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Feb 08, 2010 - 5:49 AM - by Mark
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The Nine and Ten Networks, along with public broadcaster SBS, have released tidbits on their new digital channels which will be launched this year.
Nine CEO David Gyngell has told The AFR the network has settled on a format, and will be ready to launch within three months, but is not claiming the channel will go to air in that timeframe.
Ten has also claimed in The AFR that its channel is in the final stages of planning but will not be on air until after June 30th.
Meanwhile SBS is considering a 24/7 world news channel, The Australian reports.
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Feb 07, 2010 - 6:50 AM - by Mark
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The Seven Network has bitten the bullet and will launch its Sunrise brand on Saturdays from February 11th.
It's understood, however not confirmed, that Sunday Sunrise hosts Sam Armytage and Andrew O'Keefe will host the programme.
Sunrise has been under attack from Nine's resurgent Today Show in recent times, with the latter launching a surprise Saturday programme in 2009.
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Feb 06, 2010 - 8:24 PM - by EGR
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Speculation is also mounting that Consolidated Media and the Seven Media Group could merge. Seven Media Group is 47 per cent owned by Seven Network, which already has two representatives on the Consolidated Media board.
One concept that has been discussed among Seven Media Group and Consolidated Media is the possibility of the merged group then cutting a deal with News Corporation to establish a 50/50 joint venture to deliver a new subscription TV service in Australia to rival Foxtel.
Content would be delivered over a TiVo-type media centre either via a broadband network or Satellite similar to what Foxtel is proposing.
A key benefit to the new Group would be Premier Media, which has the rights to various sporting events around the world. This, coupled with the sporting events that Seven Network and News Corporation could deliver, would make the new service a formidable competitor to both Foxtel and any proposed network that Telstra is able to deliver.
All the Foxtel friends just had a collective heart attack reading that, as its 3rd party independent verification that Foxtel is about to be broken up.
About freaking time.
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Feb 05, 2010 - 4:15 PM - by Phantom
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NBC says Frances Reid, who played matriarch Alice Horton on "Days of Our Lives" for four decades, has died in Los Angeles. She was 95.NBC says Reid died Wednesday.
She was among the original cast of the daytime soap opera, which premiered in 1965. Reid starred opposite Macdonald Carey, who played her husband until his death in 1994.
Her final appearance as a regular was in 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35246951...nt-television/
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Feb 04, 2010 - 10:34 AM - by Mark
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Regional footy fans have hit the jackpot after Crocmedia today unveiled a star studded calling lineup for its footy broadcast team in 2010.
To be known as AFL Live, the calling team includes footy's favourite voice Rex Hunt and one of the game's all time great commentators Sandy Roberts.
More than 40 stations across regional Victoria and Australia will hear AFL Live and one of the most experienced commentary teams ever assembled.
Bill Brownless, Danny Frawley, Peter Daicos, Wayne Schwass, Liam Pickering, Nathan Thompson, Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett are also among the commentary team.
Crocmedia chief executive Craig Hutchison said the strength of the AFL Live team would deliver unprecedented coverage to regional areas.
"We are thrilled to have put together a team with so many great football identities who share the passion of a regionally tailored call," Hutchison said.
"We welcome back to broadcasting Sandy Roberts, who is one of Australian football’s broadcasting icons. He has been sadly missed calling the game in recent years.”
"Unlike 3AW we think Rex has at least 10 or 15 more great seasons ahead calling footy. He is loved across Australia for his descriptions and we are delighted our large audience will hear his remarkable style for a lot longer yet."
McDonalds and the TAC will be the co-naming rights partners of AFL Live.
"We are determined to play our role in helping the TAC reduce road trauma across Victoria.
AFL Live will broadcast 104 matches and deliver up to 26 hours of radio a weekend.
Source: Crocmedia
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Feb 04, 2010 - 10:18 AM - by ZOS
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iiNet slays Hollywood in landmark piracy case
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The giants of the film industry have lost their case against ISP iiNet in a landmark judgement handed down in the Federal Court today.
The decision had the potential to profoundly impact internet users and the internet industry as it sets a legal precedent surrounding how much ISPs are required to do to prevent customers from downloading movies and other content illegally.
But after an on-and-off eight week trial that examined whether iiNet authorised customers to download pirated movies, Justice Dennis Cowdroy found that the ISP was not liable for the downloading habits of its customers.
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/...0204-ndwr.html
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Feb 02, 2010 - 6:28 PM - by batb0y
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Nine has announced its premiere slot for Top Gear, the show it detoured away from SBS.
It will begin at 7:30m Tuesday February 16th.
Nine begins the show with the first episode from Series 14, which aired in the UK in November. Eric Bana is special guest on the show.
It will be followed with a Top Gear: Olympic Winter Games special, from February 2006, which was aired on SBS over summer. But it will lead in nicely to the network’s own Olympics highlights package at 9:30pm.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/02/...op-gear-6.html
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Feb 02, 2010 - 11:43 AM - by Phantom
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FOXTEL chief executive Kim Williams has come out swinging against claims that digital channels launched by free-to-air television networks are eating into his audience, in a forthright defence of the Australian pay-TV sector and its growth prospects.
Mr Williams said the new digital channels would have a "a short-term impact" on pay-TV subscription growth, but Foxtel was well placed to navigate the technological and structural challenges facing all forms of television.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busi...-1225825234614
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Feb 02, 2010 - 2:40 AM - by newtaste
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NRL football legend Ian Roberts has signed on as a co-complainant in legal action against Channel Nine over a gay skit on The Footy Show.
