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 05 2013
Musician, composer and conductor Tommy Tycho has died aged 84 after suffering complications of pneumonia. Born in Hungary, Tycho started his career as a pianist for ABC radio in the 1950s. With the advent of television Tycho moved to Sydney channel ATN7, performing on the station’s opening night program in December 1956. By 1957 he …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/04/obituary-tommy-tycho.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 29 2013
The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal returns for its 83rd year this Good Friday. The Appeal, started back in 1931 by the Sporting Globe newspaper, is a tradition embraced by Victorians who support the fundraiser in overwhelming numbers every year. Seven has been the television partner of the appeal since 1957 and has broadcast …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2013/03/good-friday-for-the-kids.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
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
Dec 10 2012
Following up last week’s year-end ratings results, ratings agency OzTAM has now issued their final scorecard for the year, incorporating the last week of ‘consolidated’ data (i.e. programs watched on delay via PVR etc.) which was not available when the initial ratings results were announced — although these latest figures will not alter the finishing …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/12/ratings-2012-the-final-scorecard.html
Dec 03 2012
The Seven Network did not have two of TV’s biggest events this year — the Olympic Games and The Voice — but it has claimed ratings victory for the sixth consecutive ratings year. For the ratings year (Weeks 7 to 48, including the Olympic Games, 6pm-12mn, 5 cities), Seven claimed 30.6 per cent followed by …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2012/12/seven-wins-2012.html
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