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Repost leads broadcaster to retread impartiality debate

Repost leads broadcaster to retread impartiality debate

BBC 'Match of the Day' presenter Gary Lineker's 30-year stint at the British public broadcaster has ended about 13 months early–and without a payout–after he apologised for sharing a post he accepted had "offensive references". "I would never knowingly share anything

Defection from AFL rightsholder to upstart NRL team

Defection from AFL rightsholder to upstart NRL team

Seven West Media news boss Anthony De Ceglie has quit the broadcaster after 13 months in the role to become the first CEO of the Perth Bears NRL expansion team. Adding insult to injury, his current employer was last to publish, with the Nine Entertainment-owned Australian Financial Review breaking the

Network Ten axes The Project in current affairs pivot

Network Ten axes The Project in current affairs pivot

Network Ten has confirmed its evening experiment of mixing current affairs with comedy won't make it to its 16th birthday. Cancellation rumours have loomed large over The Project for years, so one may have dismissed questions raised in a 27 May column by former Studio 10 boss Rob

Apple details connected TV plans, streaming slate

Apple details connected TV plans, streaming slate

US-based broadcaster tech company Apple has just announced a refreshed design for its connected TV platform and the upcoming content slate for its streaming service in its annual upfronts developer conference. Before we unpack that: yes, Apple doesn't just compete with Australian broadcasters, Sustaining Feed's editorial

Broadcasters detail streaming plans amid push to leverage sports rights online

Broadcasters detail streaming plans amid push to leverage sports rights online

Lachlan Murdoch’s US-based Fox Corporation is eyeing a pre-football season launch for Fox One, a streaming service it’s going it alone with after a proposed joint-venture sports streamer fell through in January. Fox’s service will stick to its own entertainment, news and sports programming, unlike the proposed

Television network makes moves in both Melbourne's CBD and regional TV

Television network makes moves in both Melbourne's CBD and regional TV

The Seven Network has moved its Melbourne operations from the suburb of Docklands—where town planners forgot to hire paid actors to fill the streets—to Collins Street’s Melbourne Quarter Tower. TV Blackbox has reported the network’s sport and live production teams will broadcast from there, as well

New minister for communications portfolio, where broadcast thought bubbles linger

New minister for communications portfolio, where broadcast thought bubbles linger

Queensland MP Anika Wells is taking over as communications minister for the Albanese government's second term. A federal cabinet reshuffle saw Mark Dreyfus dumped as attorney-general—and from the cabinet altogether—with Michelle Rowland assuming that role and leaving her old post vacant. The prime minister says Minister