Adapting to increasingly fragmented audiences is one of the most pressing issues for Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters, as the country’s ratings system begins a new era.
Free TV CEO Bridget Fair has identified free and easy access to free local services on connected TVs and updates to anti-siphoning legislation as the two most pressing issues for commercial broadcasting in 2024, calling on the government to implement a modernised regulatory framework that allows broadcasters to compete with "cashed up streaming services".
Adapted from the hit UK format of the same name, Taskmaster features a selection of Aussie comics going head-to-head in a series of hijinks.
Ten has unveiled a raft of new shows including drama 'Playing for Keeps', narrative comedies 'How to Stay Married and Street Smart', a rebooted 'Blind Date', observational documentary 'The Secret Life of Four Year Olds' and the first-ever pilots week on Australian TV.
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox will be the biggest loser from CBS Corporation’s takeover of Network Ten, as it stands to receive a relative pittance from its once-lucrative output deal with the broadcaster.
By creating and distributing live action drama for a teenage audience, Netflix is targeting a demographic that Australian broadcasters have almost entirely abandoned.
At the half-way point of the 2017 ratings year, the Seven, Nine and Ten networks all have something to crow about, and Australian-made dramas and reality shows continue to dominate.
Following on from a trading halt on the ASX, the beleaguered Ten Network has been placed into voluntary administration.