's racing vision revolution.
Sky Racing2 will feature more than 80 thoroughbred, harness and greyhound meetings each week.
Of these, 35 will be new race meetings and more than half of those will be Australian.
Sky Racing is creating a new world of racing vision in 2010 with the introduction of two new channels, to complement the existing Sky Racing channel. The three channels are:
#Sky Racing1 (Channel 519, FOXTEL and AUSTAR): Existing Sky Racing channel, which will continue to give viewers comprehensive Australian thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing coverage.
#Sky Racing2 (Channel 520, FOXTEL and AUSTAR): Will offer viewers expanded coverage and choice of national and international thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing.
Along with Sky Racing1, it will provide vision of all TAB races.
#Sky Racing World (Channel 521, FOXTEL and AUSTAR): A superior thoroughbred racing channel, capturing the best racing action from Australia and around the world.
The launch of Sky Racing World will take place in early May, as part of the second stage in the rollout of the new Sky Racing channels.
FOXTEL and AUSTAR will announce pricing for Sky Racing2 and Sky Racing World this month.
Sky Racing1 will remain on the base package.
http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra..._Live_March_30
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Feb 26, 2010 - 4:08 PM - by David Bird
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If you’re planning to censor free speech on the internet, what better approach to take than to, er, censor debate about how you’re planning to censor free speech on the internet? Brilliant.
That, according to one sharp-eyed Register reader, is the game being played by Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, whose ministerial website is currently set up so as not to show searches on embarrassing terms such as "ISP filtering".
An increasingly common feature of interactive websites is the "search cloud": this is a listing out of search terms on a site, often with the added feature that the most frequently appearing terms are picked out by size or weight of type.
The Register
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Feb 25, 2010 - 2:20 PM - by garyb
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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) will appeal the loss of its copyright infringement case against ISP, iiNet, in the Federal Court of Australia earlier this month.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/arti.../?fp=16&fpid=1
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Feb 25, 2010 - 1:17 PM - by Mark
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Austereo today announced that the Today Network’s Hot30 Countdown will undergo hosting changes with Tim Lee and Carla ‘Biggzy’ Bignasca leaving the show.
Tim Lee will move home to Melbourne to join the Today Network’s Fox FM where he’ll be taking on the morning shift.
Tim’s outstanding work over the past three years has made the show one of the network’s strongest and most successful. He is one of the country’s hottest jocks and will be a critical part of keeping The Fox on top in 2010.
With the re-structure of the show, Biggzy has decided to seize the opportunity and leave the Austereo family after nearly four years with the show. While other opportunities were available at the station for Biggzy, she has decided to pursue other radio ambitions and to concentrate more on television. She has been instrumental in the show’s huge success over the years from her behind the scenes producing role to her fantastic work on-air.
Tim and Biggzy said, “We’ll really miss our loyal listeners and we’ve had some fantastic times hosting the Hot30. However there comes a time in life when it’s ‘just time’ to start something new and after over three years doing the show, we feel that time is now.”
Tim and Biggzy’s final show will be Friday, March 12.
Further news on the new Hot30 Countdown will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Feb 23, 2010 - 3:08 PM - by David Bird
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Early results from broadband information site Whirlpool's annual survey has found that 91.8 per cent of respondents do not support the idea of mandatory internet filtering, with most believing the government should focus on educating parents and children instead.
In total, some 21,755 people responded to the survey, which is held each year and is seen as a key indicator to the opinions and internet usage patterns of technically proficient Australians and early technology adopters. The full results of the survey, which covers a range of other issues such as hardware usage and experiences with ISPs, are expected to be published soon. Delimiter has gained early access to the filter section of the survey only.
ZDNet Australia
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Feb 22, 2010 - 3:28 PM - by Phantom
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The family of Maria Korp - the woman who was bashed, choked and left to die in the boot of a car at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance - says an upcoming telemovie will traumatise her teenage son if it is screened in Victoria.
