Film
Oscars: animation race gets interesting
Up to 19 animated features will be considered for the gong at next year's Academy Awards.
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…
Spectrum: venerable post company hires Adam in genesis of a new era
We will grasp at anything for a pun. But Spectrum Films was a pioneering post company, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary…
Ratings: Sunday, 3rd November 2013 - JFK disrupts the normal order of things
Giggles from the SBS bunker, grumps from the ABC, while the commercials return to normal after X-Factor finale burst.
Brief: BBC WW ANZ hoists masterbranding flag
Here is a sign of the times. Look at the globalism inherent in the branding strategy for BBCWW ANZ.
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: SBS Commissioning
John Godfrey, Senior Commissioning Editor of Documentaries, confirmed that the slate is still open for new productions in the 2013-14…