Despite a listener increase in the last ratings, Ugly Phil O’Neill and Sami Lukis have been dropped from the Triple M’s Sydney lineup, the pair were expected to return to… Read on >>
Celebrities / Personalities,Radio June 29th 2009 — 5:27 pm
Phil Small, WIN‘s Canberra sports presenter and longest-serving journalist, farewelled his colleagues and viewers on Friday night.
Thanking his many colleagues, friends and his family, he also praised the ongoing… Read on >>
Celebrities / Personalities,Television June 28th 2009 — 2:42 pm
On Friday night as the world came to terms with the death of pop idol Michael Jackson, veteran Channel Nine Brisbane newsreader Bruce Paige signed off for the last time,… Read on >>
Appointments,Celebrities / Personalities,Television June 28th 2009 — 12:22 pm
The ongoing fight between television industry groups is set to intensify in the ensuing months, after the release of a Productivity Commission draft report calling the anti-siphoning rules “inherently anti-competitive”… Read on >>
Perspectives June 26th 2009 — 9:11 pm
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced new terms for temporary community radio broadcasters in the NSW town of Young for the period 1 July 2009 to 30… Read on >>
Radio June 26th 2009 — 7:17 pm
The Productivity Commission has slammed the list of sports offered first to free-to-air networks as “inherently anti-competitive”, according to The Australian. The key economic advisor has recommended a rethink of… Read on >>
Industry,Subscription Television,Telecommunications,Television June 26th 2009 — 10:31 am
Meanwhile, it has emerged that The Age has also made staff cuts in its online area. Crikey is reporting that Fairfax has sacked four of the casual staff involved in… Read on >>
West Australian Newspapers has announced that its plan to cut back up to 100 staff members has reduced its full-time staff by 8.6%.
In an announcement to the ASX, WAN… Read on >>
Appointments,Industry,New Media,Print,Talking Points June 25th 2009 — 1:29 pm
The vision of the future that Steve Ballmer presented overnight is nothing if not apocalyptic: the world of the future is one where consumption takes place through a dynamic digital… Read on >>
Perspectives June 25th 2009 — 12:37 pm
Irish pay-TV sports operator Setanta Sports says its Australian operations are not at risk, after reports yesterday that its UK operations had gone into administration.
Although Setanta has ceased broadcasting… Read on >>
Digital Television,Industry,Subscription Television,Talking Points,Television June 25th 2009 — 12:15 pm
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has painted an apocalyptic picture of the future for media companies, declaring that advertising markets had effectively been “reset” and would not improve for traditional… Read on >>
Advertising / Marketing,Industry,International Media June 25th 2009 — 10:51 am
The ‘Chasergate’ scandal takes another turn this morning as reports emerge that the ABC’s executive head of content creation, Courtney Gibson, had been given the tapes to the Chaser’s last… Read on >>
Talking Points,Television,Television Programmes June 25th 2009 — 9:15 am
Mumbrella reports that the Seven Network has won sixteen awards for its advertising and promotion at the Promax|BDA awards in New York overnight. The network won three gold, six silver… Read on >>
Advertising / Marketing,Industry,Radio,Television June 24th 2009 — 8:36 pm
The Ten Network has today reported a significant drop in year-to-date earnings, with the result driven by continuing sharp falls in television revenues.
Earnings fell by 36.6 per cent in… Read on >>
Advertising / Marketing,Industry June 24th 2009 — 1:46 pm
Foxtel has announced its pricing for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, offering a $50 ‘early bird’ price for its coverage next year, which will increase to $65 in January. It… Read on >>
Digital Television,Industry,New Media,Subscription Television,Television June 24th 2009 — 12:13 pm