It’s pretty easy to dismiss the Telstra T-Box as a gimmick device at the same level as Telstra’s T-Hub and the various other similar devices that serve as gateway devices for consumers lacking savviness. The device does continue to evolve on a software level, providing greater functionality with each upgrade. 2012 will likely be seen as the [...]
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Veep and Girls: HBO Are Doing It For Themselves
After a few stagnant years, it looks like all the best TV is coming from HBO once again. Two of the shows I am most excited about are the Julia Louise Dreyfus helmed Veep and the Lena Dunham comedy Girls. Trailers for both have hit the Internet in the past week and both look like [...]
READ MOREDanger 5 – “I Danced For Hitler”
There are some TV shows you want to give a pass to just because they’re trying something different. TV is a medium that thrives on mediocrity, so any show that strives to achieve something of ambition deserves a certain amount of adulation regardless of how successful it is. Danger 5 falls into this category. Thankfully, [...]
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Waking up to Ten’s Breakfast
What the hell was that? Late yesterday, Ten issued a media release to let the world know that Ten had decided to go early in launching their new Breakfast show. It had been expected to launch this morning Monday, but with the dramatic announcement by Kevin Rudd yesterday that he was resigning as Foreign Affairs [...]
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Televised Revolution – Episode 224
This week we have proof! Australians are not only watching more television, but they’re downloading more. And what more? If given legal options for better streaming/downloaded content, we’d be likely to utilise them a whole lot more. On Televised Revolution this week we discuss: The Academy Awards air-times. Nielsen release their multi-screen report. Data from [...]
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If you build it, they will come
The SMH today highlighted some findings released by Ericsson from their TV & Video 2011 Consumer Trends report (released in Sept 2011) regarding ABC’s iView catch-up service. The report found that, of the more than 1000 Australians surveyed, 32 per cent of those who watched streamed or downloaded content did so via iView. Illegal file-sharing [...]
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I want it now! Australians TV consumption gets digital.
Nielsen have today released their multi-screen report into the Australian market which looks at how Australians are watching TV, incorporating the many new types of viewing platforms into their consumption habits. Over the final quarter 0f 2011, Nielsen found that viewing of television overall was rising. Overall, TV viewing is strong and rising. The report cites [...]
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Ad Revenues Take A Hit As Audiences Wonder What’s On SBS
Last night SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid faced a Senate Estimates committee where he cited concerns relating to falling advertising revenue. While SBS has enough cash to see it through the year, Ebeid stated that “Next year we would have a bigger problem if we were continuing to run a deficit”. Broadcast TV is hurting [...]
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TV Central Down. Threatens Legal Action.
Australian TV blog site TV Central today issued the following press release regarding the downtime currently experienced by their website: Monday February 13th 2012 TvCentral will proceed with legal action against VentraIP for technical difficulties with the site that led to the complete loss of data and history of the website. Staff were dealt a [...]
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Outland – A faltering step in the right direction
[Laugh Track blogger Matt Smith weighs in with his thoughts on the new ABC1 sitcom Outland] There’s nothing particularly subtle about Outland, a new series which premiered its first episode on ABC1. If I say that it’s about a group of gay, science fiction geeks, you can probably join the dots on what you’re going to [...]
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