Richard Finlayson, ABC's Director of TV, has reinforced his commitment to put digital transformation at the top of his change agenda with the appointment of Rebecca Heap to the newly created role, Head of TV Strategy and Digital Products.
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Arul Baskaran, Head of Online and Multiplatform has advised he is leaving the ABC to pursue new opportunities in digital media.
The ABC Arts channel has launched on iview, featuring original, hand-picked, high quality arts content.
All programming (ABC iview, children’s digital and all broadcast TV channels) will move under the responsibility of Heap's new role, the Head of Audience & Digital.
The eight-part web-series is written by and stars Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, who said jointly: “1 million plays of The Katering Show season two on ivue (sic). We can’t believe it. That’s over half the population of Australia."
Keo Films Australia’s factual series 'War on Waste' was the stand-out Australian show on the ABC in the first half of this year, together with series two of in-house production 'You Can’t Ask That'.
The ABC is rebranding its low-rating ABC2 as ABC Comedy in primetime and applying that brand across all TV, radio and digital platforms.
As the ABC’s head of distribution, entertainment and specialist, Rebecca Heap is a key player in the broadcaster’s revamped management structure- so why is she leaving?