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GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

Ten’s hairy-chested bid for sport a losing game

Ten’s new idea to get into a bidding war for sports rights will increase the Murdoch family’s control of the network but won’t help it in important demographics.

GLENN DYER |

Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: The Block All Stars hammers out its best night yet

The Block All Stars has its best night yet in the absence of My Kitchen Rules.

Media briefs: Ten spin … ABC ‘bias’ … Gratts in News Ltd …

The Australian commissioned a poll on perceptions of bias at the ABC. The results, one suspects, weren’t what the paper had hoped for. That story and other media tidbits.

GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

Another revamp won’t save Murdoch’s Ten debacle

Hamish McLennan, the new CEO of Ten, has promised the network’s third revamp in two years. But until its deals with the Murdoch-owned Shine and Fox are reworked, an improvement in ratings seems unlikely

GLENN DYER |

Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: curse of the Murdochs as Ten being strangled

Ten is sinking in the ratings after holding onto dud performer American Idol.

PAUL BARRY | COMPANIES|

Thanks to Lachlan, Ten ripe for the picking

Have Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer repeated their One-Tel disaster at Ten, or is it just bad luck to have bought a free-to-air TV network at a bad time? It’s looking more like a train crash.

GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

List of Ten’s chiefs just keeps Gruen and growin’

How many people does it take to run the Ten TV network? Or rather, how many chiefs? That’s the question with the hiring of ad man — and rival network star — Russel Howcroft.

GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

Write-down pressure on board as Ten faces big loss

The Ten Network balances its 2011-12 financial year tonight, leaving it increasingly likely that it will report a loss for the year in mid-October when the results are announced.

Pressuring Xtrata to end exploitation

Crikey readers have their say.

MATTHEW KNOTT | ADVERTISING|

Lach, stock and both barrels: who’s killing Channel Ten?

Five years ago, the Ten Network — thanks to its focus on the advertiser-friendly young demographic — was the country’s most profitable network. Now it’s the least profitable. So what happened?

Media briefs: Ten’s death dance … Holden crashes … Green Oz critic …

In today’s Media Briefs: Who’ll tell Lachie his wife’s show must go? … Viewers record the election ads away … Front Page of the Day … Ten disappointed with Everybody Dance Now … Former BBC boss new NY Times’ President …

Papers cry Rudd … quote war in US … Murdoch nanny speaks …

In today’s Media Briefs: Blame shared for Ten’s failures … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … New phone-hacking emails emerge … Former Murdoch nanny speaks out: ‘It was like a war zone’ and more …

Age price rise … Shire recap … MasterChef spoiled …

In today’s Media Briefs: The Shire recap (via Twitter) … Front Page of the Day … Women’s Day spoils MasterChef … Over 20,000 journos flock to London … and more …

GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

Ten at sixes and sevens over Seven’s and Nine’s ratings

The real story out of the mid-year TV ratings isn’t so much the closing of the gap on a weaker Seven by a stronger Nine, which happened, but the continual looting of the Ten audience by Seven and Nine.

Fairfax shuffle … Labor’s ‘horror movie’ … mini-moguls fear …

In today’s Media Briefs: Fairfax taps Hoath in executive shuffle … What our mini-moguls might really fear … The future of advertising in newspapers: the lovelorn letter? … The horror of Labor’s sideshow and more …

STEPHEN MAYNE | COMPANIES|

Mayne: dissecting the spin in Packer’s war on Star

James Packer’s expensive campaign to discredit Echo Entertainment Group chairman John Story continues afoot at the same time as the casino billionaire’s own investment record has again come into sharp focus after the latest disaster at Network Ten.

Indigenous TV funding … NYT trouble … crowd-sourced TV …

In today’s Media Briefs: vox pop of the day c/o NT News … Tony Blair versus the Daily Mail … Ten’s crowd-sourced show … new funding for indigenous programming and more …

Simons v The Oz … Press Council backs Latham … new Ten late news …

Over the past week Margaret Simons has been subjected to a sustained attack on her reputation in the pages of The Australian. It’s a non story, says Simons.

Ten’s true colours … Uhlmann v Media Watch … journo in car in Mexico …

In today’s Media Briefs: Ten shows colours in bikie wars promo … Mamamia, Shorten faces questions from “working families” … Uhlmann watches Media Watch … Front Page of the Day and more …

Ten’s Titanic struggle … Herald Sun apologises for Logies leak

In today’s Media Briefs: Channel Ten News’s Titanic long bow, Obit of the week, Steve Jobs the movie — starring Ashton Kutcher, Gawker’s bargain basement Fox News mole and more…

7.30′s erect banana … YTT up? … Ten management reshuffle …

In today’s Meda Briefs: 7.30 punks Fitzgibbon with erect bananaMurder … Is Young Talent Time’s time up? … Did I write that? … The Department of Corrections and more …

Ten’s woes .. Libya frees journos … Fairfax photo farce …

In today’s Media Briefs: Murdoch to blame for Ten’s ratings woes … Libya frees two British journalists accused of spying … Ten looks to sell Eye … Negative exposure over rights for photo contest and more …

Ten’s Breakfast no-show … Sun on Sunday’s start …

In today’s Media Briefs: Melbourne viewers dip to zero for Ten’s Breakfast debut … Sun on Sunday: never has a newspaper been launched in such adversity … Charlotte Church settles over phone hacking and more …

GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

Media market falls: Fairfax down 44%, Ten down 13%, losses for APN

Beware the Ides of February at the Ten Network? The latest news makes the previous regime a success and calls into question the decision-making of the board and previous chairman Brian Long.