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Southern Cross Ten announcement on ONE due within a fortnight

An announcement as to when Southern Cross Ten will launch the 24-hour sports channel One HD is expected within a fortnight as the channel finalises testing.
Southern… Read on >>

Sunday, 31 May 2009 | Digital Television

Complainant demands apology over Footy Show skit

The NSW Anti-Discrimination Board have accepted the complaint from gay activist Gary Burns against Channel Nine and The Footy Show over the "My Three Sons" sketch shown… Read on >>

Sunday, 31 May 2009 | Celebrities / Personalities, Television Programmes

Networks exceed Australian ad requirement

All three commercial television networks have exceeded the requirement for 80 percent of advertising broadcast to be Australian-produced between 6am and midnight during the last reporting period… Read on >>

Sunday, 31 May 2009 | Advertising / Marketing, Television

Austar’s earnings and director’s pay jumps

Better than expected earnings and a positive first quarter from regional subscription television provider Austar have been overshadowed by a shareholder backlash towards the company's plans to… Read on >>

Friday, 29 May 2009 | Subscription Television

ABC under fire for location of Play School concerts

The ABC are under fire from lobby groups after a Senate Estimates Committee this week heard that the broadcaster has staged concerts for the childrens television show… Read on >>

Friday, 29 May 2009 | Celebrities / Personalities, Industry, Television Programmes

Weather delays digital radio in Sydney

Recent bad weather in Sydney has resulted in a delay to the launch of digital radio services in the city, with the launch now expected on June… Read on >>

Friday, 29 May 2009 | Digital Radio

NRL Footy Show facing vilification action

A complaint has been made to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board after a skit shown earlier this month on the NRL-based Footy Show titled "My Three Sons", involving… Read on >>

Thursday, 28 May 2009 | Celebrities / Personalities, Television Programmes

Former Club Veger diagnosed with cancer

One half of the comedic radio duo Club Veg, Vic Davies, has been diagnosed with lung cancer after a stay in hospital with suspected pneumonia earlier this… Read on >>

Thursday, 28 May 2009 | Celebrities / Personalities, Radio

ABC “virtual town squares” a threat to commercial investment

An announcement in this year's Budget that the ABC had been allocated $15.3 million for the creation of 50 "virtual town squares for communities" online have raised… Read on >>

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Industry, Online, Print

Digital radio switches on in Brisbane

Brisbane's commercial radio stations will today launch their digital transmissions.
Eleven radio stations, including Brisbane's existing AM and FM commercial stations as well as new digital-only stations,… Read on >>

Monday, 25 May 2009 | Digital Radio, Radio

Seven returns to The Great Outdoors

The Seven Network's travel program The Great Outdoors is set to return.
Seven has a batch of episodes, taped prior to the show ceasing production in January,… Read on >>

Monday, 25 May 2009 | Television, Television Programmes

Canwest gains breathing space as Canadian Super set to buy Macquarie communication assets

The debt-laden majority shareholder of Network Ten, Canadian company CanWest Global Communications have secured a new financing deal giving CanWest some breathing space in order to focus… Read on >>

Sunday, 24 May 2009 | Industry, International Media

The Footy Show ‘needs Eddie’

Media analyst Harold Mitchell has put out the call for Eddie McGuire to return to the AFL-based The Footy Show:
"Eddie is a star - that is… Read on >>

Sunday, 24 May 2009 | Celebrities / Personalities, Television, Television Programmes

Digital TV report shows high switchover awareness, but we don’t know when

The first quarterly report tracking the take-up of digital television has been released, showing that nearly three quarters of the population are aware of the Federal Government's… Read on >>

Saturday, 23 May 2009 | Digital Television

UK: Beware the ‘McCarthyite witch-hunt’

When parliamentary backbenchers get into the news, more often than not it's for the wrong reasons: and all indications are that British Conservative MP Nadine Dorries' latest… Read on >>

Saturday, 23 May 2009 | International Media, Print, Talking Points

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