In officially announcing the resignation of Ian Ross today, Seven have confirmed that weekend newsreader Chris Bath will take over from Ross beginning on Monday, November 30. Roscoe will read his last bulletin for Seven News on Friday, November 27.
“It will be easier for me to walk away… Continue Reading >>
Appointments, Celebrities / Personalities, Press Releases, Television November 9th 2009 — 8:07 am
The Victorian Government has reached an agreement with 30 regional and metropolitan Victorian commercial radio stations to provide official emergency warnings in case of bushfire danger for this coming summer.
Stations such as Melbourne-based Triple M, 3AW and Fox FM will join regional broadcasters from all parts of the state… Continue Reading >>
Industry, Press Releases, Radio, Talking Points October 27th 2009 — 1:43 pm
Filming has begun for a new ABC comedy series featuring comedian Cal Wilson. Sleuth 101, a new “whodunit game show” made by Spicks and Specks producers Bruce Kane and Anthony Watt will appear on the ABC next year.
Meanwhile, filming has also begun on Offspring, an upcoming telemovie to
Best of the Rest, Press Releases September 21st 2009 — 12:03 pm
ABC announced plans for the 2009 Victorian Football League Grand Final telecast, and this year for the first time it will air in HD.
The Final will air live nationally on ABC HD on Friday, September 25th at 7pm and a replay will air on ABC1 in Victoria.
Head… Continue Reading >>
Digital Television, Press Releases, Television Programmes September 3rd 2009 — 10:42 am
The ABC has announced that former Governor-General Peter Cosgrove will present the 50th annual Boyer Lectures. The series of six lectures, broadcast on Radio National and online, are made by “a prominent Australian or group of Australians” invited by the ABC Board to express their thoughts on social, cultural or… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities, Press Releases, Radio July 8th 2009 — 6:00 pm
Figures released by Commercial Radio Australia yesterday show a 3% drop in metropolitan radio advertising revenue in the 12 months leading up to June. Sydney suffered the largest drop, by 9.44% to $198 million. Adelaide suffered the next largest decline of 3.44%, followed by Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth which decreased… Continue Reading >>
Advertising, Industry, Press Releases, Radio July 8th 2009 — 5:49 pm
The ABC has unveiled the first programs to debut on its new ABC3 childrens’ channel, now due to launch before Christmas.
Some of the new programs include a comedy pilot After School Care, West Coast Kids – for which WA producers are now being invited to submit their proposals, and… Continue Reading >>
Appointments, Celebrities / Personalities, Digital Television, Press Releases, Television, Television Programmes June 18th 2009 — 5:18 pm
Network Ten’s digital sports channel One HD will launch on Southern Cross Ten stations on July 2. The channel will be available to viewers who recieve the network’s high definition channel in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT.
One HD launched in metropolitan areas on March 26. It… Continue Reading >>
Digital Television, Industry, Press Releases, Talking Points, Telecommunications June 16th 2009 — 2:46 pm
The Nine Network today announced the retirement of director of news and current affairs John Westacott from the end of the month. His role be replaced in the interim by the network’s director of national news Mark Calvert. CEO David Gyngell said that after a break, Mr Westacott will return… Continue Reading >>
Appointments, Industry, Press Releases, Ratings, Talking Points, Television June 15th 2009 — 12:27 pm
The Nine Network has announced a third series of crime drama Underbelly to be completed by the end of the year. The new series will fill in the gaps between the second series, set in the 1970s, and the first.
Executive Producer and Head of Drama Jo Horsburgh said the… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities, Industry, Press Releases, Television Programmes June 11th 2009 — 1:03 pm
Community station 2CHY ‘failed to encourage community participation’ according to an ACMA investigation released today. According to ACMA, the Coffs Harbour station did not give local youth sufficient opportunity to take part in the running of the station.
Furthermore, the station’s constitution and “confusion over membership types and fees” discouraged… Continue Reading >>
Industry, Press Releases, Radio, Talking Points June 10th 2009 — 1:12 pm
The federal government will offer support to pensioners and the disabled in switching over to digital television. A press release today from the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has called for tenders to assist installing new high-definition set top boxes in the Mildura-Sunraysia area, the… Continue Reading >>
Digital Television, Industry, Press Releases June 3rd 2009 — 6:15 pm
Following a fortnight of public controversy surrounding Four Corners‘ story “Code of Silence”, the ABC has released a statement dealing with several points of contention that have emerged through the course of public debate.
The story, which dealt with attitudes in the NRL toward women and contained an explosive interview… Continue Reading >>
Press Releases, Talking Points, Television May 20th 2009 — 1:10 pm
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser has joined a number of public figures in supporting a statement that says SBS is not only “becoming less special, but it is also losing sight of the original idea of the service”.
Others to endorse the statement include author Raimond Gaita, playwright Stephen Sewell,… Continue Reading >>
Industry, New Media, Press Releases, Radio, Talking Points, Television October 21st 2008 — 2:18 pm
Telstra BigPond has launched Australia’s first online and mobile dedicated 24 hour news channel.The new channel, called BigPond Live TV News, is a continuous live video stream of general news, politics, finance, sport and weather. It will combine regular news bulletins with wider coverage of business, health, environment, entertainment and… Continue Reading >>
Press Releases October 10th 2008 — 2:17 pm