MASS MEDIA – AUSTRALIA

Rio delivers Seven ad bonanza

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Original article by Glenda Korporaal
The Australian – Page: 25 : 29-Aug-16

The Seven Network’s advertising revenue from its multi-platform coverage of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games is believed to have been within the range of $A100m to $A120m. Seven’s coverage included all three of its free-to-air channels and streaming via an Olympics app. Seven boasted a TV audience share of 45.8 per cent during the Games, compared with the Nine Network’s audience share of 40.8 per cent for its coverage of the London Olympics in 2012. Nine is said to have lost $A20m on its coverage.

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Turnbull reopens reform push

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Original article by Jake Mitchell,{SPAC}Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 23 : 29-Aug-16

The Australian Government is expected to amend its cross-media ownership bill to change the local content requirement to take into account a regional network’s acquisition of a metropolitan broadcaster. The previous clause only applied to a metro network’s takeover of a regional counterpart. The revised bill is likely to be introduced when Parliament resumes, after being put to the Coalition’s communications backbench committee and the party room.

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Nine banks on local shows to boost ratings

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 26-Aug-16

Nine Entertainment Company has posted a 2015-16 profit of $A324.8m. This compares with a loss of $A592.2m in 2014-15, although the prior result had been marred by write-downs totalling $A732.2 million. The media group’s 2015-16 underlying profit was down 7.1 per cent at $A120.3m and revenue fell by 6.5 per cent to $A1.3bn. CEO Hugh Marks says an increase in premium local content will be a priority for the Nine Network in 2017, after a disappointing ratings performance in 2016. Shareholders will receive a final dividend of $A0.04 per share.

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HWT appoints Zavecz

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 25-Aug-16

Pacific Magazines CEO Peter Zavecz will leave the Seven West Media-owned publisher on 30 September 2016, to take up the role of managing director, commercial at News Corp Australia’s Herald & Weekly Times subsidiary. Meanwhile, HWT’s executive general manager Peter Clark will join the newly-created News Digital Networks Australia division.

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Print is here to stay, declares Thomson

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 23 : 18-Aug-16

News Corporation CEO Robert Thomson has assured Australian employees that the media group will continue to publish print newspapers. Thomson also noted the low quality of much online news content, and stressed the importance of premium content amid global economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Thomson was addressing employees at the offices of "The Daily Telegraph" in Sydney.

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Magazine Audience Accumulation now in ASTEROID

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 18-Aug-16

Magazine Audience Accumulation, now in ASTEROID, gives agencies and their advertisers the ability to plan smarter investments in magazines. Applying the insights into how magazine audiences grow – or accumulate over time – provides the evidence to put "magazines first" as part of a multi-media campaign. Roy Morgan Research has long measured and reported the readership of magazines, delivering the final tally of how many Australians read an average issue over its life. Now planners are able to understand how magazine audiences accumulate as subscribers and purchasers read a magazine, and pass it on to others, who pass it on again. From 23 August 2016, media planners will be able to hit specific reach targets by week using the new flighting ability in ASTEROID, Roy Morgan’s industry-standard media planning software, which is relied upon by the majority of Australian agencies.

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Optus claims ‘good start’ to EPL foray

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Original article by Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 16-Aug-16

Australian telco Optus launched its streaming coverage of the English Premier League season on the weekend of 13-14 August 2016. A spokesperson has indicated that just three per cent of its customers had reported problems with the coverage. However, many people used social media to criticise the telco’s EPL coverage. The complaints included claims that there was a one-minute delay in the coverage, despite it supposedly being live, and the poor picture quality of the streaming video.

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Digital disruption isn’t a death knell

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 18 & 20 : 15-Aug-16

New figures show that the number of people watching free-to-air TV fell by 100,752 between the start of the 2016 ratings year and the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The disappointing ratings performance of the Nine Network is believed to have accounted for the bulk of the lost viewers. However, the Seven Network’s director of ­programming, Angus Ross, says FTA is very resilient and having successful shows is the key to lifting audience numbers. Ross is confident that Seven’s post-Olympics line-up will be popular with viewers.

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Millennials lead the way in social media news era

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 15-Aug-16

A survey by Deloitte has found that TV is the main source of news for 36 per cent of Australians, followed by social media (18 per cent). In contrast, 31 per cent of respondents aged 14-26 and 25 per cent of those aged 27-32 identified social media as their primary source of news, but just six per cent of baby-boomers use social media as their primary source of news. The 2016 Media Consumer Survey also shows that the number of respondents with access to Netflix, Stan and Presto has risen from 12 per cent in 2015 to 22 per cent.

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Foxtel chief on mission to win over subscribers

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 24 : 12-Aug-16

Australian pay-TV provider Foxtel has reported that its subscriber base grew by 4.7 per cent in 2015-16 to 2.9 million, while its customer churn rate rose by 1.3 per cent to 12.2 per cent. Foxtel’s EBITDA was 2.2 per cent lower at $A880m, but revenue rose by 4.6 per cent to $A3.3bn. CEO Peter Tonagh says Foxtel’s marketing will emphasise that the company streams video on demand to any device rather than merely providing a linear TV service. He adds that it boasts more of the biggest box-office hits from 2015 than Netflix.

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