Maurice Newman gave a speech to senior staff on Wednesday which covered the ABC's role in a changing world, and slid sideways into climate denialism and the playbook of the sceptics.
What's the Problem with Nudity beat Hitler's Bodyguard, but not in the regions where viewers much preferred Big Bang in Tunguska about a large explosion in a useless piece of countryside.
The early switchover to digital will now give all 785,000 pay TV customers the choice of more than 110 channels, movies and sport in HDTV plus On Demand movies and events through MY SKY HDi and interactive services including electronic programming guide, the Weather Channel, pay-per-view and games.
MTV International expands the role of the wonderfully named exec already responsible for its digital stuff in "UK, Ireland and Australia, New Zealand".
While Murdoch calls for Middle East to stop censorship of news, an op-ed piece in The Australian calls on the government to ban Hezbollah TV, al-Manar.
Indigenous broadcasters representing Australia, Canada, Hawaii, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, South Africa and Taiwan will gather for the second ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Taiwan this week.
"In 1979 he became managing director of the Hamlyn Group, which morphed into Southern Star. Under Balnaves the company thrived, from its beginnings as an animation studio to a fully fledged TV production and distribution group, turning out hit series Blue Heelers and Water Rats as well as serious dramas including Blue Murder. But Balnaves is probably best known for introducing Australia to Big Brother..."
TVNZ has now released a little more detail around the launch of its new Sky-platform channel Heartless, clarifying concerned speculation on some issues raised on Friday.