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Feb 06, 2012 - 7:18 PM - by Droopy
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The federal government is set to introduce a bill to alter a list of protected sporting events free-to-air television broadcasters must show live if they hold the rights.
Under the proposed amendments, free-to-air broadcasters would have more ability to use their secondary channels to show events, because the anti-siphoning list will be split into two tiers.
The first tier would list nationally iconic events, such as the Melbourne Cup and the finals of major international and domestic competitions, that would have to be shown on a free-to-air broadcaster's main channel.
The second tier events, including regionally iconic and nationally significant events, could be shown first on a secondary free-to-air channel.
These could include the preliminary matches of international and domestic competitions.
The legislation, which is due to come before parliament in the autumn session, should give broadcasters greater flexibility in their schedules.
In a recent example, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy gave the Seven Network special permission to switch Australian Tennis Open matches to one of its digital channels when the games clashed with the broadcaster's evening news bulletin.
But the bill would also require all marquee list sporting events to be shown live and in full.
Stations cannot hoard marquee events and must show them or offer the rights to other broadcasters.
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Feb 06, 2012 - 5:00 PM - by David Bird
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At the stroke of a pen, a federal court judge has potentially wiped many billions of dollars off the value of copyright holders’ balance sheets around the world and reallocated some of this to sports fans, digital media startups and telcos.
Technology Spectator
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0 Replies | 42 Views
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Feb 06, 2012 - 12:02 PM - by David Bird
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Bad Superbowl ad........ funny though, oh wait I DIDN'T MAKE IT!!!!!!
Brisbane Times
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Feb 05, 2012 - 7:57 AM - by David Bird
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'Near live', sounds like channels 9's Sunday NRL Football.
Brisbane Times
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Feb 03, 2012 - 11:19 AM - by Droopy
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Brownlow medallist and Nine Network star Shane Crawford has joined football’s biggest names for Australia’s only tailored regional AFL call this season.
Entertainment and content business Crocmedia has announced Crawford would join the team, which already includes Rex Hunt, Sandy Roberts and Billy Brownless, behind the microphone for its syndicated call.
Known as AFL Live, Crocmedia’s call and AFL support programs will be heard on up to 82 stations at times across most of regional Australia each weekend.
Recruit Cameron Mooney joins the commentary team too, which also includes Peter Daicos, Terry Wallace, Peter Donegan and Wayne Schwass.
Crocmedia’s news director and The Footy Show star Damian Barrett will also deliver the breaking news as it happens.
Crawford, from Finley, said he was delighted to connect again with regional areas. He will provide expert analysis each Saturday alongside Roberts and Hunt.
“I’m a country boy at heart and the unique nature of this broadcast being for regional areas is really appealing,” Crawford said.
“To work with icons like Rex and Sandy and to continue working with Billy will be great fun.”
Crocmedia chief executive Craig Hutchison said it was one of the strongest commentary teams ever assembled on the airwaves.
“Sandy and Rex are broadcasting greats and hall of famers who are at the peak of their powers,” Hutchison said. “And they’ve never called regularly together until now.
“With characters like Shane, Billy and Cameron joining our team of experts we are ready for the biggest year yet.
“Most of our team are either from regional areas or have strong ties in the various regions. They share our vision that rural areas deserve their own tailored call.”
Regional Victoria remains the heartland of the AFL Live call and the TAC and McDonald’s have again committed to... [Read More]
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Feb 03, 2012 - 11:18 AM - by Droopy
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Peter Holder, Publisher of Weekly Titles, ACP Magazines, today announced the appointment of Corrine Barraclough as editor of NW magazine.
Barraclough replaces Lisa Sinclair, who is joining ACP’s flagship weekly Woman’s Day in the role of Executive Editor.
Both appointments are effective on Monday, February 6.
Corrine Barraclough has been executive editor at NW for two years, having moved from her role as deputy editor at Now magazine in London to take up the position.
She has 12 years’ experience in magazines spanning teen and women’s monthlies, newspapers and weeklies. Her tabloid career has seen her head-hunted by 3am, the Daily Mirror in London, then by Star Magazine in New York.
Returning to London, Barraclough worked at News of the World before landing at Now magazine where she worked for three years, starting as associate editor and then promoted to deputy editor.
Peter Holder said: “NW has been very lucky to have both Lisa and Corrine at the helm for so long, and while Lisa’s departure is a loss, Corrine will admirably fill her shoes. Corrine’s understanding and instinct for the celebrity market has always been one of NW’s greatest assets.”
Corrine Barraclough said: “I’m thrilled to be taking the role of editor at NW and leading such a fantastic team. It’s a brand that I’m really passionate about and we have lots of exciting opportunities ahead.”
