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ABC bid for direct role in funding

David Knox June 8, 2010 11

Citing the apparent success of Aussie films on TV, the ABC says Screen Australia should hand over funding of television projects.

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ABC trumpets Aussie flicks, but moves the goalposts.

David Knox February 15, 2010 8

The Oyster Farmer was seen by "more than 1.3 million people" on TV claims the ABC, but its overnight metro ratings were 899,000.

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Maggie Beer: Senior Australian of the Year

David Knox January 26, 2010 4

updated: Maggie Beer has been named Senior Australian of the Year while The Wiggles, Ray Martin, Don Burke & Reg Watson win Australia Day Honours.

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Cinema classics

David Knox December 10, 2009 8

The ABC's Margaret Pomeranz talks to TV Tonight about At the Movies and whether Aussie filmmakers are making the kind of films Australians want to see.

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Fade to Black

David Knox December 9, 2009 0

There's an explosion in Indigenous filmmaking in Australia, captured wonderfully in a collection of short films to air on ABC1.

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Birth for a nation

David Knox November 29, 2009 13

A little bundle of soap love helped give Seven a clean sweep in Week 48, while ABC dropped and TEN's finales restored some network faith.

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Summer heats up on ABC

David Knox November 3, 2009 33

Red Dwarf's reunion, Doctor Who: Waters of Mars, Torchwood: Children of Earth, John Safran's unaired pilot, Oliver Twist, Jonathan Welch -it's all coming to summer on ABC1 & ABC2.

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Bumped: Samson and Delilah

David Knox October 20, 2009 5

The ABC has switched the timeslot for the Australian film Samson and Delilah, hoping to net a bigger audience.

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