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Freeview to launch 6.29pm MondayThe 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 […]
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, […]
TiVo users will soon have access to on-demand content, including TV and movie content from the remote as Seven launch a number of new features for the digital recorder.
According to head of Seven’s TiVo operations Robbee Minicola, the push to get the device on the market prior to the Olympics meant that some of the […]
Regional subscription television provider Austar have been excluded from the digital changeover planning and marketing according to its chief executive John Porter, and they want in. Speaking at a luncheon on Friday, Porter questioned how a digital migration strategy could exist without the involvement of the subscription providers.
With switchover commencing in regional Australia, Austar want […]
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 […]
November 24 has been chosen as the launch date for Freeview, reports The AFR.
On that date FTA television network bosses will gather in Canberra along with politicians to unveil details of the service that will combine all the available FTA digital signals on to one platform.
The AFR says metro and regional FTA broadcasters are expected […]
A North Queensland Senator, Ian McDonald, says that parts of Townsville will be left without free-to-air television reception when digital switchover occurs there in 2011.
The senator believes it makes no sense - instead suggesting that the move was politically motivated:
“I have the feeling that the Labor Party is doing a bit of payback on Townsville […]
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has today released the timeline for switchover to Digital Television.
As previously indicated on The Spy Report, Mildura will be the first market to be switched over, with the Capital Cities to be some of the last. New South Wales will be split […]
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has anounced a public inquiry into the role of Australia’s two public broadcasters, the ABC and SBS. The minister also anounced a new system for the appointment of members to the boards of the respective broadcasters.
The inquiry will be conducted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, the […]
Northwest Victoria is expected to be the first region to switch-off analogue television under a timetable expected for release by the Government next week. This follows the submission of a report from the Digital Switchover Taskforce and the expected passing of legislation this week that will enable switch-over to occur. The approach is expected […]