Apr 06 2013
Neighbours star Kylie Minogue created Logies history on the night of the 30th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Hyatt On Collins on Friday, 11 March 1988. The 19-year-old became the first person to claim four Logie trophies on the one night — including the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/tv-week-logie-awards-25-years-ago-3.html
Apr 05 2013
Four Corners host Michael Charlton was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian TV at the 5th annual TV Week Logie Awards — but the lavish showbiz ceremony that was to take place at Sydney’s Chevron-Hilton Hotel on Saturday, 23 March 1963 was not to be. The Awards’ overseas guest, British comedian …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/tv-week-logie-awards-50-years-ago-3.html
Mar 02 2013
Proposed changes to media ownership laws could spark a flurry of industry mergers, acquisitions and sell-offs not seen in a generation. If the Government approves media reforms as part of its media convergence review it may allow networks the capacity to increase their share of the national audience. At the moment commercial network owners are …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/03/new-laws-could-trigger-media-storm.html
Jan 26 2013
Journalist, media identity and ambassador for various social and health issues, Ita Buttrose was last night (Friday) named Australian Of The Year for 2013. Her media career was predominantly in magazines and newspapers — most notably as the founding editor of women’s magazine Cleo in the 1970s and later editor of The Australian Women’s Weekly …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/01/ita-buttrose-australian-of-the-year.html
Jan 13 2013
Former Ten News presenter Helen Kapalos (pictured) has been reported as the new host for Today Tonight in Melbourne and Sydney. She replaces Matt White who announced his departure from the program late last year. Kapalos was dismissed from Ten News on the eve of a planned holiday in November last year as part of the network’s …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/01/helen-kapalos-joins-today-tonight.html
Nov 30 2012
As well as today’s public farewells from Ten and Nine, the Seven Network‘s Matt White (pictured) has announced he is stepping down as host of the east coast edition of Today Tonight. In a statement issued today, White says he is looking forward to new challenges at Seven: “It’s time for me to take on other challenges …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/11/farewell-friday-3-seven.html
Nov 27 2012
The rollout of the analogue shutdown continues with the scheduled closure of remaining analogue services in the Northern NSW market today (Tuesday). The shutdown will affect local transmissions for ABC, Prime7 (NEN), NBN, Southern Cross Ten (NRN) and SBS – although some towns have already had their analogue services closed down to accommodate the digital …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/11/northern-nsw-goes-digital-only.html
Oct 18 2012
A little over 56 years ago Bruce Gyngell announced “Good evening, and welcome to television” on Sydney’s — and Australia’s — first television station, TCN9. For the past few days, his son David Gyngell, as CEO of Nine’s parent company Nine Entertainment Co., was at the forefront of the company’s bid to stay out of receivership despite it …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/10/nine-dodges-receivers-bullet.html
Sep 22 2012
Australian blog Marketing has announced its list of the Top 10 Australian logos of all time. The list was the culmination of polling by readers of the website and its sister magazine Desktop, with the Top 10 decided by a panel of experts in the marketing and design community. The panel have concluded that the …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/09/abc-tops-logo-poll.html
Aug 05 2012
A bit of a random snapshot of what we were watching on TV back in September 2001. It was almost eleven years ago… digital TV was very much in its infancy, Big Brother had not long finished its first series, the Seven Network had just broadcast its last AFL match before handing the broadcast rights …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/08/what-we-watched-september-2001.html
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