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ABC Arts to build new digital channel in 2015
In difficult times, ABC TV Arts has been spared the full fury of the cuts and plans a new twist…
Ratings: Summary for week 47, Nov 14-21
We were covering SPA last week; here is a quick roundup of the basic numbers while we were otherwise engaged.
Vale Phil Motherwell
The Pram Factory actor, who also appeared in such classic films as Mad Max and Monkey Grip, has died aged…
Screen Australia: latest doc tranche
$2.2m invested on budgets of $5.5m, still on the old guidelines so no provocative alternative means of distribution.
SBS: 2015 lineup of local commissions
Dropped in our laps on Friday afternoon, here is the SBS list of commissions for the calendar year 2015. So…
ABC: forget cuts, here are shows
The Cuts Beast strides across the news, almost obscuring a detailed list of commissions for 2015.
Network Seven: how many legs on an octopus?
The Seven cephalapod kept its skin uncamouflaged long enough to let us see that all is well in the aquarium…
Blinky Bill: own a cell, help an institution
25 cells from the original Blinky Bill: the Mischievous Koala are to be auctioned to raise money for ACMI's Xmas…
Latest Ratings: Week 45, 31 October - Nov 7 2014
Thursday night - King's Cross Er does some heavy lifting for Nine while laughs spread on ABC.
Phil Craig: officially going
Phil Craig, the forthright head of ABC factual, is indeed leaving. Here is a date and a destination.