The Australian’s Gary Hughes has been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year at the 2009 Quill Awards held last night, adding another accolade to the Gold Walkley he won last year.
Hughes won the coveted prize for an article written on a borrowed laptop after his home in… Continue Reading >>
The Australian’s media columnist Amanda Meade has revealed an “unauthorised” list of nominees for this year’s Hall of Fame inductee for the TV Week Logie Awards to be held in May.
The list of Hall of Fame nominees are not usually made public, with nominations and voting conducted only by… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Celebrities / Personalities, Industry, Television, Television Programmes March 1st 2010 — 7:10 am
Freeview has been announced as a sponsorship partner for this years TV Week Logie Awards, hoping that the partnership will help to boost consumer awareness for the service and to encourage conversion.
Freeview CEO Robin Parkes said the sponsorship of the Logies was a perfect fit for Freeview:
“Freeview is… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Television February 25th 2010 — 8:04 pm
MTV Networks Australia has axed its annual awards night and will re-badge its secondary channel VH1 as MTV Classic.
B&T Today reports that the revamped channel will be aimed at the 25-40 age bracket, focusing on music from the ’80s to the 2000s as well as featuring programming and content… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Subscription Television, Television February 12th 2010 — 9:12 pm
The original members of children’s group The Wiggles will receive the Order of Australia in today’s Australia Day Honours, for services to children’s entertainment and the arts.
Herald Sun reports that the group, formed in the early 1990s, have gone on to become among Australia’s highest earning entertainers with a… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Celebrities / Personalities, Television January 25th 2010 — 11:59 pm
The 2009 Media Spy Awards have revealed that Channel Nine has officially lost us – with almost a clean sweep in all negative categories.
Their downfall was lead by Nine News, crowned Worst News Bulletin – and their coverage of the Asylum Seekers, handing Nine the award for Worst… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Media Spy, Talking Points December 13th 2009 — 10:13 am
The winners of the 2009 Walkley Awards were announced last night, with coverage of the Victorian bushfires featuring prominently across multiple categories.
The coveted Gold Walkley went to The Australian’s Gary Hughes for stories describing his personal experience of Black Saturday, including his return to the site where his home… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Industry, Journalism, Print, Radio, Television, Television Programmes November 27th 2009 — 2:37 pm
ABC’s coverage of the 2008 Paralympic Games from Beijing has won the International Paralympic Committee’s media award for the “Broadcast” category.
It is the second Paralympics in a row that ABC has won the Broadcast Media award, having also won for its coverage of the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games in… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Digital Television, Sports Broadcasting, Television October 19th 2009 — 9:55 pm
Top-rating comedy duo Hamish Blake and Andy Lee (pictured) have won Best On-Air Team (metropolitan) at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRA) presented last night at Sydney’s Entertainment and Convention Centre as part of the 2009 National Radio Conference.
It is the second time the comedians have won the award.… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Celebrities / Personalities, Digital Radio, Radio October 11th 2009 — 12:03 am
The Sydney Morning Herald was last night named ‘newspaper of the year’ at the awards ceremony of the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association. The Herald was the first Sydney paper to win the award for publications with a circulation of more than 90,000 in four years.
Editor Peter Fray said it… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Industry, Online, Print, Talking Points September 11th 2009 — 10:25 am
Commercial Radio Australia has announced the finalists for this year’s Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) to be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on 10 October.
Nominations for Best On-Air Team (Metropolitan) include The Hamish And Andy Show (from Fox FM Melbourne), Merrick And Rosso And Kate Ritchie… Continue Reading >>
SBS has today been presented with East Timor’s highest honour in recognition of excellence in journalism. It is the first institutional entity to be awarded the Medalha de Merito de Timor-Leste (Medal of Merit of East Timor), which acknowledges service to humanity.
East Timorese president José Ramos Horta handed the… Continue Reading >>
Awards, Journalism, Television July 27th 2009 — 5:25 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
Movie Slumdog Millionare and TV shows 30 Rock and John Adams are this years big winners from the Golden Globes, while Heath Ledger has posthumously been awarded the Best Actor gong for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Stars of Slumdog Millionare did not expect the film… Continue Reading >>
Awards January 12th 2009 — 6:56 pm
The Queensland Government has launched an audacious bid to steal the hosting position from Melbourne, where it has been for the best part of its 50 year history.
The pitch was made during an informal meeting between the Nine Network and its owners and the government – who offered to… Continue Reading >>