ABC staff have voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposed deferral of a 2 per cent pray rise which was was agreed on in last year’s three-year Enterprise Agreement.
When David Anderson was appointed as the ABC’s director of television in March succeeding Richard Finlayson, he believed the level of first-run Australian content including drama was too low.
ABC managing director David Anderson reiterated his opposition to local content obligations for the broadcaster at Senate Estimates on Tuesday, describing it as a "breach of independence".
Following long-standing advocacy efforts, the ABC and SBS will officially launch audio description services this week, making their programs more accessible to the more than 450,000 Australians who are blind or vision-impaired.
Chris Oliver-Taylor is set to depart Netflix to join the ABC in the newly-created role of chief content officer, reporting to managing director David Anderson.
ABC managing director David Anderson has rejected the Federal Government's proposition public broadcasters be mandated to produce Australian content, as outlined in its recent green paper.
If the Federal Government needed any further vindication for imposing a mandatory code which will force Google, Facebook and other international digital platforms to pay Australian media companies for sharing news content, Google Australia's latest financial results are timely.
Freeview Australia has unveiled its HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) service, providing access to a library of more than 50,000 individual programs and episodes.