Monday 8 September, 2008 As the ministries were traded this weekend and this morning around the new Lee government, the industry seems to have ended up with the competent end of cabinet.
News Feature by: David Tiley Monday 8 September, 2008 Mark Hartley lived and breathed Australian schlock for decades. Now that 'Not Quite Hollywood' is out and about, and we are used to the Ozploitation moniker, what is he left to ponder? David Tiley interviewed him in the Madman DVD lollyshop.
News Feature by: Alex Prior Friday 5 September, 2008 As conventioneers congratulated themselves on 3D cinema and the decisive advantage it would give them over home entertainment systems, and their ability to charge premium ticket prices for the experience, sitting in the corner of their own exhibition was a fully assembled 3D home theatre – it’s just that nobody noticed it.
News Feature by: Tina Kaufman Friday 5 September, 2008 Tina Kaufman has followed the politics of the NFSA assiduously for decades. With a new CEO in place, she quickly popped on her pork pie hat and rustles up a considered opinion like the veteran news hound that she is.
Friday 5 September, 2008 As Crikey's Glenn Dyer points out, PBL Media's interest bill is $1.28 million a day, which explains why Nine is now getting its budget inspiration from community television.
News Feature by: David Tiley Friday 5 September, 2008 Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, has put the boot into the Canada New Media Fund, which distributes $C14.5m per to perhaps the most inspiring cutting edge cross media sector in the world. Until now, that is..
Thursday 4 September, 2008 After two years of secret codejockey lego, Google has produced its own browser, to the intense pleasure of those people who love to pick esoteric technical fights in the middle of the night.
News Feature by: David Tiley Wednesday 3 September, 2008 Finding 'a void' in the Australian distribution system, the Dungog Film Festival proprietors team up with ex-inner-city film maven, Peter Castaldi to create opportunities for the indy brigade.
Tuesday 2 September, 2008 Acorn Media are pleased to offer Screen Hub subscribers the chance to win a DVD of the BBC TV series 'Cousin Bette'. The series stars Helen Mirren and Margaret Tyzack. We have two copies to give away.
Tuesday 2 September, 2008 On the first day of Spring, while Seven was the early bird, Auntie managed to find a surge of energy and beat Ten around all Four Corners of the yard.
News Feature by: David Tiley Monday 1 September, 2008 SBS has been campaigning relentlesslyt for extra money. Tonight, the government and community can be in no doubt about the amount - $70m. That is not some dodgy triennial handout - the figure is per year.
News Feature by: Alex Prior Monday 1 September, 2008 Nine-thirty on a Sunday night. Driving north from a two-bit airport offering cheap flights and cheaper rental cars. The roads are empty. Two lanes and twin strips of neon advertising franchise meals and a chance at happiness.
News Feature by: David Tiley Wednesday 13 August, 2008 Hanging onto Channel Nine like a monkey on an elephant, 'Scorched' is the first domestic cross-media project in Australia that could pull the punters in the mainstream media zoo.
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