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 …
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Apr 16 2013
For 45 years it’s been a staple of Nine‘s afternoon schedule, but in less than two weeks Days Of Our Lives will be no more as far as Nine is concerned. The NBC network soapie has been in production since 1965 and aired in Australia since 1968. For decades Days Of Our Lives has been …
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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 …
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Mar 11 2013
The Nine Network has dumped plans to remake the 1980s drama Return To Eden. The series, first announced back in July, was to be produced for Nine by McElroy All Media, led by Hal and Di McElroy, producers of the original. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that it was budget restraints, not creative differences, that …
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Mar 02 2013
Peter Harvey, veteran journalist at the Nine Network for almost 40 years, has died at the age of 68 from cancer. His family were by his bedside. His career started at The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, winning a Walkley Award in 1964. He went on to work for Newsweek magazine, covering significant stories including the …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/03/obituary-peter-harvey.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 30 2013
Nine News Melbourne newsreader Peter Hitchener (pictured) was a special guest on Denis Walter‘s 3AW program yesterday (Tuesday) in celebration of his 40 years at the Nine Network. Offering their congratulations to Hitchener on his career achievement were Nine colleagues Tony Jones, Livinia Nixon, Pete Smith and news director Hugh Nailon. Raised in the remote Queensland town of Texas, …
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Jan 05 2013
Imparja Television, Australia’s indigenous-owned commercial TV network, is celebrating 25 years of broadcasting this year. The first transmission — a Test Cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka — was broadcast on 2 January 1988. The channel was officially opened two weeks later. For viewers in the central Australian region, including remote towns Alice Springs, …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/01/imparja-turns-25.html
Jan 01 2013
New Year’s Day 25 years ago was marked by a landmark television event to signify the start of the year-long celebration of 200 years of European settlement in this country. Australia Live: The Celebration Of A Nation was a massive technical exercise in a rare joint venture between three networks — ABC, SBS and Nine …
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Dec 31 2012
2012 was a year that saw TV reach a number of milestones and create plenty of news of its own. It was the celebration of 50 years of TV broadcasting in Newcastle, Ballarat, Orange, Wollongong, Launceston, Richmond-Tweed, Toowoomba, Townsville and Canberra. The Seven Network brought Mike Willesee and Derryn Hinch back to TV and signed …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/12/and-so-ends-another-year.html
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