Features
Ratings: Thursday, 29th August 2013 - Sydney loves its bananas dressed up
Seven by 3% as Auntie continues to celebrate Upper Middle Bogan and a bit of oomph on Thursday.
Documentary Stoush (4): voices from the Big Machine
The sound and fury prompted by Bob Connolly's Once My Mother speech points to deep frustrations in the wider independent…
Documentary Stoush (5): One-off documentaries - the ratings evidence
Jennifer Crone, who has worked in the UK and Australia, inside broadcasters and as a freelancer, wants to argue that…
CinefestOZ 2013: behind every pleasure is a decent business plan
Ultimately, experience of CinefestOZ mashes food and film into one whirl of pleasure. But Sandy George follows a story of…
Documentary Stoush (3): crusaders storm email barricades
Phil Craig, Head of Factual at ABC TV, took issue with the Connolly speech, which led to this spirited email…
Ratings: Wednesday, 28th August 2013 - other networks Gruening at unexpected ABC power
Four networks in the twenties, while the ABC scores 22.4% - a stunning result in its own terms.
Newsgathering: remembering a glimpse of hell
The modern techniques of observational filmmaking were pushed along hugely by the Vietnam War. CBS has posted a remarkable story…
Ratings: Tuesday, 27th August 2013
Seven ahead, reasonable result as well for Ten.
Beyond $100 million: Australian producer scores a century
Beyond International generated revenue of $102 million in 2012-13 (up 13.3%), with profit after tax of $9.481 million (up 9.6%).…
Documentary Stoush (2): Time for some fundamental change
Trevor Graham, who has worked in every possible part of the producing process, and is an ace documentary director as…