TV distribution is moving online. Just chat with anyone who has spent some time playing with both Hulu and Netflix and they’ll confirm that they’re compelling platforms. For a low charge of approx $8 a month, US residents can access an all-you-can-eat service with thousands of movies and TV shows streamed live to your Connected [...]
READ MOREMay, 2011
You can never go home to comedy again
home noun, adjective, adverb, verb, homed, hom·ing. –noun 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household. 2. the place in which one’s domestic affections are centered. 3. an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home. As the 2011 TV season kicked off, Channel 9 proudly boasted [...]
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[TV Diary] Tuesday 31 May 2011
TV Highlights The Warehouse Comedy Festival ‘Charlie Pickering’ (ABC2, 9pm), Arrested Development (ABC2, 10:45pm), Lucky (SBS1, 10pm), Eastbound & Down (7Mate, 10pm). The great thing about the digital channels is that Australian broadcasters have a platform to broadcast some edgier, less mainstream fare. Case in point is 7Mate tonight screening the first episode of the [...]
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Foxtel via 360 – Now quota free
It feels like every move Foxtel are making of late is of considerable interest. They’re doing a solid job of reinventing their distribution platforms, moving ‘Foxtel’ towards developing into a robust and flexible pay television operator. Currently they are (in a sense) decentralising their service by making it widely available across multiple platforms. Beyond the [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Monday 30 May 2011
TV Highlights An Idiot Abroad (One HD, 8:30pm), Swingtown (ABC2, 8:35pm), David Mitchells Soapbox (ABC2, 9:25pm), Cast Offs (SBS1, 10:30pm). Assigned Reading The Australian have cited trouble at the ABC (one of a multitude of shots taken at Aunty today) with long-running in-house productions winding down. While there is certainly some concern that in-house shows are [...]
READ MORESmash
When reading up on the pilots set to be greenlit for the new US TV season, one of the pilots to be generating the most heat was Smash. Heavily inspired by the success of Glee, Smash was conceived by Steven Spielberg and developed by Spielberg and then-Showtime President Robert Greenblatt. The show is about the [...]
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[TV Diary] Thursday 26 May 2011
TV Highlights Arrested Development (ABC2, 8:30pm), Peep Show (ABC2, 9pm), Star Trek: The Next Generation (Eleven, 9:30pm). There’s not a whole lot of variety for TV offerings tonight, but Arrested Development will enthuse many people. Hopefully it’ll drive some AD fans to discover the excellent Peep Show. Assigned Reading The Foxtel / Austar merger appears [...]
READ MORESpicks and Specks Winds Down
ABC Television have today announced the end of the music quiz show Spicks & Specks. With over 250 episodes produced over the past seven years, the show has had a solid run. While I tired of the show after a year or two (I simply favored the grungier SBS series Rockwiz), it was never bad [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Tuesday 24 May 2011
TV Highlights Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking: Aliens (SBS1, 8:30pm), The Office ‘Secret Santa’ (Eleven, 9pm), Hot Docs:Wordplay (SBS1, 10pm). Assigned Reading Nine are reportedly on an ACMA watchlist. Showtime have cancelled The United States of Tara.
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Review: Cloudstreet (Part One)
It’s important that we tell Australian stories to Australians. We don’t want our stories to be washed away in a sea of cheap foreign programming (much of it from the US market). Cloudstreet is an Australian story of a very high quality that will be very well received by many of the people who will [...]
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