The news means openly-gay Roberts will testify against Nine in the upcoming Administrative Decisions Tribunal court case, which could be heard as early as June this year.
“The Footy Show belittled and degraded gay kids and effeminate kids in that disgusting skit, and they dragged my name into it, and I am not going to let that pass,” he said.
The skit in question, which aired on May 7 last year, featured a fictitious gay brother of troubled NRL siblings Andrew and Matthew Johns, called ‘Elton Johns’.
“I want to return this," said Johns’ father Gary in the skit. “It’s faulty.”
Elton Johns, portrayed by Matthew Johns, said: “Dad only knew I was gay when he walked in on me and my boyfriend Ian (Roberts).”
Describing his outrage, Roberts said the Nine Network had struck at the heart of his values by involving him in the skit.
“How fucking dare they drag me into something that degrades and belittles gay people,” he told SX. “This really goes to the heart of what I’m about, I see everyone as equal, and it’s just disgusting to send a message out there to gay kids, or kids who are different, that they are faulty. And then to name-check me in it just makes me sick,” said Roberts.
“That’s why I feel so strongly about this, and I’ll front up to court and see it through. Channel Nine will not get away with this, I promise you.”
Full story:
http://sxnews.e-p.net.au/news/robert...urt-06788.html
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Jan 30, 2010 - 8:12 PM - by Mark
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The Crack, a comedy channel managed by ONE Network, will make its debut on Sydney radio on Monday courtesy of 2GB and 2CH, Mumbrella reports.
ONE Network Director, Darren Frearson, said about the new venture that "comedy has a broad appeal among Australians.”
Macquarie Radio Network Chief Operating Officer, Stuart Thomas believes “the digital radio platform provides commercial broadcasters with an excellent opportunity to experiment with new radio formats.”
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Jan 29, 2010 - 10:04 PM - by newtaste
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In a statement today, MRN chairman, Russell Tate said: “Chris Smith will return as the host of the 2GB Afternoon Show from next Monday. I have had several discussions and meetings with Chris during the course of his suspension, which resulted from unacceptable behaviour at the 2009 Christmas party. Chris has demonstrated unqualified remorse and fully understands the seriousness of his actions. He has made a full apology to those involved and they have accepted his apology."
Full story:
http://mumbrella.com.au/chris-smith-...spension-16727
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Jan 29, 2010 - 10:09 AM - by Mark
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Macquarie Radio's plans for the Melbourne market will be made clearer next week, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Two announcers are set to be named at the press briefing, with Steve Price a likely candidate for the key breakfast or morning role.
Fairfax Radio chief executive Graham Mott said Price had this week asked for an early release from his termination contract but this was declined.
Price's contract ends on February 28.
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Jan 29, 2010 - 10:06 AM - by Mark
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Perth radio announcer Ian Blackley is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack during the middle of his show yesterday, reports The West Australian.
The popular Mix 94.5 figure, who hosts a regular timeslot between 12pm and 4pm, was in a studio at the station's Subiaco premises when he complained of an acute pain in his chest shortly after 2.30pm.
Staff rushed the 52-year-old to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, where he was given a stent by doctors to relieve pressure from a clot near his heart.
Station general manager Linda Wayman said Blackley was in a stable condition in intensive care, where he is being monitored by doctors and comforted by his wife and close friends.
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Jan 28, 2010 - 10:49 AM - by Phantom
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This is definitely the last season of ABC’s Ugly Betty. Today, ABC and the production team made the following statement. At least fans will get their closure!
“We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season, and are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion. We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.”
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/27...canceled/40370
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Jan 28, 2010 - 10:30 AM - by Phantom
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Channel 7's Australian Open coverage loses 5 million viewers
In a crisis for the network not the sport, Seven has shed more than four million viewers nationally, according to ratings data by leading media analyst, Steve Allen.
Allen's Fusion Strategy figures, based on the OzTam ratings survey, revealed the official broadcaster has seen its audience drop by about 40 per cent year-on-year - with the Australia Day comparison declining by more than half.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1225824135071
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Jan 27, 2010 - 3:22 PM - by newtaste
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A complaint against Adelaide FM radio station Nova 91.9 followed a comic segment by Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald in which he said a man had tried to pick him up at his gym.
According to John the complaintant, the segment was “laden with explicit homophobic language and implicit homophobic overtones.”
“Just as I was thinking I had heard the most homophobic segment ever to go to air, Fitzgerald invited listeners to ring in if they had been “hit on by the same sex”,” John wrote in his letter of complaint. “This simply gave homophobic individuals a public forum to express their homophobic views and attitudes. If a woman tried to pick him up in the car park would he react with horror? I doubt it,” John said. “Besides, how is a gay man supposed to tell who’s gay or straight in these metrosexual gyms?”
Full story:
http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/complaint...ment-6899.html
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Jan 26, 2010 - 5:24 PM - by matthewsee
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Pernell Roberts has passed away.
Born on May 18 1928, Roberts had been well known for one of the Cartwright brothers, Adam in the classic Western series Bonanza from 1959 until he left the series after its sixth season in 1965.
More than a decade later he played the title character Trapper John MD (1979-86), a spin-off of M*A*S*H.
He died of pancreatic cancer on January 24, 2010, aged 81.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...7XmiZbCt2j-r2Q
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