Just last night I commented on ABC Managing Director Mark Scott’s new Twitter presence, and indicated that so far he was a relatively bland Twitterer. Well that has changed. This morning he tweeted thus: “Only the ABC can deliver what we are offering in new channels” and linked to this article from today’s Australian, in [...]

The launch of Foxtel’s public affairs channel today means there is a fresh need to make the case for government funded public broadcasting.The ABC and pay television are going head to head in a battle for access to what is perhaps our most valuable natural resource – the broadcasting spectrum. Read more in the Crikey [...]