Optus accidently spills new Pay TV channel details onlineOptus has accidentally revealed details of the new Pay TV channels that will be launched later this year, including five new movie channels and one dedicated entirely to makeovers (no, really). The leaked info was quickly removed, but Media Spy has it all saved.
Austar
The shining star in the media universe: pay TV
Pay TV is turning out to be one of the biggest money spinners in the media sector, with reported increased earnings across Australia and the UK.
Austar execs get cashed up
Austar believe so much in the company that now the shares have weakened, they are making the first in a controversial long term incentive program next Tuesday in cash, writes Glenn Dyer.
Telstra’s year zero Foxtel fiction
Telstra’s claim that Foxtel is worth nothing in its books is surprising given its status as the country’s number one Pay TV business, writes Glenn Dyer.
A-pac hits the airwaves, beats ABC to the punch
The ABC and pay television are going head to head in a battle for access to that most valuable of natural resources, the broadcasting spectrum, writes Margaret Simons.
Digging a little deeper into Austar’s profit results
Glenn Dyer translates the words and numbers in Austar’s profit results with surprising results.
Austar looking ripe for a takeover
Regional Pay TV group, Austar, has shown why it’s one of the three big media plays left in this country with very solid third quarter earnings, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Geared up media sector is “fully priced” … More fines handed out for UK competition rorts … Last night’s TV ratings.
Foxtel to run for cash as Hoyts proves a dud
The three shareholders in Foxtel, (Telstra, News and PBL), have decided to start running the urban Pay TV monopoly for cash after the attempt to merge with regional rival, Austar failed.
The C7 case: The knives are out, unsheathed and sharpened for Kerry Stokes
From the way everyone is gleefully piling in to Kerry Stokes in the wake of his comprehensive defeat in the C7 case, we can conclude that he is no longer regarded as an underdog, and that the mighty media moguls he has antagonised intend to make him feel the cost of his impertinence.
Media mergers: now who is the biggest of them all?
Is Fairfax Media — and the Fairfax family — now the biggest giant on the media scene?
