On 29 September 2014, the Australia Network television service, which is run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), will be replaced with a more limited television service to be known as ‘Australia Plus’. Australia Plus will deliver Australian content with a focus on news and sport, business, lifestyle, education and English language learning. According to the Australia […]
Posted by Frost Global on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 10:38 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, News Corporation, Television · Tagged with ABC, Australia Channel, Australia Network, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, GlobeCast Australia, Kylie Merritt, Simon Farnsworth, Sky News
The 20th Commonwealth Games begins on 23 July in Glasgow and Australian audiences will be able to follow all the action on ABC Radio Grandstand. The ABC Grandstand team will bring audiences all the colour and excitement of the eleven days of competition, plus the Opening and Closing Ceremonies on ABC Local Radio, ABC Grandstand online, […]
Posted by Frost Global on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 9:12 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Latest News and Views, Radio, Sport · Tagged with ABC, ABC Grandstand Digital, ABC Local Radio, Commonwealth Games, Francis Leach, Gerard Whateley, Glasgow, Grandstand
‘Jonah from Tonga’ is yet to premiere on broadcast television in Australia but it is already an outstanding success. Over the past weekend, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) took the step of making available on iview all six episodes of Chris Lilley’s new series. During the 48 hours ‘Jonah from Tonga’ was available online it received 551,000 plays, which […]
Posted by Frost Global on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 9:09 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views · Tagged with ABC1, Chris Lilley, iView, Jonah from Tonga, Laura Waters, Princess Pictures, Richard Finlayson
Football Federation Australia has today announced a landmark broadcast deal with Australia’s national broadcaster the ABC. The new deal will see the ABC broadcast the next four seasons of the A-League live on ABC Radio platforms. The news of this new deal follows reports in last week’s Sydney Morning Herald that the ABC will not have broadcast rights […]
Posted by Frost Global on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 9:02 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Latest News and Views, Radio, Sport · Tagged with A-League, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, David Gallop, Football Federation Australia, Fox Sports, SBS
A report in the Australian last year confirmed that High Definition (HD) broadcasting of Australian sport on free-to-air television looks dead and buried. For those who did not notice Saturday coverage of AFL matches by the Network Ten only featured on the network’s primary channel towards the end of last season, whilst viewers were able to watch […]
Posted by Frost Global on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Latest News and Views, One, SBS, Sport, Television · Tagged with 7mate, ABC News 24, AFL, Australian Open, BBC, Cricket, David Leckie, ESPN, Fox Footy, Fox Sports, Freeview, GEM, Go, Golf, Melbourne Cup, Moto GP, Network Ten, Nine, One, Rugby World Cup, SBS, Seven, Super Hi Vision, the Australian, Transformers, V8 Suerpcars, Wallabies
We reported earlier in the year that leading US online catch-up TV service HULU had applied for registration of its trademark in Australia, fuelling speculation of an Australian launch of the service some time in the near future. HULU is jointly owned by US media companies NBC Universal (Comcast), News Corporation & The Walt Disney Company and has around 260 partners […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 8:34 am
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged with ABC, Apple, BBC iPlayer, Comcast, Disney, Fetch TV, FixPlay, Foxtel, Freeview, Hulu, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, iView, Mark Scott, Microsoft, NBC Universal, News Corporation, NineMSN, Plus7, PS3, Quickflix, SBS, Seven, Sony, T-Box, Telstra, Ten, XBOX 360, Yahoo!, Youview
This week the Gillard Government announced that the Department of Foreign Affairs’ international television network, the Australia Network will now become a permanent feature of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s duties as the national broadcaster, rather than have the network put out to commercial tender. This announcement comes after the Government scrapped that tender process to run […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged with ABC, ABC News 24, AFL, AFP, Al-Jazeera, Angelos Frangopoulos, Australia Network, Australian News Channel, BBC World Service, BSkyB, Deutsche Welle, DFAT, Gillard Government, Julia Gillard, News Corporation, NHK World, Nine, NRL, Qantas, Radio Australia, Seven, Sky News, Stephen Conroy
The digital content distribution market in Australia is hopefully about to become a lot more interesting. According to a report by Asher Moses in Fairfax Newspapers, the US online catch-up TV service Hulu is preparing to launch in Australia with or without the support of Seven, Nine and Ten. This is good news for content owners […]
Posted by Frost Global on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Digital Piracy, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged with Ashes Moses, ATMOSS, Australian Government, BBC, Channel Five, Channel Four, digital piracy, Disney, Fairfax, Federal Court, Foxtel, Freeview, High Court, Hulu, iiNet, IP Australia, iPad, iPhone, ITV, iView, Kim Dalton, Kim Williams, Modern Family, NBC Universal, Netflix, News Corporation, Nine, NineMSN, Playstation 3, Plus7, Seven, Sphere Analysis, Ten, the Age, Youview
Many of you watching One HD”s coverage of the Accenture World Match Play Golf Championship over the weekend may have noticed a change to the Golf Channel’s usual coverage. Golf fans in Australia and around the world would be familiar with PGA Tour events having the first two rounds branded with Golf Channel graphics and […]
Posted by Frost Global on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Latest News and Views, One, Sport, Television · Tagged with ABC, Accenture World Match Play Golf Championships, Australian News Channel, Bruce Gordon, BSkyB, CBS, Comcast, Consolidated Media Holdings, CVC Asia Pacific, ESPN, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Freeview, Gina Rinehart, Golf Channel, James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch, NBC, NBC Universal, Network Ten, News Ltd, Nine, Nine's Wide World of Sport, One, PGA Tour, Premier Media Group, Seven, Sports Business Daily, the Australian
News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch said earlier this year that “content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic. Clever technology is merely an empty vessel without any great content.”
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Filed under Advertising, Anti-siphoning, Austereo, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, SBS, Television · Tagged with 7mate, 7TWO, ABC, ABC News 24, Adam Internet, Austar, BBC, BBC iPlayer, BBC Knowledge, Bigpond, Bravia, Comcast, Delhi, Doctor Who, Eleven, Federal Election, Fetch TV, FIFA, FixPlay, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Foxtel 3D, French Open, GEM, Golflink, Hamish & Andy, How-To Channel, Hulu, iiNet, Internet@TV, internode, IPTV, iView, Kim Williams, LG, LG NetCast, Lifestyle Home, London 2012, MCG, MTV Hits, MTVN Live, MyStar HD, Nat Geo Wild, Netflix, News Corporation, Nine, on-demand, Playstation 3, Plus7, Rupert Murdoch, Samsung, SBS, Seven, Shameless, Sony, Sony TV, Speed, Spooks, Tablet Devices, Telstra, Ten Network, Today Network, US Open, V8 Supercars, Winter Olympics, XBOX 360, Yahoo!7, YouTube, Youview