May, 2010

On Thursday afternoon, the soon-to-launch Fetch TV announced its pricing and channel structure. 2010 is going to mark an interesting year for subscription television in which new delivery technologies will finally play a role in a significant enough manner to take on established players like Foxtel and Austar. Previously expensive infrastructure costs were prohibitive to [...]

The final episode of Lost is a great two and a half hours of television. Unfortunately, it isn’t a very good finale for the series. With great production values, a wonderful cast, and a wealth of exciting mystery surrounding it, I don’t think there was a single person who saw the shows initial pilot who [...]

Today, the final ever episode of Lost airs in the US. The finale marks the culmination of 6 years worth of a complex (convoluted?) narrative, with a 100 minute finale. Fans of the show are, obviously, heavily invested in its story and the show has just enough widespread appeal for it to turn it into [...]

The Upfronts are taking place this week across the US. These are the presentations the TV networks give to journalists and media buyers to build enthusiasm for the upcoming TV season. For TV nerds, this is far more exciting than it should be as it will reveal which shows will be dominating their lives over [...]

2010 will be defined by two narratives being told by the media about the media. The first narrative is that traditional press organizations are gung-ho about the iPad and it’s potential to revolutionise the print world. The second narrative is that the exciting future of television lies with 3D. While both of these narratives may [...]

This coming week is an exciting one as far as TV nerds are concerned. It’s the week of the Upfronts, the presentations where all the US broadcast networks announce their next season schedules to journalists and media buyers. By the end of the week, we will know for sure which US TV shows have been [...]

TV nerds across the nation are speculating about the potential launch of digital multichannels. White Noise was pondering this very notion just a few days ago. For Seven and Nine, a new multi-channel simply means a potential diversification of their service. For SBS and the Ten Network, the new channel launch is far more important [...]

Lost returns tonight and poses a challenge to you greater than any mystery contained in the program: Will you download it? For years, television networks have treated viewers with disdain. The networks have aired programs months (sometimes years) after their initial airdate, they bounce shows across the schedules, there’s no guarantee that you’ll see more [...]

Govt legislation allows the commercial television broadcasters to launch an alternate service on their HD channels. As such, each commercial broadcaster will offer three unique channels by the end of 2010. Channels Nine and Ten have said that they will launch their new until after mid-year. Nine channel citing ‘server system logistics’ and Ten simply [...]