TV


Apple To Bid For Hulu?

Apple purchasing TV-on-demand service Hulu would alter television distribution to a degree that we’ve not yet seen before. It would also practically confirm the rumours that Apple are set to launch an actual Apple TV, says Dan Barrett.

Is TV dead? Cable chief talks future of the idiot box

During the weekend’s US National Cable Show, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt claimed “there is no such thing as TV anymore.” TV blogger Dan Barrett discusses Britt’s remarks and the future of TV and online distribution.

It’s time to revisit media diversity laws

Our national media has been reduced to six dominant groups. In the face of shrinking media diversity and an evolving media environment, it’s time to reconsider how and why we regulate media ownership.

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Daily Proposition: Peep at Britain’s most horrible couple

Peep Show, one of the best shows on TV that you’re not watching, is about the decline of civility in modern civilisation. It’s British cringe comedy at its best, and it’s showing on the ABC, writes Dan Barrett.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: NRL Footy Show knocks on TV irrelevance

The NRL Footy Show averaged just 157,000 viewers last night, while Today Tonight came out tops.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Getting mad about Mad Men

Mad Men is nicely done TV, but was pipped at the post last night by the ABC’s Solo.

NBN takes Australian media to its post-Packer epoch

$43b will buy us a genuine media revolution.

David Leckie’s lucky Seven sell-off

The David Leckie share sell-off is a neat example of why equity incentive plans can fail to align with shareholder and executive interests, writes Adam Schwab.

Shock! Horror! Home and Away lesbian kiss will make your kids gay!

The outraged nonsense over the lesbian kiss on Home and Away has nothing to do with a fear that our kids are being indoctrinated into becoming gay, writes Duncan Fine.

That was the year that was in TV. Next year will only be worse

2008 will gone down in the annals of Australian TV history as the year before the money crunch hit, writes Glenn Dyer.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

US previews Kath & Kim, asks WTF

We didn’t particularly want to see Kath & Kim remade for a US audience, and it seems American reviewers feel the same way.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … the Losers … News & CA … the Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … the Losers … News & CA … the Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … the Losers … News & CA … the Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … the Losers … News & CA … the Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … the Losers … News & CA … the Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … the Losers … News & CA … the Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Last night’s TV ratings

The highs and lows of last night’s free-to-air TV ratings.

Media briefs: Hole in the Wall, Tamsyn’s drug message

ITV revenues plunge while the battle for Adelaide rages on at WIN.

A shuffling of senior seats at Seven

Seven’s head of program development is on the move, and observers are nonplussed, writes Glenn Dyer.

Last night’s TV ratings

The highs and lows of last night’s free-to-air TV viewing with Glenn Dyer.

Last night’s TV ratings

The highs and lows of last night’s free-to-air TV ratings.

Dark days indeed for Eddie ‘Nowhere’ McGuire

Eddie McGuire’s tenure at Channel Nine looks shaky, and the travails at Collingwood FC could make his presidency dicey there too, writes Stephen Mayne.