Media frenzy over Rudd’s removal from office.

The news started to filter out of Canberra late on Wednesday 23 June 2010 that Kevin Rudd’s Prime Ministership was under threat. By 10:15pm a spilled was called for 9am Thursday. At about 9:25am Thursday 24 June, Sky News Australia reported first that Kevin Rudd had not contested the leadership and that Julia Gillard would become Australia’s first… Continue reading Media frenzy over Rudd’s removal from office.

Writing on the wall for Senator Conroy over anti-siphoning

Saturday night’s French Open Women’s Final featuring Australia’s Samantha Stosur was a late addition to Nine’s schedule but a bit of programming genius. The broadcast averaged 1.1 million viewers nationally (not bad for a 10:45pm start time and around 1am finish) for the network. Comparatively over at Fox Sports, their coverage of the final (Nine… Continue reading Writing on the wall for Senator Conroy over anti-siphoning

Hamish & Andy’s Caravan of Courage goes digital!

The Hamish & Andy juggernaut continues to expand across all forms of media ahead of the pair’s fourth instalment of their incredibly popular Caravan of Courage adventures. This time the Today Network’s drive hosts will tackle Great Britain and Ireland for two weeks. Austereo’s Today Network in the build up to the adventure have introduced… Continue reading Hamish & Andy’s Caravan of Courage goes digital!

Masterchef adds another ingredient to its recipe

Masterchef has been the most revolutionary product to emerge over the last 12 months. With record TV ratings, huge hit counts on its website and recent Logies success it is no suprise that on May 10 Masterchef adds another ingredient to its successful recipe, the Masterchef magazine. Last year when it was announced that the… Continue reading Masterchef adds another ingredient to its recipe

My Kitchen Rules performs for sponsors

Seven’s My Kitchen Rules finished it first season last night with Queensland couple Veronica & Shadi taking out first place and $100,000 in prize money over Victoria’s Clint & Noah. The real winners of the series, however, was the Seven Network. Last night 1.525 millions viewers tuned in to watch the final that finished just… Continue reading My Kitchen Rules performs for sponsors

The is ‘one’ in everyone

Channel Ten have announced that from the second quarter next year it will launch Australia’s first 24/7 sports only Free-To-Air digital multichannel, avaliable to all viewers with a set-top box or digital TV. This channel is sure to spark an uptake in digital TV by consumers, hopefully ensuring the digital switchover occurs by 2013. Also… Continue reading The is ‘one’ in everyone