08 Sep 2014
Posted by Frost Global 
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,...
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08 Jul 2014
Posted by Frost Global 
SBS has received strong viewer numbers for its broadcast coverage of the 2014 World Cup from Brazil. Coverage of the tournament on ESPN and ABC in the United States has seen record numbers for that market. However the real growth story is the number of users going online to follow the action from Brazil. According...
Read more → 11 Jun 2014
Posted by Frost Global 
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...
Read more → 02 Nov 2013
Posted by Frost Global 
The Fairfax Radio Network (FRN) has secured rights to broadcast cricket for the next five years. The FRN which includes Melbourne's 3AW, Sydney's 2UE, Brisbane's 4BC and Perth's 6PR will have live ball-by-ball coverage of: the Commonwealth Bank Boxing Day; the Commonwealth Bank Sydney Test; the...
Read more → 05 Sep 2013
Posted by Frost Global 
Frost Global has long highlighted the need for an Australian Hulu and Netflix, but to date there has been no firm commitment from either company about commencing Australian operations. This has left Australian consumers with silo catch-up services, that is catch-up content only accessible through each...
Read more → 01 Mar 2012
Posted by Frost Global 
I wrote a couple of years ago about the struggle that Melbourne Talk Radio (MTR) would face in establishing a strong radio presence in Melbourne, especially given the existing players in the market namely Fairfax-owned 3AW and ABC 774. Since the well-publicised launch of the station back in April...
Read more → 31 Jan 2012
Posted by Frost Global The English Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that the UK's Sky Sports has been awarded the rights to continue broadcasting live international and county cricket in the UK exclusively until the end of the 2017 English summer. There is also an option for Sky Sports to extend the deal for an additional...
Read more → 29 Dec 2011
Posted by Frost Global 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...
Read more → 08 Dec 2011
Posted by Frost Global 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...
Read more → 23 Jul 2011
Posted by Frost Global 
Reports in the Australian and the Australian Financial Review last week confirmed the government is failing to act on important regulatory issues affecting Australian television broadcasters. The first is the delay to pass the Anti-siphoning reforms that were first announced in December last...
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