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SBS: triumphant over Eurovision result
Bandt
Monday 20 May, 2013 (Australia)

Best result for Eurovision evah? But, why, why? [no answers here, and SBS is too busy grinning to admit how it really feels]. This is your taxes at work.

Ratings: Sunday 19th May
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Oztam
Monday 20 May, 2013 (Australia)

Wonders will never cease! SBS hits double figures.

TV Sport: law and sport in unholy alliance over rights fights
The Conversation
Monday 20 May, 2013 (Australia)

Huge sports audiences induce fringe players to find ways into broadcast game, which leads IP owners to fight more cases, until legal cases over sport look a lot like sports as well. Does this mean we will be allowed to bet on the outcomes?

Ratings: Thursday 16th May 2013
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Oztam
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

ABC drinks at Women`s Weekly trough to score 903,000 for Our Queen. Doesn`t happen often, though Kate`s Baby Bump is probably on sale at a market somewhere. And Nine wins the night while Ten almost pips the ABC with 19.1%.

Ratings: Wednesday, 15th May 2013
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Oztam
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

Big Bang Theory and The Block gives the night to Nine, just, as the ABC beats Ten with 19.2%. Adam Hills Tonight is a tad under 800,000.

Underbelly: going back to its old stamping ground
The Age
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

The show goes back to Melbourne and the crimes which made the franchise great.

MTS: Replacing Mather
NZ Herald
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

In-house candidates put up their hands for Jim Mather`s CEO position.

Sky: cools expectations for Igloo
Stuff
Friday 17 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Sky lowers the target subscriptions for its new service.

AFI/AACTA: awards reach out to television craft, leave some bits in limbo
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Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

Spurred on by the brutal slow-motion reduction in sponsorship, the AFI has brought a blowtorch to the AACTA awards. Do they make a difference? Can we drop some? Does anybody not in the running really care? See the new-look evidence-based industry-acclaimed list of awards for 2014.

BBC Worldwide: Left Bank gets left behind
The Telegraph
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (U.K.)

First it divested itself of Lonely Planet, now BBC Worldwide is shedding yet another production company, with Left Bank up for sale.

TVNZ: still no land deal for convention centre
NZ Herald
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

"Economic Development minister Steven Joyce said that commercial negotiations would be held between TVNZ and SkyCity for the land."

Budget 2013: SBS gets small increase, is buoyant for other fiscal reasons
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Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (Australia)

SBS has an extra $20m from the government, but the real story concerns advertising revenue and extra cash for NITV.

TVNZ: John Gillespie takes Head of NCA
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

TVNZ has announced the appointment of one of its most experienced senior news people as the company’s new Head of News and Current Affairs.

Budget 2013: government attention to ABC switches to digital and news
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Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (Australia)

In the last triennial apppropriation, the ABC received an extra $167m, which included $67m for ABC3 and $70m for drama production. This time round, News and Current Affairs are the big winners as the current government allows the ABC to grow.

The WotWots: second season in UK
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Following the success of the season one broadcast, the internationally popular series, The WotWots, from Pukeko Pictures will return to the UK’s Channel 5 Milkshake with season two in 2013

Ratings: Monday, 13th May 2013
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Oztam
Tuesday 14 May, 2013 (Australia)

Nine by a whisker, if that whisker belongs on a twenty ton dinosaur. The dependable newscaff trilogy was a bit down for the ABC, giving it a handy win over a dismal Ten.

US TV: churn rates in new shows go sky high
NYT
Tuesday 14 May, 2013 (Australia)

As ratings for US shows decline in the second season, the life expectancy of franchises collapse. In this new world, many more new shows get seasons, but their income declines. Mirrors the Australian transition but for different reasons.

News Ltd: how it lost control of the NRL
WA Today
Monday 13 May, 2013 (Australia)

A fascinating insight into the events surrounding News Ltd gaining - and then losing - control of the National Rugby League.

Pay TV: US introduces legislation to force program unbundling
Business Insider
Monday 13 May, 2013 (U.S.A.)

US Senator John McCain has introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act, which he hopes will force cable television operators to unbundle their television channels.

Foxtel: Ben Buckley executive director – sport and Foxtel Victoria
Screen Hub
Monday 13 May, 2013 (Australia)

Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein has announced that Ben Buckley will join Foxtel as executive director – sport and Foxtel Victoria. Buckley replaces Peter Campbell who is leaving the network to join the Australian Football League. His appointment will be effective from 3 June, 2013.

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