The cash-strapped ABC is spending a massive $22 per viewer each week of the season to bring Tasmanian football to a tiny audience of about 3000, reveal figures leaked to Crikey.
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Outsourcing the arts at Aunty: the problem with commissioning
ABC TV’s flagship program Art Nation has been axed and 15 people have also been reportedly offered redundancies. So what does that mean for arts programming, asks Nicholas Pickard?
Media briefs: ABC cuts memo … new NotW arrest … Fairfax hits record low …
The axe swung for ABC TV staff yesterday. TV head Kim Dalton breaks the bad news. Plus front page of the day and other media news from around the globe.
ABC TV changes the channel
The Content Makers has a staff memo from ABC’s Director of Television Kim Dalton, outlining some big shake-ups to the structure of his division.
Time for Conroy to deliver
Where is Labor’s media policy? It was promised before the party came to government, but has never emerged. Now we are being treated to yet another Rudd review and consult exercise.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Maccas really do care about your opinions
McDonald’s do some sly online surveys about which experts you most trust. Plus, a pretty clear sign that MySpace has lost its cachet with online social networkers.
ABC TV to restructure in the shape of the Beeb
The ABC is slowly heading towards a major restructuring of its TV division, reveal Glenn Dyer and Andrew Crook, with the public broadcaster adopting a more BBC-style structure.
Conroy won’t budge on broadcast regulation
There is a push on at the moment for the federal government to bring forward a planned review of broadcasting regulation, particularly that relating to Australian content. But it’s not proving too successful.
The Battle of the Kims: Williams v Dalton
In one corner, Foxtel chief Kim Williams arguing for de-regulation of the TV industry. In the other corner, ABC’s Kim Dalton. The umpire? Stephen Conroy.
The tangled Chaser chain of responsibility
The responsibility for authorising last week’s controversial edition of The Chaser has become less clear cut with revelations that the head of ABC TV, Kim Dalton, attended the green room after taping.
Guy Rundle: “Referral upwards” will kill ABC comedy
A sketch-comedy show is part playground crap session, part last days in the Fuhrerbunker, and the relentless need to feed the monster that is the show can put you off.
