TELEVISION BROADCASTING – AUSTRALIA

Seven, Ten grab market share from Nine

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

Data from SMI shows that Australia’s total advertising sales fell by 2.4 per cent year-on-year to $A483.1m in January 2016. TV advertising sales fell by 5.1 per cent to $A215m, with sales in metropolitan markets down 1.5 per cent at $A159.3m. The Seven Network’s shares of advertising revenue rose from 41.4 per cent to 41.8 per cent, while Ten Network’s share increased from 24.4 per cent to 25.9 per cent. They benefited from coverage of the Australian Open and the Big Bash League domestic Twenty20 cricket competition.

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SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SMI MEDIA INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, BIG BASH LEAGUE, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

Sky’s the limit for Seven and News

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 15-Feb-16

News Corporation has been seeking to acquire Australian News Channel (ACN), which owns Sky News Australia, for the last year. ACN is owned by Nine Entertainment Company, BSkyB and Seven West Media, and the latter is said to be keen to retain its stake in the pay-TV channel. Seven also jointly owns the Presto subscription video-on-demand service in partnership with Foxtel, in which News Corporation has a 50 per cent stake.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN NEWS CHANNEL PTY LTD, SKY NEWS, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SKY PLC, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NOVA ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, C7 PTY LTD, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, CONSOLIDATED MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED, SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SVW

Pay TV seeks early rounds of World Cup soccer in sport rights shake-up

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 32 : 15-Feb-16

The Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association will lobby Communications Minister Mitch Fifield to remove some sports events from the anti-siphoning list. These include all non-Socceroos matches in the group stages of the soccer World Cup. ASTRA CEO Andrew Maiden notes that many sporting events are not of "national importance and cultural significance" and attract low ratings on free-to-air TV, and therefore should be removed from the list.

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AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION (ASTRA) INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, WORLD CUP, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), FREE TV AUSTRALIA LIMITED

WIN sues Nine over regional streaming

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 11-Feb-16

Nine Entertainment Company (NEC) recently began offering live streaming of its primary channel, which allows the media group to reach regional audiences. However, regional affiliate WIN Corporation is expected to ask the Supreme Court of New South Wales to grant an interim injunction to prevent NEC from streaming 9Now in regional areas. WIN is owned by Bruce Gordon, who also has a 14.95 per cent stake in NEC.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT

Scott drops a farewell bombshell on SBS

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Original article by Michael Bodey
The Australian – Page: 3 : 10-Feb-16

ABC MD Mark Scott has told a Senate estimates hearing that the focus of SBS has shifted from its original role of a multicultural broadcaster to one offering more general interest content. He argued that there is now less distinction between the ABC and SBS, and said the Federal Government could eventually consider merging them. Meanwhile, Scott has indicated that the ABC will seek an extra $A25m to $A30m per year in its triennial funding package to increase its investment in regional and rural content.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS)

2DayFM rejects Kyle and Jackie talk

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 9-Feb-16

The contracts of KIIS 106.5 FM breakfast show hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson expire at the end of 2016. However, Southern Cross Media Group CEO Grant Blackley says his company has not held talks with the popular duo about returning to 2DayFM. There has been a sharp fall in the radio station’s ratings and revenue since they left in 2014. Meanwhile, Blackley says Southern Cross could potentially end its affiliation agreement with Ten Network if cross-media ownership reforms proceed.

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SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, SOUTHERN CROSS AUSTEREO PTY LTD, KIIS1065, 2DAY FM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN, AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK PTY LTD

ABC boss warns of cheap imports

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Original article by Sid Maher
The Australian – Page: 6 : 4-Feb-16

The ABC’s outgoing MD Mark Scott has questioned whether profit-driven Australian media companies will continue to produce local content. Speaking at the ABC’s annual parliamentary showcase in Canberra, he argued that the public broadcaster is best-placed to deliver such content, and urged all political parties to support it. Scott also noted that low-cost international content presents a threat to local content.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, APPLE INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, RADIO NATIONAL

Viewers shun TV for devices

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Original article by Michael Bodey
The Australian – Page: 25 : 1-Feb-16

OzTAM will officially launch its new digital TV ratings system in early February 2016. It will measure the number of people who view TV content online and via portable devices. The launch of the Video Player Measurement system has coincided with a decline in the amount of time people spent watching traditional broadcast TV. The Australian Multi-Screen Report shows that this fell from an average of about three hour per day to just two hours and 49 minutes in the December 2014 quarter.

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OZTAM PTY LTD, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED

Nine pegs back Seven in revenue

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Original article by Michael Bodey
The Australian – Page: 19 : 29-Jan-16

New data shows that the Seven Network boasted a 38.5 share per cent of gross advertising revenue in the second half of 2015, while the Nine Network had a 38.2 per cent share. The Ten Network’s share of free-to-air ad revenue rose by 13 per cent during the half-year, to 23.3 per cent. Seven was also the market leader in terms of full-year ad revenue, with a 39 per cent share. Meanwhile, Seven’s total share of the prime-time viewing audience was 29 per cent in calendar 2015, ahead of Nine (27.8 per cent), Ten (19 per cent) and the ABC (17.8 per cent).

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SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, FREE TV AUSTRALIA LIMITED, KPMG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, RUGBY WORLD CUP LIMITED

Execs hail digital TV ratings

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 19 : 28-Jan-16

The Ten Network’s chief ­programming officer, Beverley McGarvey, says the introduction of OzTAM’s digital TV ratings system is an "important step forward" for the media sector. The new Video Player Measurement report has also been welcomed by Steve Weaver, the Nine Network’s director of audience analytics and insights. The new report will provide data on content that is viewed online via the networks’ catch-up services.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, OZTAM PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD