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Freeview to launch 6.29pm Monday

The network’s marketing blitz has commenced.
The Spy Report has been told Freeview will launch on all five networks at 6.29pm Monday.
This same-time launch is being called a “Roadblock” as there is no way around not seeing it. That is, unless you’re the 20 per cent of viewers watching subscription channels at that time.
The Spy Report […]

November 21st 2008 — 4:16 pmDigital Television
iiNet sued for allowing pirates to download movies, TV

The Australian film and television industry has launched a major legal action against one of Australia’s largest internet service providers for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and TV shows.
The action against iiNet was filed in the Federal Court today by Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th […]

November 20th 2008 — 3:24 pmNew Media
Hadley goes regional in 2009

A deal has been struck between the two Macquarie Radio entities for 2GB to supply selected Macquarie Southern Cross Media stations with The Ray Hadley morning program between 9am and 11am Monday to Friday in 2009.
Many of the stations taking the show, in particular those in NSW and Queensland, are already familiar with Hadley as […]

November 20th 2008 — 3:23 pmRadio
Penberthy walks the News Limited plank to new venture

David Penberthy has resigned as editor of the Daily Telegraph in the midst of the paper’s campaign for the New South Wales Government to “sack itself”, ABC News is reporting.
After three years in the position, Mr Penberthy will be replaced by former Channel Nine news and current affairs editor Garry Linnell, who joined News Limited […]

November 14th 2008 — 12:03 pmPrint
Foxtel demands sport “use-it-or-lose-it” for FTA

Pay TV provider Foxtel wants the right to transmit sports events that free-to-air TV broadcasters are failing to bring to the public, AAP reports today.
Chief executive Kim Williams again lashed out at free-to-air TV broadcasters at a breakfast briefing in Perth on Friday in the long running battle over sports rights regulation, or the so-called […]

November 14th 2008 — 11:58 amSubscription Television, Television
ABC launches 2009 schedule; proposes new channels

ABC has enlisted edgy comedians with a solid track record of trouble-making to kick off its 2009 TV schedule.
The Chaser’s War on Everything will return with a 10-part series. In John Safran’s Race Relations, the diminutive renegade who made a spectacle of himself rummaging through Ray Martin’s rubbish bins will go on an eight-part, globe-trotting adventure.
Andrew Denton, […]

November 10th 2008 — 7:55 amDigital Television
Nine reporter in hospital after feeling chest pains

Veteran reporter Peter Harvey was rushed to the Royal North Shore Hospital yesterday suffering severe chest pains.
The Channel Nine journalist, who started with the network back in 1975 reporting from Canberra on the Whitlam dismissal, was admitted hospital last night and will undergo a series of tests on his heart today.
The news warhorse, who won […]

November 3rd 2008 — 10:04 amCelebrities / Personalities
Austar posts profit increase

Austar today said it was confident of 20 per cent earnings growth, as it reported deeper market penetration amid tough economic times.
The regional pay-TV group said it had recorded a 14 per cent increase in third-quarter profits.
A statement by Austar United Communications said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose to $53 million in […]

October 28th 2008 — 3:10 pmSubscription Television
Ten goes ONE HD sport 24/7 from April

A 24 hour sports channel to be launched next year on free-to-air television will revolutionise the Australian broadcasting landscape.
The Ten Network is set to next month lay down the gauntlet to Fox Sports and its free-to-air rivals when it unveils that its high-definition channel will televise Australian and international sport 24 hours a day.
While Ten […]

October 28th 2008 — 3:08 pmDigital Television, Television
Packer quits Nine

Consolidated Media today said that billionaire James Packer had stepped down from the board of its PBL Media unit, ending the Packer family’s long association with the media assets.
A statement from CMH, which owns 25 per cent of PBL Media, said that chairman John Alexander would also stand down from the board of the media […]

October 28th 2008 — 3:05 pmTelevision