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Mediawatch: turns on its own
ABC
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Jonathan Holmes and the gang have whacked The 7.30 Report on an immigration story. And been whacked back.

Community TV: news deal with Fairfax
Fairfield Champion
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

"Created through a collaboration between Fairfax Community Newspapers, TVS and the University of Western Sydney, the show started screening last year..." That is a clever connection.

Wildlife Filmmaking: Jasper Montana confronts the elephant in the.. Serengeti
Australian Geographic
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (U.K.)

Armed with degrees in zoology and filmmaking via Melbourne University, Mr Montana has his dream job. Working on live broadcasts for BBC Knowledge which add another twist to the possibilities of digital production. Just remember: if you stand in front of an elephant and use a cliche, it will step on you. And an elephant never forgets.

INPUT 2012: the thrill of political TV drama
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Screen Hub
Monday 14 May, 2012 (Australia)

Political dramas are fabulously meaty, but they do carry a certain risk for a public broadcaster, which can get hammered for failing to be impartial and inoffensive. But that is what the shield of independence is for. Tina Kaufman reports..

Bikie Wars: just don`t look like Underbelly
The Age
Monday 14 May, 2012 (Australia)

Six part series for half a book. So, all the fun of the detail, though it has been sanitised.

Sundance Channel: unveils non-fiction development slate
Real Screen
Monday 14 May, 2012 (U.S.A.)

The Sundance Channel has revealed its 2012 non-fiction development slate. And from BBC Worldwide comes The Trouble with Love and Sex, which takes actual recordings from couples’ therapy sessions and presents them as animated stories.

Simon Cowell: signs Britney Spears to US X-Factor for $15 million
Yahoo!News
Monday 14 May, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Singer Britney Spears will receive US$15 million for one season`s work on the US version of The X-Factor.

Jonathan M Shiff: Mermaids arrive as Reef Doctors depart
Screen Hub
Friday 11 May, 2012 (Australia)

Jonathan M Shiff Productions has finished shooting its adult series Reef Doctors, and immediately started filming Mako Mermaids, the spin-off from its hugely successful children`s series H2O: Just Add Water.

Cordell Jigsaw: wins Best of Rose d`Or for Go Back...
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Screen Hub
Friday 11 May, 2012 (Australia)

Australian production company Cordell Jigsaw has won the Best of Rose d`Or for its series Go Back To Where You Came From, which screened to popular and critical acclaim on SBS last year.

INPUT 2012: telling history while hiding the experts
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Screen Hub
Friday 11 May, 2012 (Australia)

The standard elements of history are a) domesticated experts, b) reconstruction and c) eyewitness accounts, either from interviews or records. What happens when broadcasters use contemporary techniques to re-embrace the idea of a people’s history?

INPUT 2012: A Fist of Irony - Current Affairs and Humour
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Screen Hub
Friday 11 May, 2012 (Australia)

Basta means revenge in Flemish. A group of humourists turned journalists decided to make war on grotesque institutions on behalf of the ordinary people. It was a Belgian version of The Chasers... with some intriguing differences.

INPUT 2012: laughing with, laughing at – the clash between comedy and morals
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 9 May, 2012 (Australia)

New Trends in Comedy: Laughing at/with Outsiders and Fringes, run with a superstar edge by Cornelius Conrad, pitched some very different ways of offending people to an audience which was pretty unlikely to be bothered. But they were in the end.

Roger Simpson: from brothel to Bikie Wars
SMH
Monday 7 May, 2012 (Australia)

Witer-producer Roger Simpson on writing Bikie Wars for Screentime. We always knew he was a dangerous man with a broken bottle of red.

INPUT: last stages of preparation
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 2 May, 2012 (Australia)

The fifty Asian delegates are in fact arriving, the projectors are going to work, the merchant system on the interwebnet has been tamed - and the organisers still don`t really know how many Australians will show up. Heaps, is our hope. INPUT will be a unique experience.

Paul Bishop: Blue Heeler to Queensland councillor, almost
Brisbane Times
Monday 30 April, 2012 (Australia)

Actor and former Blue Heelers regular Paul Bishop is close to winning a seat on the Redlands City Council in Queensland.

US Media Minorities: some inspiring examples
Think Progress
Sunday 29 April, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Blogger focuses on ten women of colour behind the camera in US television. Comments add more.

WTFN: Supercar Showdown wins Best Entertainment Platform
Friday 27 April, 2012 (Australia)

Supercar Showdown, in which the 17 year old winner of the Series got to start in The Great Race, was presented with the “Best Entertainment Platform” at the Festival of Media Global Awards just announced in Switzerland.

David Hasselhoff: fails to complete Celebrity Apprenticeship
Digital Spy
Friday 27 April, 2012 (Australia)

Like so many young fellows, David Hasselhoff has failed to complete Celebrity Apprentice, sodding off to deal with a family commitment.

A Current Affair: lower than a snake`s belly
Screen Hub
Friday 27 April, 2012 (Australia)

Nine hit a new low with its piece on Clive James and the alleged [their word] affair with Leanne Edelsten. What kind of public interest is served by pursuing an old writer with leukemia in London?

Spartacus: comic book influences
SMH
Monday 23 April, 2012 (New Zealand)

Liam McIntyre, aka The Other Spartacus reflects on the influences which create the series. Not just comics, but Plutarch too.

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