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Australia to draft TV reconstruction package
C21 Media Net
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) has been given a July deadline to submit a 'reconstruction package' for the television industry.

Access and distribution key to Oz regulations
C21 Media Net
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

Brian Johns, former public television executive and ex-Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) chair, has called on a new regulatory body to tackle the country's failure to export content.

Beyond flies into Discop with done deals
C21 Media Net
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Hungary)

On the eve of the Eastern European program market in Budapest, Australian distributor Beyond has chalked up a number of sales to networks in Hungary.

Airey stirs up Aussie networks
C21 Media Net
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey drew the wrath of Nine Network chief executive David Gyngell yesterday, when she urged Australia's commercial networks to start competing rather than relying on regulation to protect them from the digital revolution.

Viacom bids for all of Viva
C21 Media Net
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Germany)

Ending months of speculation, US media conglom Viacom has signed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Germany's Viva Media, as well as making an offer to buy up any remaining shares.

Film forced to face ban
Screen Hub
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

The latest film by acclaimed French director, Catherine Breillat 'Anatomy of Hell', is being rushed into cinemas in Melbourne and Sydney under the threat of being banned following moves by the Australian Family Association for its re-classification.

Southern Star begins new drama
WorldScreen.com
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

Production has commenced on 'Love My Way', a new drama series from Southern Star for FOXTEL that features The Secret Life of Us's Claudia Karvan.

Lib Dems propose law to help local cinemas
Guardian Unlimited
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

A bill was brought before the House of Commons yesterday that seeks to protect local cinemas against a rising tide of out-of-town multiplexes.

Ealing eyes Bulgarian film studio
Guardian Unlimited
Friday 25 June, 2004 (England)

Not content with reviving the ancient patch of west London still sacred to the British film industry, Ealing Studios is now venturing east, leading a bid to buy the Boyana studio complex in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.

Non-Maori fans of Maori TV
New Zealand Herald
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

More non-Maori than Maori are tuning into New Zealand's latest television channel. Ratings for Maori Television released yesterday showed 65 per cent or 233,000 individual non-Maori of its 358,000 total UHF viewers switched on to the station in its first 12 weeks of broadcasting.

Three...Extremes unites top Asian talent
Liz Shackleton for Screen Daily
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Hong Kong)

Award winning cinematographer, Christopher Doyle, will work with director Fruit Chan and producer Ho-sun Chan on the second instalment of horror omnibus Three, entitled 'Dumplings'.

Scottish Screen chief McIntyre quits
Adam Minns for Screen Daily
Friday 25 June, 2004 (U.K.)

Steve McIntyre has quit as chief executive of Scottish Screen, the funding body confirmed on Thursday.

Ten says Olympics hurdle won't trip up record bid
The Australian
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

A bumper third quarter for the Ten Network would drive a record full-year performance, it said yesterday, despite an expected sag in its fourth quarter because of coverage of the Athens Olympics on the rival Seven Network.

Critics laud Moore film
The Australian
Friday 25 June, 2004 (U.S.A.)

US critics have applauded Michael Moore's anti-George W. Bush documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11', praising its scathing humour while voicing some reservations about the director's methods.

Thriving ad scene gives Ten 40% lift
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

A flourishing television advertising market and improved ratings have helped Ten Network Holdings deliver bumper third-quarter results and to forecast a record full-year profit.

House passes free trade law, Senate vote on hold
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

The free trade deal with the United States moved a step closer last night when legislation to bring the agreement into force passed in the lower house.

Nine knocks Singleton
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

The head of Channel Nine, David Gyngell, has scorned John Singleton's bid to launch a fourth, all-Australian, commercial television network.

Nine chief unfazed by developments
The Age
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

Nine chief executive David Gyngell has rubbished suggestions a fourth commercial television network would frighten Channel Nine into rethinking its strategy or that the Kerry Packer-controlled business was ill-equipped to deal with new digital technology.

Same spotlight, different stage
The Age
Friday 25 June, 2004 (Australia)

'I've been dying to say 'f-k you' to David for years and I've never been able to!' said Margaret Pomeranz this week, when musing on the 9.30pm timeslot for new ABC movie review show, 'At the Movies', presented by Pomeranz and David Stratton.

FTO Production Investment
Screen Hub
Thursday 24 June, 2004 (Australia)

The NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) recently awarded production investment funding to the following projects:

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