Charlotte Dawson, television personality and prominent anti-bullying campaigner, has died at the age of 47. Her body was discovered earlier today (Saturday) in her Sydney apartment. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances. New Zealand-born Dawson started her career as a model and later came to Australia as fashion editor for Woman’s Day and New …
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Jan 23 2014
Adam Boland quits Ten
Network Ten‘s Director of Morning Television, Adam Boland has resigned from the role citing ill health. His resignation comes less than a year after joining the network and three months after the launch of his program initiatives, Wake Up and Studio 10. Since the two programs launched in November Boland has had to take leave …
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Dec 04 2013
1993: December 4-10
The real Lisa Lackey revealed Home And Away star Lisa Lackey (pictured) admits that being on the popular soap is not exactly where she wants to be. “I don’t want to be a soap star. I don’t want to be a television celebrity — I cannot stress that enough. I don’t want to host Sale …
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Aug 17 2013
Peter Meakin joins Ten
Peter Meakin, the man who led Nine and then Seven to news and current affairs domination, is joining Network Ten as Executive Director of News and Current Affairs. For 71-year-old Meakin it is a return to a former employer. In the 1970s he was news director for Ten in Sydney. At the Nine Network he …
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Jul 19 2013
Wake Up heads Ten’s winter launch
The announcement of Ten‘s long-awaited new breakfast show headed the network’s winter season launch in Sydney last night. Wake Up, the brainchild of former Seven Network producer Adam Boland, will be fronted by James Mathison (Australian Idol), Natarsha Belling, Natasha Exelby and Nuala Hafner (Sunrise, Seven News, Sydney Weekender). The program will be hosted from …
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Apr 28 2013
World Expo 88 — 25 years on
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 …
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Apr 26 2013
Special: Australian TV History Timeline Pt 1
SPECIAL: Today after 45 years Days Of Our Lives departs Australian television as the longest running continuous drama on our screens. To mark the occasion Television.AU joins with TV Tonight in this special joint post, to recognise enduring television programs that have survived the volatile world of television (excluding News / Sport). DK: David Knox, tvtonight.com.au …
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Mar 02 2013
Obituary: Peter Harvey
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 …
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