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Ratings: Tuesday, 5th November 2013 - from Guy Fawkes to Gai Waterhouse
Seven owned the Melbourne Cup, which produced a bizarre set of figures. Even its news was up 190,000. Everyone wants…
Fear of the Dark: some desires will haunt you forever
Chris Fitchett, long term producer and agency official, has never given up on his original hunger to direct. The picture…
Youtube Funding: Google invests in Australian production
For the first time, Google has put money into an Australian production initiative, via Youtube. The amount is modest, and…
Ratings: Thursday, 31st October 2013
The ABC's loss of 1.8% seems to have flowed mostly to Seven, then Nine, then SBS, while Ten dropped a…
Ratings: Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
A textbook night for the ABC as a cult hit drags the preceding show upwards. Not a good night for…
Ratings: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Some substantial losses tonight, though the relative figures are very stable. Take a headline show away from Seven and it…
Brief: new twists in Digital Domain saga
Digital Domain is known in Australia as the American VFX company which was very nearly subsidised to set up in…
AIDC: scores coup with Alex Gibney, with a side order of erotic insects
Let's face it - the Australian International Documentary Conference has turned Docweek into a lovely way of extracting much, much…
SBS: next year's commissions, laid out for study
Formats are the key, familiarity is the game as SBS develops a same but shinier year for 2014.
Ratings: Sunday, 27th October 2013
Almost Grand Final Night for The X-Factor and Seven almost pushed Nine under the 20% barrier as it took 41%…