Image: Foxtel Arts branding.
The high ground in arts broadcasting has traditionally been occupied by the ABC, which is watched closely by the creative community determined to keep Auntie’s eye on the ball.
After launching the Artsville series of documentaries in the 9.30pm Tuesday slot last week with Getting Frank Gehry, the ABC is firing up its iView Arts channel today. It will be loaded with 35 hours of programming across seventy titles, said to include ‘documentaries, original Australian short form commissions, daily arts news, classic clips from the rich and deep ABC archive and cult arts shows from Australia and around the world. It has a newsy strand with reviews, announcements and interviews.
