Southern Cross Media Group (SCMG) has reported an annual loss of $82.7 million over the last financial year, and has stated that it is cautiously optimistic about the current financial year.… Read on >>
Business,Industry,Regional Television September 1st 2010 — 11:49 am
In his MacTaggart lecture, Mark Thompson expressed his hopes that creative industries in Britain would flourish, but there was little creativity on display in the largely predictable reactions from media players, especially… Read on >>
Industry,International Media,Perspectives August 28th 2010 — 3:13 pm
The BBC‘s director general Mark Thompson has responded to ongoing criticism of the public broadcaster from the News Corporation empire, using one of the British television industry’s most prominent events to… Read on >>
Industry,International Media August 28th 2010 — 12:23 pm
Bruce Gordon has turned his attention to formulating a succession plan for WIN Corporation, recently appointing his daughter Genevieve to the board of the media company, joining brother and company… Read on >>
Appointments,Industry August 5th 2010 — 6:18 pm
News Corporation has announced a full-year profit of $US2.5 billion ($A2.7 billion), bouncing back from last year’s heavy loss and slightly exceeding the company’s expectations.
News Corp’s profit in the… Read on >>
Business,Industry,Print,Television August 5th 2010 — 2:13 pm
Bruce Gordon, the owner of WIN Corporation, says that he would be interested in purchasing the Nine Network‘s East Coast stations if the Commonwealth scrapped rules that restrict the audience… Read on >>
Industry,Politics,Television August 3rd 2010 — 12:19 am
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its annual report on the Broadcasting Financial Results for the year 2008-09.
The reports shows that while investment in local content remains dominant… Read on >>
Industry,Radio,Television July 29th 2010 — 5:10 pm
Prime and Southern Cross may be targeted by their capital city affiliates if the ALP is returned to government on August 21st.
The potential sale of the companies would be… Read on >>
Industry,Television July 28th 2010 — 3:35 pm
Screen Australia has announced $4.5 million worth of investment into a range of documentaries, approved as part of its latest funding round.
The government-supported film and television agency committed to… Read on >>
Industry,Television July 28th 2010 — 1:55 pm
The three free-to-air commercial networks have reported strong advertising figures for the first half of the year, breaking a run of three consecutive six-month declines in ad revenue.
The networks’… Read on >>
Business,Industry,Television July 21st 2010 — 4:17 pm
Experts have predicted that televisions will soon outnumber the population in an average Australian household due to the declining cost of flat-screens and the change in viewing habits.
Television sales… Read on >>
Industry,Television July 19th 2010 — 11:02 am
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reported today that all commercial television licensees in metropolitan and regional areas met their local content requirements for 2009.
Under the Australian Content… Read on >>
Industry,Regional Television,Television July 16th 2010 — 12:45 pm
Twenty-one organisations and public interest groups have banded together in opposition to the proposed acquisition of NBC Universal by the communications giant Comcast, claiming that the deal would create “serious threats”… Read on >>
Business,Industry,International Media July 9th 2010 — 5:55 pm
The ABC‘s new shared playout centre will be opened by Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy today. Despite this, the focus is likely to be on the broadcaster’s failure to deliver a… Read on >>
Industry,Television June 30th 2010 — 6:57 am
Ongoing negotiations between ABC employees and the corporation’s management over the future pay and conditions of its journalists have reached a deadlock with the likelihood of strike action becoming more certain.… Read on >>
Industry,Television June 25th 2010 — 2:10 pm