MTV changes a blow to local music industry

MTV Australia is no longer programmed locally, as it has been since 1996, which has been described as a blow to Australian music. In August the long-running music channel exited Foxtel (but retained MTV Hits, MTV Club, MTV 80s and CMT). MTV is now available as several Pluto TV FAST channels and includes a range…

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James Warburton tops Mediaweek 100

Seven West Media CEO James Warburton has topped the Mediaweek Power 100 at a lunch of industry heavyweights yesterday at Crown Pearl Ballroom in Sydney. The trade event hosted by Nine’s Belinda Russell was attended by James Warburton, Jackie O, Beverley McGarvey, Sonia Kruger, Danny Bass, Beau Ryan, Imogen Hewitt, Nat Barr, Matt Shirvington, John…

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Round the Twist voted favourite nostalgic Aussie Kids’ Show

Round the Twist has been voted Australia’s Favourite Kids’ Show in a survey of adults who grew up watching Australian-made Children’s television. A Swinburne University of Technology-based research team analysed 542 survey responses and conducted 21 extended interviews with adults who grew up watching television in Australia, to measure the lasting impact of watching Children’s…

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