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The AFL has this evening announced a record $2.508 billion, six-year broadcast rights deal with News Corp Australia, Seven West Media and Telstra. Heavy-hitters were out in force at the press conference announcing the new deal with AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan joined by Rupert Murdoch, Robert Thomson and Kerry Stokes, amongst others. The new deal, which […]
Posted by Frost Global on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 8:29 pm
Filed under Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, News Corporation, Sport, Television · Tagged 7mate, AFL, Fox Footy, Foxtel, Gillon McLachlan, Kerry Stokes, News Corp Australia, NRL, Robert Thomson, Rupert Murdoch, Seven, Telstra
It was an US$80 billion takeover bid that stole the front and business pages of newspapers around the world, but for now a merged 21st Century Fox-Time Warner remains a pipe dream. 21st Century Fox has announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Time Warner Inc. Chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox, Rupert Murdoch said: […]
Friday was a big day in New York with confirmation from News Corporation that it had completed the separation of its businesses, with 21st Century Fox and New News Corp each emerging at 4:30PM local time. Here are some excerpts from 21st Century Fox’s and New News Corp’s press releases confirming the split (to read […]
FOXTEL Chief Executive Officer Kim Williams AM has been appointed to the position of CEO of News Limited, the Australian division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. This comes after Mr Murdoch, News Corporation’s Chairman & Chief Executive announced today that current CEO & Chairman of the Australian unit (News Limited) of News Corp, John Hartigan […]
Posted by Frost Global on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Filed under Latest News and Views, News Corporation · Tagged CMH, Foxtel, John Hartigan, Kim Williams, News Corporation, News Limited, Richard Freudenstein, Rupert Murdoch, Telstra
The United Kingdom’s biggest selling newspaper is set to close this Sunday. In an unprecedented move News International Chairman James Murdoch has ordered the closure of the 168 year old News of the World (NOTW) tabloid. Despite a circulation of nearly 3 million and a readership estimated at 7.5m every Sunday, the News Corporation group […]
Posted by Frost Global on Friday, July 8, 2011 at 10:12 am
Filed under Advertising, Latest News and Views, News Corporation, Newspapers · Tagged 3 mobile, Aldi, BBC, Bloomberg, Boots, British Government, BSkyB, Ford, GM, Halifax, James Murdoch, Mitsubishi, News Corporation, News International, News of the World, O2, phone hacking scandal, Prince WIlliam, Renault, Rupert Murdoch, Sainsbury, Sir Charles Gray, The Sub, UK Government, Vauxhall, Virgin Holidays
The Australian Football League (AFL) kept the media waiting some extra 50 minutes today before announcing its new media broadcasting rights deal for the 2012-2016 period, but it was worth the wait. The AFL has achieved the magical AUD$1 billion for its TV broadcast rights, in fact it has smashed what at times was seemingly […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Filed under Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Sport, Television · Tagged 7mate, AFL, AFL Premiership Season, Andrew Demetriou, Austar, David Leckie, David Thodey, Foxtel, Grand Final, Greater Western Sydney, host broadcaster, IPTV, John Porter, Kerry Stokes, Mike Fitzpatrick, NAB Cup, News Limited, Premier Media Group, Rupert Murdoch, Seven Network, Seven West Media Limited, Telstra, Toyota
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 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
Editorial comment: Only a few hours ago did news break of one of the greatest sporting scandals in living memory. The Melbourne Storm’s $1.7 million salary cap breaches over the last five years has left the NRL with another scandal and significant damage to the brand in Melbourne, which may be irreparable. There was no […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Filed under Channel Nine, Fox Sports, Latest News and Views, Sport, Television · Tagged Channel Nine, Fox Sports, Herald Sun, John Hartigan, Melbourne Storm, News Corporation, News Limited, NRL, Premier Media Group, Rupert Murdoch
China’s ‘Great Firewall’ stops Chinese internet users from accessing sites deemed to be not in the best interest of the Chinese Government. News Corporation now has its own ‘Great Wall’, the ‘Great Paywall’ in a bid to engage readers and a generate new revenue schemes as the digital era takes hold. News International, the UK […]
Posted by Frost Global on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
Filed under Internet, Latest News and Views, Newspapers · Tagged ABC, BBC, Guardian Newspaper, News Corporation, News International, Rupert Murdoch, Sunday Times, The Times