Former ABC2 controller Stuart Menzies is departing the ABC on August 29 after 10 years with the public broadcaster.
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Foxtel posted an 8% increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization in local currency in the year to June 30, News Corp. reported today.
James Stewart, Kate Jenkinson, Lincoln Younes and Olivia DeJonge will play a family that's forced to enter a witness protection program in Hiding, an eight-part drama for the ABC.
More than five years after the free-to-air broadcasters flagged plans to introduce a catch-up service integrated with an enhanced EPG, Freeview Plus finally has a launch date: Tuesday September 2.
When Martin Sharpe's animated short Still Life was a finalist at Tropfest last year, it's doubtful he realised his little project could be expanded into a 3D series for Australian and international audiences.
As the incoming managing director in Australia and New Zealand for the kids channel ZooMoo, Catherine Nebauer will have a clear mandate: secure distribution for the channel in both markets.
It's a fair bet that many ABC viewers are not enamoured of the cooking, home renovations, talent and other reality shows that dominate the commercial broadcasters' schedules.
While writer-producer Felicity Packard was researching an ABC WW1 drama, she made a shocking discovery: More than 3,700 Australian and New Zealand nurses served overseas during the war- but only seven were awarded military medals.