Tag: Broadcasting
'Voice of speaking clock' Peach dead at 59
'Voice of the speaking clock' Richard Peach has died in Indonesia at the age of 59.[MORE]
NBN rollout delays holding back ABC: Scott
ABC Mark Scott says the broadcaster is being held back by the time it is taking to roll out a national broadband network.[MORE]
Row over digital TV switchover
The Federal Government will oppose moves by the Opposition to amend a Bill on the switchover to digital television.[MORE]
Cyclist French wins defamation payout
Olympic cyclist Mark French has won a damages payout from a radio station that wrongly implied he was a drug cheat.[MORE]
Former ABC broadcaster joins NSW rugby board
Former ABC broadcaster Sally Loane has become the first female board member of the New South Wales Rugby Union in its 134-year history.[MORE]
Aussies want more local content on ABC: poll
Majority of Australians want funding increase for ABC to show more local programs.[MORE]
Blogs feed information frenzy on Mumbai blasts
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Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the action as the terrorist attacks unfolded.[MORE]
ABC takes nine Walkleys
The ABC scoops 9 Walkleys at a ceremony celebrating the best of Oz journalism.[MORE]
2UE to pay $130k for licence breaches
Sydney radio station 2UE has agreed to pay a $130,000 fine for more than a dozen breaches of its licence conditions.[MORE]
'No warning' before Imparja news cuts
A former Imparja staff member says the television station did not give any indication it would be cancelling its news service.[MORE]
Imparja junks news service
The Northern Territory-based television station Imparja has scrapped its news service.[MORE]
BBC under siege over radio program prank calls
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The BBC is facing calls for stricter controls amid the prank phone call controversy.[MORE]
Indigenous TV channel begins broadcasting
A national Indigenous television network, established by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders last year, will begin broadcasting on digital channel 40 to homes in the Sydney metropolitan area from today.[MORE]
Crittenden off air after outburst
ABC silences Stephen Crittenden over comments about the axing of RN programs.[MORE]
Abetz questions ABC over audience 'bias'
A Federal Opposition Senator has questioned ABC management over a lack of Coalition voters in the audience of the television program Q and A.[MORE]
Govt sets digital TV switch-over deadline
The Federal Government has set a timetable for the switch-over from analog to digital television.[MORE]
Murdoch says financial crisis hurting News Corp
News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch says his company is being hurt by the slowing US economy and the global financial crisis.[MORE]
China extends media freedoms for foreign press
China has announced it had extended rules introduced for the Olympics allowing foreign reporters greater freedoms, but there was no easing of restrictions for domestic press.[MORE]
Bring back moguls, Martin urges TV industry
Ray Martin has delivered a stinging critique of commercial TV networks, saying they don't adequately support journalism.[MORE]
Media distorting NSW crime: study
The head of the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics, Don Weatherburn, says the media is encouraging a distorted and exaggerated view of crime in New South Wales.[MORE]
Scott welcomes public comment on ABC's future
ABC managing director Mark Scott has encouraged ABC audiences to have their say on the future of the ABC and the role of public broadcasting in Australia.[MORE]
Senate extends digital radio deadline
The Senate has approved draft laws giving commercial radio stations extra time to prepare for digital broadcasting.[MORE]
RN will remain strong despite cuts: Scott
ABC managing director Mark Scott defends a decision to axe eight Radio National programs.[MORE]
ABC, SBS board appointments set for overhaul
The appointment of members to the ABC and SBS boards will now be made by a new independent process, under new laws to be introduced by the Federal Government.[MORE]
ABC journalists up for Walkley Awards
This year's finalists for the Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism have been announced. [MORE]
