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GO! missed ratings deadline
Nine was so hush-hush on plans for its new digital channel GO! that it didn’t give OzTAM enough notice of its launch date.
As a result ratings will not emerge until Sunday August 23.
OzTAM chief Kate Inglis-Clark said Nine had failed to give the required notice for its August 9 launch.
“We just put the systems in place,” Inglis-Clark told The Australian. “It’s just timing. They had to give eight weeks’ notice.”
By that reckoning Nine must have told OzTAM its plans on or abouts June 28th.
In this most confidential of industries, it didn’t …
Australia gets to GO!
When the new series of Wipeout airs tonight at 6:30pm, Australia will officially have another new channel.
GO! is Nine’s new digital channel aimed fair and square at eyeballs between the ages of 14-39 years old. With titles including Survivor, Gossip Girl, Fringe, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Moonlight and TMZ, there are certainly some alluring shows on offer. Compared to 20 to 1, Australia’s Perfect Couple and Commercial Breakdown Adults Only, GO! is practically worthy of an Emmy.
Those of us licking our lips for new episodes of Weeds and The Wire will …
“Survivors ready? GO!”
From today GO! begins its signal on digital televisions, ahead of its ’soft-launch’ on Sunday night with an array of tasty titles.
TV Tonight spoke to Les Sampson, Nine’s Network Director of Multichannels about its programming.
GO! is structured similar to a subscription TV channel with ‘block’ programming from 3:30pm – 12am, which is repeated again the next day. The SD channel has been carefully programmed so as not to cannibalise Nine and to skew towards younger demographics.
“The model is designed so that we get maximum use of the available audience,” says Sampson.
“At …
Footy Classified returns to Sydney & Brissy
AFL fans in Sydney and Brissy may have felt left out this week, Footy Classified didn’t air on 9HD. With GO! coming on Sunday the channel is now simulcasting Nine. That left ‘northern’ fans of Aussie rules out of the loop.
From next Monday the show is back on Nine in those cities at 12 am (Tuesday).
As for the AFL Footy Show on Thursdays, it will remain in its later slot in Sydney and Brisbane, just as the NRL version plays late in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
9HD makes way for GO!
As GO! prepares to launch this Sunday, yesterday was the last day of breakout programming for 9HD -at least for the forseeable future.
From today 9HD will now simulcast Nine, as the network looks to direct its audience to alternative programming on the youth-skewed GO!
GO! will screen on Channel 99. The channel ’soft-launches’ at 6:30pm Sunday with a new series of Wipeout but will broadcast test signals from Wednesday
Meanwhile regional viewers looking for GO! will find the channel on Ch. 88 on the WIN Network on the East Coast. WIN will …
Tasmanian viewers in for a treat
Tasmanian viewers will finally get their first look at ONE HD from Thursday when the channel launches at 7pm on TDT, a joint venture between WIN and Macquarie Southern Cross Media.
The 24hr sports channel will be available to viewers who receive TDT’s high definition digital service.
It kicks off with Welcome to ONE, a half hour program at 7.00pm followed by Thursday Night Live, the sports panel show hosted by Bill Woods.
TDT General Manager, Stephen Giles said today, “We are very pleased to be able to bring this new channel to Tasmania, …
Nine releases GO! schedule
Nine has released its new schedule for GO!, its youth channel set to begin on August 9th.
With its mix of mostly US shows it will be a chance for television fans to soak up missing titles, or sample favourites they have only ever heard about.
Many of the US programmes such as Fringe, Gossip Girl, Moonlight, The Big Bang Theory, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Eleventh Hour begin from their pilot episode.
Additional titles that have not received any earlier press include TMZ at 11am / 7:30pm weeknights, and The ARIA Music …
More details ready to GO!
More information emerged on GO! in the last week when critic Andrew Mercado told MediaWeek about some of the programming plans he had seen as part of his chat for A Current Affair.
Sunday night is sitcoms and movies, Monday includes male-skewed reality such as Dog the Bounty Hunter and Bad Lads Army; Tuesday is female-skewed reality such as Survivor, The Bachelor and Bachelorette; Wednesday night is Sci-Fi; Thursday is Gossip Girl, The Hills; Friday and Saturday is aimed at CSI when the target audience is out.
The programming is designed to …
WIN echoes the love for GO!
WIN Television has confirmed the launch of GO! on Channel 80 for its viewers in August.
In a Press Release issued today, WIN has talked up the arrival of the channel with as much enthusiasm as Nine.
In fact the same quotes attributed to David Gyngell at Nine are now attributed to Andrew Gordon, WIN’s Executive Chairman.
“This new channel is a natural evolution for WIN and for free-to-air television,” Mr Gordon said.
“And that’s the key word – FREE. It means that within weeks our viewers will have access, free of charge, to a …
Nine confirms GO!99
The Nine Network has confirmed GO! as the name of its new entertainment channel, a name first revealed by TV Tonight in April.
Set to launch on August 9th, the channel will offer themed nights including reality on Tuesdays, science fiction on Wednesdays, and female-skewed content on Thursdays.
Titles will include Fringe, Survivor: Gabon, Weeds, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gossip Girl, The Hills, Moonlight, The Big Bang Theory, CSI: NY, Neighbours at War, Bad Lads Army, The Bachelor: Officer & A Gentleman, Dog The Bounty Hunter, The Wire, ET, CSI, Just Shoot Me, …