May 13 2013
Network Ten‘s Hamish McLennan has scored his first win for the network since taking on the role of CEO less than two months ago. Media reports indicate that Ten has been the successful bidder for the Australian TV rights to televise the XXII Olympic Winter Games to be held in Sochi, Russia, in February next year. …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/05/ten-scores-2014-winter-olympics.html
Apr 28 2013
It was 25 years ago that Brisbane was on show to the world when it hosted World Expo 88. It was the first time in a century that the world’s fair had been hosted in Australia — the last time was in Melbourne in 1880. The 1988 world’s fair was hosted at Brisbane’s South Bank …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/world-expo-88-25-years-on.html
Apr 16 2013
The national shutdown of the analogue signal reaches its next stop — Perth — today (Tuesday). The switch off affects local transmissions for ABC1, Seven (TVW), Nine (STW), Ten (NEW) and SBS1. With a market population of 1,926,000 (source: OzTAM), Perth is the largest capital city to date to lose analogue television. In the latest …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/perth-says-farewell-to-analogue-2.html
Apr 06 2013
In the history of television there are some titles we instantly recall as being survivors — Four Corners, Play School, Neighbours and Home And Away, to name a few. But there is one program that is often omitted from the history books — Mass For You At Home. The weekly Mass has featured on the …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/mass-for-you-at-a-new-home.html
Apr 01 2013
The shutdown of analogue television across the country continues, with Adelaide’s analogue transmissions being closed for good tomorrow (Tuesday) — affecting local transmissions of ABC1 (ABS), Seven (SAS), Nine (NWS), Ten (ADS) and SBS1. Community TV channel 44Adelaide has been broadcasting exclusively in digital since May 2012. Adelaide becomes the first state capital city in Australia …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/d-day-its-adelaides-turn.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
Mar 02 2013
Former Seven Network producer Adam Boland has ended months, if not years, of industry speculation by joining the Ten Network as its new Director of Morning Television. He starts at the network on 18 March, reporting to news director Anthony Flannery. It happens to be the same date that incoming CEO Hamish McLennan takes on …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/03/adam-boland-moves-to-ten.html
Feb 24 2013
The man appointed to arguably the most challenging job in television — saving the Ten Network — says he already has a plan to put the network back on the map for advertisers and viewers. Hamish McLennan, appointed as Ten’s new CEO after James Warburton was stood down on Friday, has his sights on the …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/02/new-ceo-says-ten-will-aim-older.html
Feb 23 2013
Only fourteen months after stepping into the role of Network Ten CEO, James Warburton (pictured) has been stood down by Ten’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Warburton was a senior executive at the Seven Network before being recruited in 2011 by Ten Network chairman, and acting CEO, Lachlan Murdoch. Warburton’s transition from Seven to Ten was marred by legal action …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/02/ten-dumps-ceo-james-warburton.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
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