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The ABC’s managing director Mark Scott has denied a report that the public broadcaster last year pulled a documentary film about the Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer because it would offend China.
The Australian reports that according to the documentary’s producer, John Lewis, The 10 Conditions of Love was effectively “locked in” to be shown on 17 December at 8:30pm and that… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities
Nat Gruzlewski has replaced Jaynie Seal as Nine News Sydney’s weather reporter, The Sunday Telegraph reports.
Gruzlewski will contribute lifestyle and entertainment reports to the news and will read the weather Mondays to Thursdays from this week.
It is unclear what future Seal has at Nine News.
Media Spy discussion: Nine News
Digital Television
The ABC’s managing director Mark Scott will today appear before a parliamentary committee to justify the financial viability of the public broadcaster’s proposed 24-hour news channel.
The Australian reports today that Coalition senators will raise concerns about whether it is possible for the news channel to be funded without affecting the funding of other areas of the organisation. The funding… Continue Reading >>
Industry
The British pay television provider BSkyB has finally agreed to sell off the majority of its stake in the rival broadcaster ITV, ending a two-year-long legal fight.
Sky bought a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV in 2006. Since 2007, four separate rulings have been made ordering Sky to reduce its stake to below 7.5 per cent, on the grounds that Sky’s… Continue Reading >>
International Media
The British pay television provider BSkyB has finally agreed to sell off the majority of its stake in the rival broadcaster ITV, ending a two-year-long legal fight.
Sky bought a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV in 2006. Since 2007, four separate rulings have been made ordering Sky to reduce its stake to below 7.5 per cent, on the grounds that Sky’s… Continue Reading >>
A newly-launched British freesheet has been panned by readers and journalists, with its low editing standards raising questions about whether it may even be a hoax.
Yesterday’s launch of The London Weekly came just months after the closure of two previous free newspapers, thelondonpaper and London Lite. The emergence of the new freesheet had generated significant attention in the months… Continue Reading >>
Radio
Crocmedia has today announced that its new AFL Live broadcast will be heard in regional areas of Australia with two of the country’s finest commentators on board.
Sandy Roberts and Rex Hunt have joined the programme, which will be carried on 40 stations across the country.
Crocmedia chief executive Craig Hutchison said the strength of the AFL Live team would… Continue Reading >>
Subscription Television
The British pay television provider BSkyB has finally agreed to sell off the majority of its stake in the rival broadcaster ITV, ending a two-year-long legal fight.
Sky bought a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV in 2006. Since 2007, four separate rulings have been made ordering Sky to reduce its stake to below 7.5 per cent, on the grounds that Sky’s… Continue Reading >>
Television
The ABC’s managing director Mark Scott has denied a report that the public broadcaster last year pulled a documentary film about the Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer because it would offend China.
The Australian reports that according to the documentary’s producer, John Lewis, The 10 Conditions of Love was effectively “locked in” to be shown on 17 December at 8:30pm and that… Continue Reading >>
Television Programmes
Nat Gruzlewski has replaced Jaynie Seal as Nine News Sydney’s weather reporter, The Sunday Telegraph reports.
Gruzlewski will contribute lifestyle and entertainment reports to the news and will read the weather Mondays to Thursdays from this week.
It is unclear what future Seal has at Nine News.
Media Spy discussion: Nine News