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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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Lilyhammer – TV, but it’s not quite TV.
Lilyhammer is TV that isn’t quite TV. And it stars Silvio from The Sopranos as Silvio, but not quite Silvio. Despite the mild confusion, it is clear that Lilyhammer may well be the most interesting US TV show to ‘not air’ this year. Starring former E Street Band member and The Sopranos cast member Steve [...]
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HBO invest in Quickflix
Following on from the announcement of a deal last month to provide HBO content to Australian streaming media service Quickflix comes the news that HBO have invested $10 million into the company. The investment gives HBO a 16% share in the company as well as a seat on the board. Of all the companies to potentially invest [...]
READ MOREAwake to good telly
Kyle Killen is either one of the luckiest guys in Hollywood, or the most unlucky. A spec script penned by Killen about a man with a beaver puppet became highly sought after when it made the Black List in 2008. The script sold, but after some difficulty in going into production with a lead, Mel [...]
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RIP Robert Hegyes
It is sad to note today the passing of Robert Hegyes. Hegyes is best known as one of the “Sweathogs”, Epstein, in the 70′s sitcom classic Welcome Back Kotter. Hegyes died as the result of a heart attack in his home at age 60. Take a listen to Hegyes recounting his time on Welcome Back [...]
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Ten Scores Big With Super Sundays
There was a disruption to the Channel Ten narrative last night. After 2011 was unkind to the network, Sunday night was to be their coming out party. A sign to the world that they were no longer the awkward pimply teen that we’ve known in recent times. With their ‘Super Sundays line-up of the revamped [...]
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The 2012 Golden Globes And You
Award shows are a funny beast, each with their own peculiarities. The Oscars are always slightly off with the median age of their voting members being older and thus slightly more conservative with their voting. And the Golden Globes are such a random hodgepodge of performances/shows that have been nominated based more on buzz, assumed [...]
READ MOREToday Eleven Turns One! Happy Birthday Eleven!
Today marks the one year anniversary of the digital channel Eleven. It launched on 11/1/11 at 11am with the following schedule: 11am: The Late late Show w/ Craig Ferguson 12pm: Diagnosis Murder 1pm Jag 2pm MacGyver 3pm Cheers 3:30pm Roseanne 3:55pm Couch Time 4pm Sabrina: The Teenage Witch 4:30pm Mork & Mindy 4:55pm Couch Time [...]
READ MOREThe CBS ‘This Morning’ Set
In the US on Monday morning, CBS launched a new breakfast show called ‘CBS This Morning’. The show airs from 7am-9am each morning and is co-hosted by Oprah’s bestie Gayle King, respected PBS talk show host Charlie Rose, and former CNN host Erica Hill. What makes this interesting is the set that they’ve designed for [...]
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