Birmingham radio presenter Tom Binns has been sacked from radio station BRMB for cutting short the station’s broadcast of the Queen’s Christmas message, telling listeners it was “boring”.
The radio… Read on >>
Celebrities / Personalities,International Media,Radio December 31st 2009 — 9:34 am
Protracted negotiations between US cableco Time Warner and News Corporation could see the new year start for Time Warner subscribers without access to FOX programming as the two try to… Read on >>
International Media December 30th 2009 — 12:56 pm
The producers of Britain’s Big Brother are under fire after it was revealed that they have been approaching soldiers who have lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, trying to convince… Read on >>
International Media,Television,Television Programmes December 26th 2009 — 7:54 pm
The Nine Network have been found by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to have breached the captioning provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 for 27 programs broadcast… Read on >>
Digital Television,Industry December 26th 2009 — 3:06 pm
With analogue television signals being progressively switched off around Australia from 30 June 2010, a spokesperson for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has today confirmed that mobile telephone companies, emergency services… Read on >>
Digital Television,Industry December 23rd 2009 — 2:52 pm
The BBC Trust confirmed last night that it has given provisional approval for Project Canvas, a joint internet TV venture involving the BBC and other broadcasters to supply video-on-demand in… Read on >>
Digital Television,International Media,Television December 23rd 2009 — 11:56 am
America’s PBS will finally sign up to the television ratings system on a full-time basis, ending the public broadcaster’s decades-long recipiency of monthly reports from ratings provider Nielsen Company.
By purchasing full-time… Read on >>
International Media,Television December 21st 2009 — 10:48 pm
Prime Television have today announced that the 7Two multichannel will commence broadcasting from 9am on Wednesday and will be called 7Two on Prime.
Prime’s CEO Doug Edwards in a press… Read on >>
Digital Television December 21st 2009 — 4:10 pm
The digital switchover in the North West region of England has resulted in many of the 7.2 million viewers watching programming in Welsh rather then their local programming due to… Read on >>
Digital Television,International Media December 19th 2009 — 12:07 pm
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today registered a new code of practice for the commercial television industry, including provisions allowing the networks more flexibility in programming and… Read on >>
Digital Television,Industry,Journalism,Television December 18th 2009 — 11:39 pm
The BBC has issued an apology after initiating a discussion forum on its website with the headline: “Should homosexuals face execution?”
The online discussion, part of the BBC World Service… Read on >>
International Media,New Media,Online December 18th 2009 — 11:27 am
Nielsen have released the eighth and final metropolitan radio ratings for 2009.
In Sydney, 2GB has maintained its stranglehold, recording a 1.2% increase on last survey to be #1 with… Read on >>
Media Spy,Radio,Ratings,The Spy Report December 15th 2009 — 12:07 pm
A public row has broken out between the prominent American newspapers The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, after the former accused the latter of “tilting rightward” under… Read on >>
International Media,Journalism,Print December 15th 2009 — 11:05 am
Home and Away star Todd Lasance has been charged with possessing cocaine, ABC News reports.
The 24-year-old actor, who recently announced he was quitting Seven’s long-running soapie, was arrested in… Read on >>
Celebrities / Personalities December 14th 2009 — 4:33 pm
Television presenter and producer Simon Cowell has floated the possibility of producing a political version of his franchise The X Factor, saying that it would be a way of encouraging… Read on >>
Celebrities / Personalities,International Media,Television December 14th 2009 — 12:18 pm