The Nine Network is scheduled to broadcast Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story on Sunday night 8.30pm, billing it as a gripping suburban thriller of "how an explosive love triangle got out of control and became one of our most notorious criminal cases".But Gust Korp today urged the broadcaster to pull the show from Victorian screens.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ko...0222-oqxc.html
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Feb 21, 2010 - 6:47 PM - by aussieguru
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Posted on facebook earlier -
Hi Guys
I wanted you all to be the first to know about some exciting news you might read in the papers tomorrow.
There's certainly been a lot of speculation as to who's going to be part of the line-up for Hey Hey this year.
It gives me great pleasure to let you know that Red is locked in and will be part of the fun in 2010.
We're all busy working on the new series and will share more information with you in the coming weeks.
Cheers
Daryl
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Feb 21, 2010 - 1:14 PM - by stixxx
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From today to March 8th, the entire Movie Network Tier is free to Foxtel subs that do not already subscribe to it.
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1 Reply | 469 Views
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Feb 21, 2010 - 10:25 AM - by David Bird
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Australia is on the top 10 list of countries on Hulu's international expansion plans, its director of international business development, Simon Gallagher, said at the Media 2010 event.
The web TV service has had explosive growth since it launched in 2007, delivering popular shows to American homes via broadband. A collaboration between Fox and NBC Universal, it aims to combat online piracy of television programs.
The strategy has worked, Gallagher said, citing figures that show a significant fall in pirated shows when the programs were available on Hulu. The service is free for viewers and shows are aired online immediately after they are broadcast in Hawaii (the latest broadcast time in the US).
Brisbane Times
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Feb 20, 2010 - 10:27 AM - by Phantom
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy hinted pay TV could have a win on sports broadcasting before he had talks yesterday with industry heavy-weights. Senator Conroy said there was a ''compelling'' case that free-to-air broadcasters should be made to show their sporting events or lose them to rivals.
Senator Conroy also signalled looming changes could see events broadcast on the multi-channels owned by the free-to-air television networks - 7Two, Go! and OneHD. Current rules say events must be broadcast on the main channel.
The Rudd Government wanted to use changes to the rules to drive the take-up of digital television
http://www.theage.com.au/national/hi...0219-oly3.html
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7 Replies | 518 Views
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Feb 19, 2010 - 3:45 PM - by David Bird
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Love it, nice kick to the 'plumps'
MEDIA ALERT
TORAH BRIGHT WINS GOLD –
CHANNEL NINE’S WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES CALAMITY CONTINUES
Aussie snowboarding glamour girl Torah Bright today won Australia’s 4th ever Winter Olympic Gold medal.
As FOXTEL broadcast her history-making award ceremony over all four of their new Winter Olympic Channels, Channel Nine instead chose to air an advertisement for Woolworths – The Fresh Food People.
Channel Nine eventually aired the ceremony – some five minutes later – with Ken Sutcliffe telling viewers it was live.
This follows a disastrous 48 hours for the free-to-air network after hosts Eddie McGuire and Mick Molloy made homophobic comments about two US ice skaters. These comments have now hit America’s second largest website YAHOO! SPORT, while the “Eddie McGuire is Ruining the 2010 Winter Olympics coverage” Facebook site now totals 3,340 fans – one thousand more than five hours ago.
FOXTEL’s ground-breaking coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games has set a new standard in sports broadcasting, and will continue to do so until the final day of competition.
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Feb 17, 2010 - 5:08 PM - by newtaste
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Crikey is speculating that Herald-Sun columnist Andrew Bolt will join the new MRN/PNW news talk radio station that will replace 3MP. Bolt failed to appear on his usual spot on the 3AW breakfast program yesterday morning.
Source: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/17/...ne-radio-wars/
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2 Replies | 414 Views
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Feb 15, 2010 - 12:08 AM - by newtaste
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The Seven Network has broadcast a retraction over claims a former parliamentary waitress had a sexual relationship with South Australian Premier Mike Rann.
Channel Seven aired the retraction during its Sunday night program, acknowledging Mr Rann's denial of Michelle Chantelois' claims made in November last year.
Full story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
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