Features
Ratings: Monday 18th March 2013
Ten's halo effect from 23% last night, courtesy of the Grand Prix, seems to be nothing. Nada.
Ratings: Tuesday, 19th March 2013
Seven slaughters opposition with a kitchen show and an Australian serial.
AFI/AACTA: brings out the heavy mob for the board
In its time of public distress, the AFI/AACTA has appointed four new board members after recent elections. They come from…
Broadcasting Bills: SPAA hangs in, as proprietors dominate debate
With a variety of legislation (a dog's breakfast is the phrase being used around the traps) SPAA continues to haunt…
Media Reform: sharks mistake Conroy for seal
There are so many varieties of shark attacking communication minister, Stephen Conroy, and his metaphorical surf ski at the moment,…
Dungog Film Festival: town remains bucolic
With the demise of the Cockatoo Island Film Festival, Dungog is also left sans festival and in disarray. Not so…
March of the Moguls: ham-fisted reform v nothing much at all
Dr O'D flies a conceptual helicopter over the whole sorry media regulation imbroglio.
AWG: a small piece of luck in a landscape of policy disarray
While the media have been in a frenzy about the alleged death of democracy with an independent overseer to the…
Media Rules: two committees, one game of poker
Today, with no less than two Parliamentary committees, lobbyists for the sector are holding their breath in the hope that…
Legislation: Conroy's Bills hit House of Representatives
The Australian Content legislation which the Guilds find so alarming missed some vital details. This morning, the bills went to…