Today’s Get Ready for Digital TV conference in Sydney has been highlighted by the announcement by SBS chief Shaun Brown that the multicultural broadcaster will be replacing its existing World News Channel with a new digital channel, SBS2, on 1 June.
Mr Brown said the new channel will feature a… Continue Reading >>
Digital Television, Industry, Television March 30th 2009 — 4:36 pm
Packed to the Rafters matriarch Rebecca Gibney and Neighbours stalwart Ian Smith are among eight stars who will today be announced as contenders for the Gold Logie.
Others in the running are the ABC’s Adam Hills and Andrew Denton, McLeod’s Daughters‘ Simmone Jade Mackinnon, So You Think You Can Dance… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Celebrities / Personalities, Industry, Television, Television Programmes March 30th 2009 — 12:17 am
Former Today Tonight host Naomi Robson is reported to be in line for a return to the Seven Network.
The network is planning a new lifestyle-entertainment program to be produced in Melbourne and, according to sources, Robson is being considered for the host role.
If the program goes ahead it… Continue Reading >>
Appointments, Celebrities / Personalities, Television March 29th 2009 — 1:08 am
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Media Spy March 28th 2009 — 5:35 pm
New Zealand public broadcaster TVNZ has taken a 33% stake in Hybrid Television Services (HTS) and announced that the TiVo digital video recorder will be launched in New Zealand later this year.
TVNZ’s investment will support the development and launch of a Freeview HD capable version of TiVo for the… Continue Reading >>
Digital Television, International Media March 28th 2009 — 5:30 pm
The Seven Network has reacted to viewers’ anger over Home And Away’s controversial lesbian storyline by censoring a kissing scene due to air next week.
The on-air relationship between the characters, portrayed by Esther Anderson and Katie Bell, has attracted criticism from conservative lobby groups and complaints from viewers since… Continue Reading >>
Television Programmes March 28th 2009 — 12:40 pm
Deborah Hutton is reining in her spending and has quit her Pearl Beach weekender.
Hutton was a long-time weekend resident in the Central Coast town.
Eager to escape the paparazzi who had tailed her at the weekend, Hutton moved herself north some years ago and enjoyed greater privacy.
But she… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities March 27th 2009 — 7:04 pm
Mackay radio station 4MKFM, owned by regional broadcaster Prime, has this week made a move back to its former AM band position at 1026 kHz.
The 4MK callsign takes over the station formerly known as Easy Mix 1026 with a revamped format including a greater emphasis on local news and… Continue Reading >>
Radio March 26th 2009 — 9:15 pm
British reality TV personality, Jade Goody, has passed away in her sleep following a public battle with cancer.
Celebrities / Personalities March 22nd 2009 — 8:30 am
Network Ten’s new digital sports channel One is to report its viewing figures from 12 April through television audience measurement body OzTAM.
B&T Today understands the move saw resistance from fellow OzTAM stakeholders and free-to-air rivals Seven and Nine, who are yet to release details of their new standard definition… Continue Reading >>
Digital Television, Ratings March 19th 2009 — 8:27 am
The ninety staff positions to be cut from Television New Zealand (TVNZ) would have happened anyway, according to Prime Minister John Key.
The national broadcaster has made the cuts in response to lower than expected advertising revenues. The cuts will be made across a number of areas including news and… Continue Reading >>
Industry, International Media, Television March 16th 2009 — 11:27 am
The ABC has today launched ABC Mobile, its long-awaited mobile content service for phones and the iPhone and Google Android platforms.
Mobile phone users can visit ABC Mobile – m.abc.net.au – and view ABC news and sport, TV and radio schedules, and localised weather forecasts, in a format that is… Continue Reading >>
New Media March 16th 2009 — 8:32 am
The future for Sydney’s 2Day FM breakfast duo, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O will be in separate studios, away from Austereo’s Sydney studios in World Square. But could this spell the end of the breakfast duo?
Jackie O is preparing to move to the Southern Highlands of NSW to start a family,… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities, Radio March 15th 2009 — 11:30 am
The bi-annual Comic Relief television appeal has raised more than £57 million, beating the previous record by £17 million, with this year’s figure set to rise further as the tally is finalised. This year’s figure was expected to be lower, with the UK suffering badly from the global financial crisis.… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities, International Media, Radio, Television, Television Programmes March 15th 2009 — 11:29 am
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ruled that an on-air stunt broadcast on Melbourne radio station FOX breached the provisions of the Commercial Radio Australia Codes of Practice 2004 by broadcasting a recorded conversation without that person’s consent.
The segment from The Matt And Jo Show, titled ‘It’s… Continue Reading >>
Radio March 13th 2009 — 11:32 am