Comments on: New PBL Media boss dubbed “Prince of Darkness”

By: Kuttsywood

Kuttsywood — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:58:38 +0000

Tony, I don’t have a problem with centralised playout (but if a playout switch is co-ordinated with Brisbane Extra/GC News getting axed, then there will be trouble for QTQ).

Brisbane’s other problem is, that the three Brisbane commercial stations are based on Mt Coot-tha, which is state forest. A friend told me this earlier this year, back when 7 & 10 centralised their playout, Ten Brisbane had plans to move into Fortitude Valley (the heart of Brisbane’s music scene) a few years back, but were abandoned due to the fact that the existing site on Mt Coot-tha could not be sold due to the state forest that surrounds the transmitters.

Basicly the land the stations sit on is worthless, and all PBL/Seven/Canwest would get if the Brisbane stations were sold, is the money for the licence (which thankfully, has access to the Gold Coast via UHF.)

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:49:48 +0000

Someone tell that guy to get a haircut.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:49:28 +0000

By the looks of that picture, he gets his fashion tips from Donald Trump as well, as well as his catchphrase.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:23:51 +0000

Good for him if he can help PBL Media strip Nine back further, it needs it.

Whats wrong with centralised playout? It makes sense.

The days of Qintex are long gone, you won’t even notice a change.

FYI: Seven does all of their playout from Docklands in Melbourne.

By: Benno

Benno — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:59:45 +0000

I suppose we are not far from a sequel to the book ‘Who killed channel 9?’

By: Kuttsywood

Kuttsywood — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:31:41 +0000

I would say that this person is going to end up making a enemy out of the population of a certain “big country town” when he gets his hands on the network budget… If he tries to send Brisbane’s playout down south and cutting Queensland programming, he is going to face a angry Brisbane population, just like…Fairfax and HSV in Melbourne during 1987.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:05:09 +0000

Wow… he sure sounds like a fun man to work for.

I’m sure there’ll be many more interesting cut backs at Nine, leading to more drops in the quality of its news and current affairs.