Putting out an SOS for SBSSBS may be an interesting broadcaster of multicultural programs, but it just doesn’t connect with the mainstream Australian consciousness. It needs to lift its game before it disappears, writes Tim Burrowes.
Commercial networks
Crikey Says: When the going gets tough, the tough ask for more money
Compare and contrast: what happens in the United States when tough economic conditions and growing competition from other media hit the free-to-air television industry?
How the $250m can keep us Packed to the Rafters
Stephen Conroy’s $250m gift to the networks needs to actually be of use to taxpayers, writes Simon Whipp. An obligation to screen Aussie produced content on TV networks’ multiple channels, like Go! and 7Two, would be a nice compromise.
Mungo MacCallum: Here’s the Goss — Abbott may struggle to win the media war
By saying the government’s $250m rebate to TV networks looks like a bribe, Tony Abbott has opened up a new front bin the media wars. Will the high risk strategy of aligning himself with the Pay TV media moguls work?
Media briefs and TV ratings
New programs do the business for Seven and Ten … End in sight for US writers’ strike? … WIN TV creates new role for high-profile TV operator … Tennis final more popular than Twenty20 cricket … Last night’s TV ratings.
Commercial networks gifted $20m of extra campaign ads
Our substantially foreign-owned free to air commercial TV industry has been given a multi million dollar bonus: permission to broadcast an extra minute of political advertising per hour in primetime during the forthcoming federal election campaign.
