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Countdown to ABC3
Australia gets a new TV channel from today when ABC3 hits the airwaves at 6pm tonight.
The festivities get underway at 5pm on ABC1 with Countdown to 3, a live launch from ABC’s Studio 22 in Ultimo. Short Stack, Cassie Davis, ABC3 presenters, CJ the DJ, dancers from Dance Academy, BMX and motor bike tricks will entertain invited guests.
The show will be hosted by Amberley Lobo and Kayne Tremills (pictured left), presenters from Studio 3.
It ends when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd flicks the switch to declare the channel officially on the air.
Tonight’s …
Meet the faces of ABC3
Amberley Lobo, Kayne Tremills, Ben Crawley, Scotty Tweedie, Stephanie ‘Hex’ Bendixsen and Hannah Wang are the six lucky presenters who will become the faces of ABC3, the new ad-free children’s network.
The six were introduced to media last night by Kim Dalton, ABC TV’s Director of Television, who unveiled the new digital channel last night at the network’s Ripponlea studio.
Aged 19 – 24, they hail from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth and will adopt key roles in channel presenting, reporting and hosting after winning the coveted positions from more …
Jason Clarke wins CBS deal
Australian actor Jason Clarke, who had a lead role in Showtime’s Brotherhood series, has signed a talent deal with CBS, to star in a drama pilot targeted for next season.
He is the third actor from an unnamed 2009 CBS drama pilot about a U.S. attorney, to land a future place within the network.
Adam Jamal Craig and Eddie Cibrian were added as regulars to NCIS: Los Angeles and CSI: Miami, respectively.
Prior to his US success, Clarke appeared in Halifax FP, Heartbreak High, Wildside, Murder Call, Home and Away, Murder Call, White Collar …
The Rush identity
Television crews are always at the mercy of the elements. 90km winds and torrential rain were bearing down on the cast and crew from Rush yesterday. It was the last thing director Andrew Prowse needed when all he wanted to capture was a crucial scene of a gunman taking potshots at his lead characters. But Prowse was pragmatic, and with over two decades of television under his belt it wasn’t hard to see why.
As a director who has worked on Wildside, Heartbreak High, All Saints, McLeod’s Daughters, Farscape and even Wonder …