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Feb 03, 2012 - 10:01 AM - by Droopy
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Yahoo!7 today announced that former E*TRADE Managing Director, Stuart Sayers, will join Yahoo!7 in the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer commencing April 2012.
Stuart comes to Yahoo!7 with a background in management consulting at McKinsey & Company as well as a deep understanding of transactional businesses from his time at E*TRADE and ANZ Bank.
According to Yahoo!7 CEO Rohan Lund: “We’ve come a long way in the past few years and the Yahoo!7 group has grown substantially across a number of digital brands and a diverse revenue mix. Digital advertising is increasingly becoming just one component of our business. We’ve come to realise that every visitor to Yahoo!7 is an opportunity for a transaction, not just an ad impression.
“Stuart is an outstanding talent and will bring a valuable set of skills in managing transactional businesses, understanding complex operations and business transformation to help scale the business to deliver on the vision of Yahoo!7,” he said.
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Feb 03, 2012 - 5:55 AM - by David Bird
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Twisted Wire looks at the AFL and NRL loss in court over how Optus stores TV content in the cloud. There's also the battle to declare Telstra's wholesale DSL. We know who will lose that one too.
ZDNet Australia
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0 Replies | 85 Views
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Feb 03, 2012 - 5:54 AM - by David Bird
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Fish, barrel; fox, henhouse; Abbott, NBN. Mocking Tony Abbott's ignorance of telecoms has become so easy and habitual that his latest pronouncements would normally hardly merit a response. But with his latest policy speech being seen as an informal roll-up to next year's election campaign, and Telstra's recent behaviour reaffirming the need for government intervention in the telco sector, it's important to once again weigh the implications of Abbott's cost-redirection policy against the reality of the situation.
ZDNet Australia
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0 Replies | 70 Views
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Feb 03, 2012 - 5:53 AM - by David Bird
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It's not over yet, but are the NRL and AFL Internet Rights worthless?
SMH
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1 Reply | 143 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 3:10 PM - by David Bird
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The White House has said it won’t be responding to a petition calling for an investigation into whether comments by MPAA head Chris Dodd about paying for political support constituted an admission of bribery.
Shortly after SOPA and PIPA were kicked into the long grass by nervous legislators, Dodd - himself a former senator – remarked to Fox News that his organization was “watching very carefully” and would not be writing campaign donation checks to politicians who ceased to support it. The comments sparked a petition to the White House and it gained the requisite 30,000 signatures needed to trigger a response within hours.
The Register
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0 Replies | 71 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 2:49 PM - by David Bird
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The Munich Regional Court has chucked out an Apple request to impose a ban on the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet and on the South Korean giant's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
The court decided that the Apple-owned patent on which the Mac maker had pegged its allegation that the Samsung kit infringes its intellectual property will be torn up.
The Register
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0 Replies | 64 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 11:27 AM - by David Bird
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National ISP, Internode, says its acquisition by iiNet is already paying dividends for its customers, with its most popular broadband services now available through 450 telephone exchanges nationally.
iTWire
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0 Replies | 93 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 11:16 AM - by David Bird
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Traditional media companies the world over are grappling with what they should provide free online, and how and if they should charge for content. In Australia the two main print juggernauts News Ltd and Fairfax have switched strategies – with Fairfax now giving away free the content it used to charge for, and News locking up once free content behind a paywall. A new global report released today by KPMG suggests it’s Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd that may have it wrong.
iTWire
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0 Replies | 96 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 10:51 AM - by David Bird
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Favourite aggregator of anti-corporate campaigns, SumOfUs, has started a petition calling for an "ethical" iPhone 5, and has already garnered more than 40,000 signatures.
The Register
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0 Replies | 68 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 10:40 AM - by David Bird
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Another 'Alternate Pay TV' company shut down 
Brisbane Times
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0 Replies | 137 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 10:24 AM - by David Bird
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a self-proclaimed people's champion in the battlefield of digital rights, has waded into the controversy around the MegaUpload site, hoping to help legit users of the site to recover their 'lawful' content.
The Register
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0 Replies | 65 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 10:06 AM - by David Bird
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Children with hearing or vision impairments who live in regional and remote areas of Australia will soon receive specialist services and therapies via the National Broadband Network.
Computer World
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0 Replies | 71 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 10:03 AM - by David Bird
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5 billion dollars to fund further development!!!! That's one hell of a development plan.
Brisbane Times
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0 Replies | 62 Views
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Feb 02, 2012 - 9:54 AM - by David Bird
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Yesterday Opposition Leader Tony Abbott stated in a high-profile speech at the National Press Club in Canberra that cutting Labor’s National Broadband Network project would free up Federal Government money to be spent in other areas such as transport. It was a nice political soundbite. However, unfortunately, this statement was factually incorrect.
Delimiter
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