Aug 05 2018
Sky News Australia has announced the launch date for its entry into the free-to-air market. From 6.00am (AEST) on Sunday 2 September, Sky News On WIN will present a 24-hour channel via the WIN network consisting of programming from Sky News Australia including Credlin, The Bolt Report, Outsiders, Jones & Co, Richo, Politics HQ, Paul Murray …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/08/sky-news-on-win-announces-launch-date.html
Jul 26 2018
A $4.2 billion media giant is set to be created with Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media announcing a deal to merge — further consolidating what is already a shrinking media landscape. In the deal, which is subject to investor and regulatory approval , Nine shareholders will own 51.1% of the combined entity, with Fairfax …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/07/nine-fairfax-deal-creates-media-giant.html
May 26 2018
Some rare TV memorabilia from the 1960s. A range of fan cards from Melbourne’s GTV9 featuring some of the station’s star line-up. Given the ages of some of the presenters, the cards are estimated to date to 1965. #3 Miffy Marsh #4 Geoff Corke #5 Ron Blaskett #6 Jack Little #7 Maurie and Wayne Kirby …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/05/fan-cards-of-gtv9.html
Apr 14 2018
Two weeks ago the Nine Network had announced that it had committed $300 million to a five-year deal with Tennis Australia — taking the game from the Seven Network, which had broadcast events such as the Australian Open for decades. At the time it was unclear what the outlook was for Nine’s future in cricket. …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/04/seven-foxtel-in-1-2b-cricket-rights-deal.html
Mar 29 2018
The Nine Network has announced it has signed a five-year deal with Tennis Australia. The $300 million deal, effective from 2020, will include broadcast, streaming, mobile, digital and social platforms for premier tennis events including the Brisbane, Sydney and Hobart Internationals, the Hopman Cup in Perth and the Australian Open in Melbourne. In a press statement …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/03/nine-signs-300m-tennis-deal.html
Mar 10 2018
Nigel Dick AM, one of Australia’s first and widely experienced TV executives, has died at the age of 89. Born in the UK in 1928, he came to Australia in the 1940s and by the early 1950s was working in sales for Frank Packer‘s Consolidated Press. When Packer, who owned TCN9 in Sydney, bought Melbourne’s …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/03/obituary-nigel-dick.html
Feb 01 2018
OzTAM, the official ratings ‘umpire’, has released its final reports for the calendar year 2017. The reports include consolidated audience figures for the Top 20 programs (including those various reality show ‘winner announced’ segments that are not actual programs), Top 20 multi-channel programs, the most time-shifted programs and where each free-to-air network and channel ended …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/02/ratings-2017-the-final-scorecard.html
Dec 04 2017
For the eleventh year in a row the Seven Network has claimed the ratings year (5 cities, 6pm-12mn). For the weeks 7 to 48 — covering the period from 12 February to 2 December, and excluding the two weeks around Easter — Seven scored 29.6%, followed by Nine (28.1%), Ten (18.0%), ABC (17.1%) and SBS …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2017/12/seven-wins-2017.html
Feb 05 2017
Nine News Regional, the joint venture between the Nine Network and regional Southern Cross, kicks off this Monday. The first of 15 bulletins to roll out for the network is Nine News Canberra, debuting Monday 6 February at 6pm, presented by former ABC News Breakfast presenter Vanessa O’Hanlon (pictured) The one-hour bulletin, presented from Nine’s …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2017/02/nine-news-regional-ready-for-launch.html
Feb 04 2017
OzTAM, the official ratings ‘umpire’, has released its final reports for the calendar year 2016. The reports include consolidated audience figures for the Top 20 programs (including those various reality show ‘winner announced’ segments that are not actual programs), Top 20 multi-channel programs, the most time-shifted programs and where each free-to-air network and channel ended …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2017/02/ratings-2016-the-final-scorecard.html
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