As Qantas continues to mull over how to deal with five shareholder resolutions put up the Transport Workers Unions, the board would have been delighted by yesterday’s massive attack on the union by Nine’s Sunday program.
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Media briefs and TV ratings
Gordon sues for peace in Nine affliation stoush … AFL dominates finals ratings battle … Footy finals video special … Situation normal: Seven wins another week … Last night’s TV ratings.
WIN turns up the heat in Nine affiliation spat
WIN’s switch from Nine to Seven in regional South Australia won’t cause too much financial impact. But it will send a message to PBL Media that they need to do a deal for the affiliation fee it charges WIN for Perth and its regional stations sooner rather than later.
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.
PBL’s net profit loss is Seven’s gain
James Packer’s PBL says 2007 net profit fell 5.7% because of the impact of the spin off and sale of its media assets and losses from its Macau casino start-up.
Michael Cooney: and where, and how, to invest it
How should we spend the surplus? The big progressive agenda is where, and how, to invest it., writes Michael Cooney, Policy Director of Per Capita.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Mary Kostakidis quits SBS … The “friends” of John Alexander are continuing to jump from the PBL empire … Seven to potentially buy back as many as 22.3 million shares … Last night’s TV ratings.
Morning Market Report
The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.
Media briefs and TV ratings
It’s all about Elvis … The brawl between WIN and PBL Media is reaching the absurd … 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.
Packer grapples with ATO but cleans up elsewhere
PBL Media, Hoyts, and the tax office: it’s the sort of annoying problem James Packer and his erstwhile CEO John Alexander don’t want to have to grapple with. Glenn Dyer investigates.
Is CVC James Packer’s Alan Bond?
Has CVC bought a lemon with the PBL Media assets it has so far paid more than $1.7 billion for?
Media briefs and TV ratings
Is Rupert Murdoch evil? … PBL split put on hold … Stokes lifts stake in The West … Austar report shows why Foxtel wants it … Last night’s TV ratings.
The C7 case: Driven more by ego than commonsense.
Amid all the frothing and renting of garments over the Seven network’s mammoth loss in the so-called C7 case, some important history should be remembered.
Liberal preselections the Towke of the town
Things are crook in the federal seat of Cook. Last week members of the Cook conference of the NSW Liberal Party overwhelmingly selected Michael Towke born in Australia of French and Lebanese parents, to be their candidate for the Cronulla-Sutherland seat of Cook in the upcoming federal elections.
Morning Market Report
The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.
Packer mislays $57 million in PBL shares
James Packer and his minions have obviously been very distracted this year. How else could he allow a small, but significant, error in the reporting of his precise holding in PBL go uncorrected for more than six months?
Media briefs and TV ratings
Merrill Lynch predicts big things for Foxtel … Fun in the pun … Border Security reveals Seven’s programming depth … Last night’s TV ratings.
Media briefs and TV ratings
WIN commences the STW 9 shake-up … Packers won’t give up Nine’s fabled Wimbledon marquee … The world according to CNN … A prime romp for Seven … The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats …
