SBS‘s fantastic Tour de France for the last three weeks has averaged around 200,000+ viewers each evening. Since Thursday night as the Tour reached a crescendo in the Alps viewers tuned in droves with 456,000 viewers watching Stage 18 and Stage 19 scoring a then record 604,000 viewers for the multicultural broadcaster’s Tour de France coverage. Last night’s… Continue reading Cadel Evans delivers for SBS
Category: Television
Australia Network in extra time
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 year and second the delay to award the new Australia Network contract. Since this… Continue reading Australia Network in extra time
RUPERT MURDOCH: “After all that has happened, I know we need to be here today.”
Gripping television that is what it was. The UK Select Committee hearing into the News of the World phone hacking scandal saw Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks face questions from British Parliamentarians. See below for screen shots from various media outlets locally and internationally who covered the hearing online, on mobile and on TV. Below… Continue reading RUPERT MURDOCH: “After all that has happened, I know we need to be here today.”
Australian TV & Radio Coverage Details of Murdoch’s UK Parliamentary Committee Appearance
Tonight at 11:30 Australian Eastern time approx. hundreds of millions of people around the world will be watching the British Parliamentary House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee into the Phone Hacking scandal that has engulfed the UK. If you are in Australia and want to catch News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch, News International… Continue reading Australian TV & Radio Coverage Details of Murdoch’s UK Parliamentary Committee Appearance
The Tradition Continues – SBS’s Tour de France coverage
SBS’s coverage of 3,430.50km of the most gruelling cycling event in the world, the Tour de France is now only hours away. As SBS countdowns to its 21st year covering the event, Australian cycling fans will be able to immerse themselves in Tour de France coverage for the next three week as the government broadcaster… Continue reading The Tradition Continues – SBS’s Tour de France coverage
Wimbledon set to go live nightly on 7TWO and Seven
In the early hours of this morning (Australian time) Rafael Nadal put the finishing touches to his sixth French Open crown, after defeating Roger Federer in the Men’s Final. The attention now turns to the grass courts and the All England Club for the Wimbledon Championships. For the first time ever the Seven Network have… Continue reading Wimbledon set to go live nightly on 7TWO and Seven
One’s new game plan kicks goals
On 8 May this year, Network Ten under the leadership of Interim Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch relaunched its 24-hour free-to-air digital sports network One HD, into a male skewing general entertainment channel with premium sport, known as ONE. At the announcement of the relaunch, Mr Murdoch said, “ONE was underperforming from a ratings point of… Continue reading One’s new game plan kicks goals
A classic from Larry & Kylie
This is a hilarious snippet from Seven’s Morning Show, where Kylie & Larry did not follow the instructions of their Executive Producer. Enjoy!
Warburton benched until 1 January 2012
James Warburton’s immediate future at Network Ten has been confirmed today by a ruling of the NSW Supreme Court. Network Ten had originally announced that Mr Warburton would start at the free-to-air network on July 14 this year, however the Seven Network challenged this date in the NSW Supreme Court by arguing that Mr Warburton’s… Continue reading Warburton benched until 1 January 2012
Foxtel positions itself for subscriber growth and IPTV dominance
FOXTEL and AUSTAR will pay an estimated $593 million in cash and $85 million in contra to the AFL as part of the new $1.253 billion media rights deal for 2012 to 2016. Foxtel’s CEO Kim Williams AO told the Australian Financial Review that the new deal, “…is a considered investment in terms of retaining… Continue reading Foxtel positions itself for subscriber growth and IPTV dominance