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Seven tops local content list
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released its findings on Australian content on commercial free to air television in 2008.
It found Seven, Nine and TEN all exceeded the minimum requirement of 55% local content be aired between 6am and midnight.
Channel Seven broadcast 64% Australian content while Nine’s PBL-owned stations on the East Coast aired more than 60% Australian content. TEN just cleared the minimum averaging 56%.
Seven was the only network to increase its local content from 2007.
2008 was a strong year for local content, particularly in drama with …
Scorched wins Digital Emmy
It lost out athe AIMIA Awards but the Nine’s telemovie Scorched has won the 2009 International Digital Emmy for best fiction program.
The announcement was made at a gala ceremony on Monday night in Cannes.
Nine’s disaster telemovie was launched with a huge online campaign with an extensive story with a fictional blogger, Cassie, and 20 webisodes, each two to three minutes long, that serve as a prequel and sequel to the futuristic story. Rachael Carpani and Nine’s Mark Ferguson played reporter and news presenter for a fictional news network CPN in the …
Are we there yet?
It was the week that everybody said they had new toys to unwrap, TEN declared the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Aussie producers gathered on the Gold Coast for their annual gab-fest just as Nine decided not to revisit the only drama set there, TiVo dumped one of its key partners, the last original member of Hi-5 chose to retire, the axe fell on several shows in the US, network programmers tried to defend late amendments, Seven apologised for comments made by one of its stars, Nine was revealed as wanting “no …
The Informant
But what does it all meeeeeean?
TEN’s telemovie The Informant is a contemporary drama with a dash of action in which William McInnes plays a suburban father, Richard Button, woven into a world of crime and intelligence.
He tells everyone he is a furniture importer and gives out the outward appearance of being a doting dad and dedicated husband to Christine (Anita Hegh). He appears to have a good life with a sleek, modern home. Except he can’t help but look suspiciously at dubious faces around him. He eventually contacts the Australian Serious …
Airdate: The Informant
A new Australian telemovie, The Informant, starring William McInnes is coming to Network TEN next month.
Written by Greg Haddrick (Underbelly, Society Murders, MDA) the mystery drama also features Colin Friels, Matt Day, Stephen Curry, Leanna Walsman and Anita Hegh.
McInnes plays a suburban dad who works as a police informant for a federal investigative agency. The character’s background is shrouded in mystery, with intelligence officers seeking to uncover the truth about his past by working with him.
But TEN has slated the movie on one of its weakest nights -Fridays. It will air …
Where are the shows?
With just two months of the ratings season left, there are still several key shows promised by our three Free to Air commercial networks that are still waiting to launch.
When it comes to promising us the new programming, it’s the Nine Network that still has the longest “To Do” list.
Nine has two months worth of new Temptation episodes sitting on the shelf. There are eight episodes of the UK drama Rock Rivals (pictured). We were promised Toasted and Roasted specials, The Irwin Family Zoo and game shows Jingles and Amnesia (since …