MASS MEDIA – AUSTRALIA

Hold your tongue, staff told by ABC news boss

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 4 : 6-Jul-18

ABC presenters Jon Faine and Phillip Adams are among the public broadcaster’s employees who will address rallies organised by lobby group ABC Friends. The rallies are being held in response to the funding cuts that were announced in the Federal Government’s May 2018 Budget. The ABC’s director of news, Gaven Morris, has issued a memo to staff advising them not to engage in the political debate concerning the broadcaster.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, ABC FRIENDS

Addressable TV will challenge existing attitudes to TV advertising

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 5-Jul-18

It is well known that TV has been eclipsed in recent years by the Internet as the largest advertising medium in Australia. Australians’ attitudes to TV advertising will probably not surprise anyone, with 75% agreeing that "Some TV advertising is devious" and 67.6% agreeing that "Nearly all TV advertising annoys me". However, for one-in-five Australians "TV advertising often gives me something to talk about" and 14.3% agree that "Quite often they find TV advertising more entertaining than the programs". Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says that the power of addressable TV to show relevant advertising to consumers will give commercial TV channels the chance to level the playing field that has thus far been tilted in favour of purely online competitors and the opportunity to "flip" the perceptions of advertising many Australians currently hold.

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Media probe pledge to protect journalism

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: 19 & 23 : 4-Jul-18

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says Facebook and Google are "clear competitors" to traditional media companies with regard to advertising revenue. He has told a conference in Sydney that the ACCC’s investigation into digital platforms will examine whether their growing share of ad revenue is having an impact on quality journalism in the publishing and broadcasting sector. Digital companies’ collection and use of consumer data will also be scrutinised by the inquiry.

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FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA LLC, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS

Baby Boomers love TV news while Millennials & Gen Z surf the net

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Jul-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that more than 90% of Australians aged 14+ watch TV in an average week, equivalent to over 18.5 million potential consumers. Over 16.5 million (81.8%) watch Commercial TV on an average day, while a further 6.4 million (31.8%) watch Pay TV/Subscription Video-on-Demand in an average week. Analysis shows that 88.4% of Pre-Boomers and 75.3% of Baby Boomers (75.3%) agree that they "always watch the news on TV to keep me up-to-date" compared to 52.1% of Generation X, 33.5% of Millennials and 27.2% of Generation Z. However, this trend is reversed when it comes to multi-tasking while watching TV: 65.2% of Generation Z and 60.1% of Millennials agree with the statement "I like to surf the net while watching TV". This compares to 43.4% of Generation X, 18.4% of Baby Boomers and just 8% of Pre-Boomers.

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Foxtel targets cricket in streaming push

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 3-Jul-18

Foxtel is said to be aiming to launch its direct-to-consumer sports streaming video service in early November, to coincide with the start of its cricket coverage. The new service is tipped to have separate branding to distinguish it from other Foxtel products, and is part of the pay-TV group’s push to increase its market penetration. Foxtel’s broadcasting rights deal with Cricket Australia includes exclusive streaming rights.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, FOXTEL NOW, FOXTEL GO, FOXTEL PLAY, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, HBO

Calls for Netflix to back local content

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: 24 : 2-Jul-18

Screen Producers Australia has used its submission to the competitive neutrality inquiry into public broadcasting to push for local content quotas to be extended to streaming video providers. It noted that Netflix has a larger library of Australian content on its US platform than it offers to local subscribers. SPA has called for government intervention to ensure that local content producers are not disadvantaged, while it has also urged legislative action to protect content producers against unfair contracts with regard to broadcasting and streaming rights.

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SCREEN PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, CBS CORPORATION, DELOITTE ACCESS ECONOMICS PTY LTD

Feud for thought: Grant Denyer takes home gold at the Logies

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Original article by Michael Idato
The Age – Page: Online : 2-Jul-18

Family Feud host Grant Denyer has won the 2018 Gold Logie, despite the game show having been axed. Ray Meagher and Jessica Marais won the awards for the most popular actor and actress at the 60th annual TV Week Logie Awards, while "Wentworth" won the award for the most popular drama program. Meanwhile, subscription video-on-demand provider Stan won its first Logie, with "Romper Stomper" taking out the award for the most outstanding miniseries or telemovie. The Nine Network’s "60 Minutes" was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS)

Ten looks local to weather cricket loss

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: 24 : 2-Jul-18

UBS forecasts that Australia’s free-to-air TV advertising market will record growth of 1.5 per cent in 2018-19. The firm says elections at federal and state level will boost the ad revenue of the Seven and Nine networks. Meanwhile, UBS figures show that the Ten Network’s share of ad revenue fell sharply during the first half of 2018. Ten intends to ramp up its local content after losing the Big Bash League broadcasting rights, with a number of new shows set to debut in the second half.

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UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, CBS CORPORATION, BIG BASH LEAGUE, CRICKET AUSTRALIA

Optus lets SBS simulcast rest of World Cup

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Original article by Jennifer Duke
The Age – Page: 5 : 29-Jun-18

Optus CEO Allen Lew says the telco is confident that it has resolved the technical issues that plagued its live streaming coverage during the first week of the FIFA World Cup. However, Optus has agreed to allow SBS to broadcast all remaining matches in the tournament, including ones that were initially to have been exclusive to Optus Sport. SBS MD Michael Ebeid notes that the public broadcaster’s World Cup coverage has attracted eight million viewers to date. Meanwhile, Tunisia has won 2-1 against Panama in the latest World Cup match.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), WORLD CUP, FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Court tells Wilson to pay back $4.2m

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Original article by Michael Pelly
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 28-Jun-18

Victoria’s Court of Appeal has ordered Hollywood star Rebel Wilson to pay 80 per cent of the legal costs that Bauer Media incurred in its appeal against her landmark defamation payout. Wilson had initially been awarded a record $A4.7m, which Bauer paid in September 2017. This was subsequently reduced to just $A600,000 plus interest on appeal, and Wilson has been ordered to repay more than $A4.1m.

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BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, COURT OF APPEAL (VICTORIA)