TELEVISION PROGRAMS – AUSTRALIA

Seven accuses media regulator of censorship

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: Online : 5-Sep-18

The Seven Network has stated it plans to take the Australian Communications and Media Authority to court after ACMA ruled a segment on its ‘Sunrise’ program had breached broadcasting codes. The segment in question involved a discussion on child abuse and the adoption of indigenous children, with ACMA contending the segment provoked "serious contempt on the basis of race". Craig McPherson, Seven’s director of news and public affairs, contends that ACMA’s ruling amounts to "a form of censorship".

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Netflix under pressure over local content

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: 24 : 7-May-18

Video streaming service Netflix is resisting attempts to subject it to local content quotas in Australia. Research conducted by RMIT indicates that just 2.5 per cent of Netflix’s Australian library is locally made. Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner says it is odd that Netflix’s US catalogue contains more Australian content than its Australian catalogue. He says that local content accounts for around nine per cent of what is shown on Stan, while also noting that Europe has local content quotas for streaming services.

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NETFLIX INCORPORATED, RMIT UNIVERSITY, SCREEN PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED

Back to the drawing board for Footy Show

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: Online : 12-Mar-18

Nine director of sport Tom Malone is planning to make some tweaks to the rugby league version of the "Footy Show", after some aspects of the first program for 2018 were seen as somewhat underwhelming by viewers. The show underwent a number of changes during the off-season, with Erin Molan replacing Paul Vautin as host and former executive producer Glenn Pallister no longer with the show. Meanwhile, ratings for Nine’s first rugby league match of the season, which saw St George Illawarra Dragons beat the Brisbane Broncos 34-12, were down 5.6 per cent year-on-year.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Australian talent misses out as Netflix ramps up

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Original article by Karl Quinn
The Age – Page: 15 : 2-Mar-18

Netflix intends to spend around $US8 billion ($A10.27 billion) on content in 2018, but Australian film and television producers are yet to see much of that investment. Thus far, fantasy/crime program "Tidelands" is the only Australian program that Netflix has commissioned. Although around 30 per cent of Australian households subscribe to Netflix, a survey presented to a review of Australian and children’s screen content in September found that only between two and 2.5 per cent of the content shown on Netflix in Australia was of local origin.

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NETFLIX INCORPORATED, RMIT UNIVERSITY, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Georgie on $800k to sit next to Karl

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 5 : 24-Nov-17

New "Today"co-host Georgie Gardner has denied suggestions she initially knocked Nine’s offer to work alongside Karl Stefanovic. Gardner’s much anticipated appointment was confirmed by Nine on 23 November. It is understood that Gardner, who is replacing Lisa Wilkinson, will be paid $A800,000 a year, up from the $A500,000 she currently receives. Gardner previously worked on "Today" as its newsreader for seven years, but left in 2014.

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NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SVW, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN

Today Show: Karl Stefanovic to be joined by Georgie Gardner

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: Online : 20-Nov-17

Channel Nine is expected to soon announce that Georgie Gardner will be joining the "Today" breakfast show as co-host with Karl Stefanovic, replacing Lisa Wilkinson. It is understood that Gardner, who currently reads the weekend news on Nine, will receive a significant boost to her salary as a result. Gardner was previously involved with the "Today" show as a newsreader, but left in 2014. Wilkinson left the show suddenly in October after 10 years, and has since joined Ten.

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NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SVW, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN

Ten execs hope raunchy show will pack a punch

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Original article by Aaron Patrick
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 16 : 10-Nov-17

The Ten Network showcased its 2018 program line-up at its "upfronts" on 9 November. Ten announced that it will launch a local version of dating show "Bachelor in Paradise", while Julia Morris will host "Blind Date". Ten will also launch a website that will feature short-form content such as news and sports videos aimed at mobile phone users. Ten’s chief content officer Beverley McGarvey says the network will focus on "brand-safe, family friendly" programming.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, CBS CORPORATION, 21ST CENTURY FOX INCORPORATED, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED

ABC pulls the plug on Lateline and The Link

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 5 : 6-Oct-17

The ABC has confirmed that current affairs program "Lateline" will not return in 2018. The show, which was first broadcast in 1990, will be replaced by a late-evening news bulletin. Current host Emma Alberici will become the public broadcaster’s chief economics correspondent. Weekly program "The Link" will also not be renewed, and host Stan Grant will take up the role of the ABC’s chief Asia correspondent. The ABC will redirect funding for these shows to its investigative unit and its team of specialist reporters.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Local content slides at ABC

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 11-Jul-17

New figures show that the ABC produced 52 hours of drama in 2015-16, compared with 69 in 2012-13, while its output of factual programs fell from 547 hour to just 87. The ABC’s content budget fell by nine per cent over the four-year period. The ABC’s former head of TV, Kim Dalton, has claimed in the past that local content has become a lower priority for the public broadcaster since he stepped down in 2013. The ABC argues that it broadcasts more Australian-made content than its commercial rivals, and it should not be subject to local content quotas.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SCREEN PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED

The telly and the trolley: what Sunday night TV shows’ viewers spend on the week’s groceries

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 25-Jan-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that Australians spend over two billion dollars a week on groceries. Meanwhile, viewers of the average Sunday night episode of Seven’s "My Kitchen Rules" together spend an average $236 million a week on groceries – around three times more than viewers of either Nine’s "Australia’s Got Talent" ($81 million) or Ten’s "I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" ($71 million), which also aired on Sunday nights in early 2016. Seven’s mid-year season of "House Rules" reached $167 million worth of the week’s grocery expenditure on an average Sunday night, ahead of "The Voice" ($143 million) and "MasterChef" ($120 million). Reconfiguring viewership as an audience dollar value in the grocery market delivers the strongest boost to "MasterChef". Its typical pool of Sunday night viewers is not only popular among grocery buyers, but they spend $18 more a week than the average Australian. The show’s $120 million worth of "grocery market reach" is 14% bigger than its share of the population.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN