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SAFC TV Minilab: starts Monday
Friday 3 September, 2010 (Australia)

The South Australian Film Commission (SAFC) is pleased to announce the launch of TV MiniLab on Monday 6 September.

News and Violence: when too much immediacy is too much gore
The Age
Friday 3 September, 2010 (Australia)

Remembering that the off switch can be on the camera.

Offspring: approving noises for good stuff
The Age
Friday 3 September, 2010 (Australia)

It's the performances, silly.

Mark Scott: meditation on an election coverage just past
ABC - the Drum
Friday 3 September, 2010 (Australia)

Out and about at the Melbourne Writers' Festival, Mark Scott delivered this speech. He's not bad at it, you know.

Samuel Johnson: MIFFED enough to lash out
Herald Sun
Friday 3 September, 2010 (Australia)

Actor Samuel Johnson works through the consequences of his road rage moment on the way home from the Melbourne International Film Festival. The cops were lucky he was screaming in English. HAI!

Ovation: invisible channel hangs in
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Friday 3 September, 2010 (Australia)

Remember how Ovation got dumped off Foxtel, to be replaced by STVDIO, a partner to the World Movies Channel? September is Sinatra month on Ovation, and its owner Gerry Travers is singing through gritted teeth.

Bad Screens: do bad things to kiddies' brains (maybe)
The Age
Friday 3 September, 2010 (U.K.)

Eminent scientist speculates that looking at screens robs kiddies of empathy. Calls for more research cause the last 50 years' worth isn't enough.

TVNZ: supports science teachers
Friday 3 September, 2010 (New Zealand)

TVNZ 7 and The Science Learning Hub through the University of Waikato have collaborated to provide schools, teachers and students with science and technology resources for the current curriculum based on two local series on TVNZ 7, Ever Wondered? and Science Made Simple.

Dance Academy: pirouetting into a second season
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Wednesday 1 September, 2010 (Australia)

The first series of 'Dance Academy' has screened and fans are eagerly awaiting the next installment. Screen Hub spoke to creators Samantha Strauss and Joanna Werner about how it’s progressing.

South Africa: the art of the militant soapie
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Wednesday 1 September, 2010 (South Africa)

Not too many commissioning editors can claim to have saved six hundred thousand people from being infected by HIV/AIDS in a single year. Welcome to the tragic, heartening world of Dr Garth Japhet.

Documentary Editing: the perfect match for the perfect cut
Ozdocs
Monday 30 August, 2010 (Australia)

What happens in the dark between the editor and the director the GOOD, the BAD and the truly UGLY rarely sees the light of day, but now OzDox and the Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE) will lift the veil of secrecy in this special workshop on how to get the best from your editing process.

ABC Documentary: the Erson touch
The Australian
Monday 30 August, 2010 (Australia)

Alan Erson, new head of documentary at the ABC avoids saying very much, except this: "we also want to capture, or reinvigorate, the present tense more often."

Ten: huge push on news coverage
The Age
Friday 27 August, 2010 (Australia)

We are back in news and current affairs, claims Ten, and hires a hundred people to prove it.

Four Corners: found wanting by Simon Nasht, carrying dynamite
The Drum
Friday 27 August, 2010 (Australia)

Simon Nasht, who made Addicted to Money, about the Global Financial Collapse, discovers that a purchased Four Corners ep on the GFC is decorated with unquestioned ratbags toadying to the very banks who gave us this soul destroying mess. You go, Simon!

Jonathan M. Shiff: Lightning strikes Terra Nova
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Wednesday 25 August, 2010 (Australia)

Jonathan M. Shiff, producer of shows such as ‘Elephant Princess’, ‘Scooter: Secret Agent’, ‘Cybergirl,’ ‘H2O: Just Add Water’ and ‘Ocean Girl,’ has a new kid’s series on the go – ‘Lightning Point’. They’ll be shooting at the Roadshow Studios at the same time as ‘Terra Nova’.

ABC: live footage of dead body falling out of bus
Herald Sun
Tuesday 24 August, 2010 (Australia)

This is surely pathetic - the tuffies at the Herald Sun crack woosie about ABC News 24's live feed of the hostage crisis in Manila on the basis of a couple of Tweets from people who thought it was too graphic. Next to the article is the Sky News window, with "Cruel woman throws cat in bin".

Aussie Emmies: not just Lisa Thompson
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Screen Hub
Monday 23 August, 2010 (U.S.A.)

Diligently working through IMDB, Michaela Boland finds at least eight Australian creative Emmy winners. The category concentrates on craft awards, many of which were earnt on The Pacific.

ABC: what's happening in kids commissioning?
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Monday 23 August, 2010 (Australia)

The ABC held a briefing session in Melbourne on Friday to update producers on their progress in children’s television, as well as future commissioning needs. If you have an idea for a kids show…

Matthew Newton: terrible allegations and sad details
Herald Sun
Monday 23 August, 2010 (Australia)

Rachael Taylor, former girlfriend of Newton, alleges physical violence, as he is escorted back to Australian by "a producer", goes back into rehab, and leaves The X-Factor.

Election: the networks on the night
The Australian
Monday 23 August, 2010 (Australia)

Amanda Meade took the trouble to flick her dial, and survived to compare the various networks.

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