Mar 07 2015
ABC‘s secondary channel ABC2 turns 10 years old today. The new channel came two years after ABC had been forced to axe its previous digital channels ABC Kids and Fly TV due to budget cuts. ABC2 launched in a rather low key manner on the morning of Monday, 7 March 2005. Anyone watching to see the …
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May 14 2014
ABC‘s Asia-Pacific television channel, Australia Network, is set to be scrapped after the handing down of the first federal budget of Tony Abbott’s government. The move to scrap the satellite service, which currently broadcasts to 44 countries and to an estimated audience of millions across the Asia-Pacific region, is of no real surprise as government ministers …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2014/05/australia-network-set-to-be-axed.html
Apr 27 2014
Network Ten personality Rove McManus was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality On Australian TV at the 46th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Crown Casino on Sunday, 18 April 2004. It was McManus’ second Gold Logie, having also won the previous year, and one of three Logies that he collected …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2014/04/tv-week-logie-awards-10-years-ago-3.html
Apr 26 2013
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 AB: Andrew Bayley, televisionau.com Special: …
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Apr 07 2013
Network Ten personality Rove McManus was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian TV at the 45th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at the Crown Entertainment Complex, Melbourne, on Sunday, 11 May 2003. He had beaten fellow nominees Georgie Parker (winner for the previous two Gold Logies), John Wood, Libby Tanner …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2013/04/tv-week-logie-awards-10-years-ago-2.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: https://televisionau.com/2013/01/ita-buttrose-australian-of-the-year.html
Aug 20 2011
ABC general manager Mark Scott yesterday described it as “the saddest of days” – following the death of veteran ABC journalist Paul Lockyer (pictured), camera operator John Bean and pilot Gary Ticehurst in a helicopter crash on Thursday night. And last night came news that Ian Carroll, who recently retired from his role as director …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2011/08/obituary-paul-lockyer-john-bean-gary-ticehurst-ian-carroll.html
Jul 20 2010
The initial program schedule for ABC’s news channel, ABC News 24, has been unveiled just a few days before the channel’s launch. The new channel, broadcasting on high-definition channel 24, kicks off at 7.30pm AEST this Thursday. The launch special will air in simulcast with ABC1 at 7.30pm (local time). The prime-time schedule for the …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/07/abc-news-24-programming-unveiled.html
Apr 04 2008
ABC‘s award-winning series Australian Story will pay tribute to Network Ten newsreader Charmaine Dragun on an episode to air on Monday 28 April. Ms Dragun was a radio and television journalist in her home town of Perth before joining Ten News to read the Perth news bulletin from Ten’s Sydney newsroom. Suffering long-term depression, Ms …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2008/04/australian-story-remembers-charmaine-dragun.html
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