James Warburton, the Chief Sales and Digital Officer of the Seven Media Group, has today been appointed as the new CEO of Ten Network Holdings Ltd. Warburton had been renegotiating his contract at Seven. UPDATE: Mumbrella report that Warburton will start in the new role on July 14 with a salary of $2.2 million. Finding [...]
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Lachlan takes the big chair at Ten
CEO Grant Blackley is out and Lachlan Murdoch is in as Acting CEO. Is anyone surprised? No? I thought as much. Despite the clearest strategy of any of the commercial broadcasters, Ten and One HD haven’t been performing well, with Eleven faring well and serving as a strong alternative to Go! The new Board have [...]
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[TV Diary] Monday 25 October 2010
Broadcast TV Spotlight Iron Chef Australia (7Two, 6pm), 30 Rock (7Mate, 9:30pm), Q&A: John Howard (ABC1, 9:35pm/ABC News 24), Soundtrack To My Life: Randy Newman (ABC2, 11:55pm) 7Two rests Head of The Class and Growing Pains tonight to bring us an encore of Australia’s most-criticised TV show ‘Iron Chef Australia’. I’m yet to hear a [...]
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Sky News Australia via Ten? Pretty Unlikely
Interesting article in The Age this morning regarding James Packers plans for Channel Ten. The article, with no sources cited, states: JAMES Packer’s $250 million-plus raid on the Ten Network is part of an elaborate plan that could lead to the axing of Ten’s sports channel, One HD, and its replacement with a free-to-air version [...]
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The TV Diary is back after a two-day absence. I’d taken a two-day trip to Sydney and neglected to pre-schedule some TV Diary Action. Apologies. While in Sydney, I did embark on a mid evening TV tour of the Sydney with the highlight being watching the Drum being recorded in their Ultimo studio. It was [...]
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