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Hypocrisy watch: Foxtel lectures Free to Air TV on competition
Foxtel CEO Kim Williams spoke yesterday about the need for greater competition in TV. Perhaps the problem is more that he’s just about to get some.
Rebecca Gibney shaded by shadowy bankers
The banks are the real powers behind Australia’s commercial broadcast media.
Freeview launches phase two with some deja vu
Freeview launched the second phase of their campaign with a new-look website and roadblock TV ads, but there’s a striking similarity between the new Freeview ads and a previous Foxtel campaign.
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.
Media briefs: The other tropical paradise job… Somebody save NY Times…
What’s making headlines among the headline-makers today.
Foxtel outfoxes the ABC — again
Foxtel has again dealt a devastating blow to the major core competence of the ABC, News and Public Affairs, writes Peter Cox.
Crank up the conspiracies as Seven and Hollywood take on iiNet
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft’s decision to take Perth Internet Service Provider iiNet to court will have conspiracy theorists in raptures, writes AntiGeek.
Media briefs: SMH says Kevin Rudd is dead… but Mike Carlton still kicking..
Costello not good enough for Q&A solo show… SMH says Kevin Rudd is dead… but Mike Carlton still their columnist… Horrow show ahead for media advertising…
Finding $39million a month: the pips squeak at PBL
There is a very easy to understand equation at PBL Media, 75% owned by CVC and 25% by the James Packer-controlled Consolidated Media Holdings, writes Glenn Dyer.
JP Morgan’s move on Consmedia
A surprise move by a big US investment bank and a group of hedge and investment funds associated with it in the share register of Consolidated Media Holdings, writes Glenn Dyer.
Tips and rumours
Crikey’s insights into the Rudd Government’s penchant for symbolism, subterfuge and spin over substance has now been taken up by The Australian and The AFR in recent days. While it is true that many of the Rudd Government’s new staffers hail from the now decayed and decrepit NSW Government, their experience using the levers of power […]
Tips and rumours
Boeing strike: will all 700 workers lose their jobs? According to one of the many striking workers unhappy with the unions actions at the Boeing site in Port Melbourne, American contractors were told to pack their bags yesterday and head for the US - the suspicion is that Boeing is planning to close down their […]
Rudd needs to play cards right on Pay TV gambling
The Opposition will today challenge Kevin Rudd to walk the walk on gambling by banning pay-TV gambling services, writes Bernard Keane.
Nine launches 2008 schedule — will it stop the slide?
Imitation is always the sincerest form of flattery in commercial TV and Nine CEO, David Gyngell practiced it last night with a vengeance with the launch of the struggling network’s 2008 schedule, writes Glenn Dyer.
US drama and comedy struck down by writers’ protest
Screen writers in the US are striking for residuals, writes Peter Mattessi. They’ve seen the trucks of money being dropped at the studios’ doors for DVD sales, and want some of the action.
Tips and rumours
Rupert Murdoch writes: The Daily Telegraph is sitting on a big story on Kevin Rudd that will make the Scores story seem irrelevant by comparison. The Tele will run with the story this Friday. My partner doesnt work for the CBA but has seen their annual report to be released tomorrow. It shows a profit […]
AFL broadcasting deal: modern day fool’s gold?
Despite a loss in revenues from being seen less often on TV, it’s possible money from the TV rights deal has filled any income gap created by a loss in sponsorship from being seen on TV less often.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Seven launches bid for Unwired … Foxtel loses its spinner in chief … Last night’s TV ratings.
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.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Too much information … The leaks about Adam Boland’s future keep coming … Julia Zemiro’s talent not being recognised by Nine … ICE TV ices Nine in court … WAN declines PBL’s Hoyts offer … Last night’s TV ratings.
Foxtel: now more profitable than the Nine Network
Here’s something to terrify the beancounters at PBL Media. Foxtel is now more profitable than the struggling Nine Network stations of PBL Media.
