Australian TV News

I believe it is. That's the problem watching Chaser shows, you don't always know who the people they are talking about are. But I have picked up some things.

Yes We Canberra was amazing.

Ten's Channel 11 logo reminds me more than a little of E4's for some reason!

If you thought The Chaser was good, watch Gruen Nation, a weekly program in the month leading up to the election (and based on the regular program, Gruen Transfer ) with a cutting, satirical take on campaign advertising. If I'm not wrong, these are the downloads, courtesy ABC:

Ep 1 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/gruennation_10_01_01.mp4
Ep 2 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/gruennation_10_01_02.mp4
Ep 3 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/gruennation_10_01_03.mp4
Ep 4: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/gruennation_10_01_04.mp4

In case you miss those Yes We Canberra! episodes, here are the links to download, if you can bypass those geographical restrictions.
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/geo/chaserywc/chaserywc_10_01_01.mp4
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/geo/chaserywc/chaserywc_10_01_02.mp4
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/geo/chaserywc/chaserywc_10_01_03.mp4
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/geo/chaserywc/chaserywc_10_01_04.mp4
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/geo/chaserywc/chaserywc_10_01_05.mp4

ATV-10 Melbourne: Ten News At Five w/Mal Walden, Helen Kapalos, 2010


Ten: Farewell To Eric Walters: Ten remembers an old friend, 2010


7 Perth's tribute to Eric


ATN-7 Sydney: 7 News w/Ann Sanders Open, 2004


NTD-8 Darwin: 'Love You Darwin' Promo, 1988


GTV-9 Melbourne: National Nine News w/Brian Naylor, Peter Mitchell, 1987 2


http://i55.tinypic.com/2vn04dd.pngEric Walters 1937 - 2010

Overnight metro ratings are released daily and discussed here. These are for Monday 6th September:

Five Capital City Figures, 6pm-midnight
Total People (Week Progressive)

Channels

ABC1 - 16.8% (16.8%)
ABC2 - 1.9% (1.4%)
ABC3 - 0.6% (0.5%)
ABC News 24 - 0.6% (0.5%)
Seven - 24.6% (25.3%)
7TWO - 4.6% (3.6%)
Nine - 21.4% (22.2%)
Go! - 4.3% (5.4%)
Ten - 18.4% (18.3%)
ONE Sports - 0.9% (1.3%)
SBS One - 5.4% (4.3%)
SBS Two - 0.6% (0.6%)


http://www.oztam.com.au/Images/TSVOvernightThumbnail.gif Program Rankings - Overnight Figures - Total People
Rank Description Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth

1 Total People Network 7 SEVEN NEWS AT 6 1,537,000 402,000 438,000 308,000 153,000 235,000
2 Total People Network 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,512,000 411,000 443,000 279,000 172,000 208,000
3 Total People Network 7 THE X FACTOR 1,307,000 397,000 437,000 177,000 144,000 152,000
4 Total People Network 9 NINE NEWS AT 6 1,304,000 310,000 445,000 289,000 140,000 120,000
5 Total People Network 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 1,279,000 303,000 434,000 293,000 142,000 107,000
6 Total People Network ABC1 ABC NEWS AT 7 1,220,000 349,000 395,000 193,000 125,000 157,000
7 Total People Network 7 CRIMINAL MINDS 1,185,000 342,000 363,000 199,000 136,000 145,000
8 Total People Network 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN 1,089,000 293,000 355,000 235,000 83,000 122,000
9 Total People Network TEN UNDERCOVER BOSS 1,075,000 266,000 319,000 234,000 123,000 132,000
10 Total People Network ABC1 7.30 REPORT 1,060,000 314,000 329,000 188,000 114,000 115,000
11 Total People Network 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN 1,037,000 257,000 377,000 195,000 100,000 107,000
12 Total People Network 7 HOME AND AWAY 1,037,000 295,000 300,000 191,000 109,000 141,000
13 Total People Network ABC1 AUSTRALIAN STORY 1,033,000 323,000 332,000 199,000 81,000 99,000
14 Total People Network TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 948,000 261,000 256,000 197,000 115,000 119,000
15 Total People Network TEN GOOD NEWS WEEK 937,000 267,000 283,000 173,000 98,000 115,000
16 Total People Network TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 931,000 218,000 323,000 155,000 109,000 127,000
17 Total People Network 9 RESCUE SPECIAL OPS 848,000 251,000 260,000 153,000 98,000 85,000
18 Total People Network ABC1 Q & A-LE 841,000 278,000 233,000 154,000 92,000 84,000
19 Total People Network 9 HOT IN CLEVELAND 813,000 225,000 238,000 191,000 62,000 97,000
20 Total People Network 9 THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE 765,000 212,000 269,000 117,000 105,000 62,000
21 Total People Network ABC1 MEDIA WATCH 755,000 215,000 245,000 137,000 69,000 89,000
22 Total People Network 7 COVERT AFFAIRS 749,000 223,000 226,000 138,000 69,000 93,000
23 Total People Network ABC1 FOUR CORNERS 738,000 177,000 252,000 153,000 68,000 88,000
24 Total People Network 9 HOT SEAT 701,000 141,000 225,000 197,000 67,000 72,000
25 Total People Network TEN THE SIMPSONS 668,000 177,000 214,000 98,000 84,000 95,000
26 Total People Network TEN NEIGHBOURS 668,000 187,000 189,000 127,000 63,000 101,000
27 Total People Network 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 546,000 122,000 179,000 107,000 59,000 79,000
28 Total People Network 9 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 442,000 70,000 158,000 119,000 45,000 50,000
29 Total People Network SBS MAN VS WILD 436,000 88,000 160,000 96,000 51,000 41,000
30 Total People Network TEN COPS 434,000 122,000 144,000 68,000 51,000 48,000
31 Total People Network TEN BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 433,000 89,000 146,000 97,000 50,000 51,000
32 Total People Network 7 SUNRISE 415,000 112,000 113,000 98,000 40,000 52,000
33 Total People Network ABC1 LATELINE-LE 410,000 147,000 115,000 73,000 38,000 36,000
34 Total People Network ABC1 TALKING HEADS 387,000 105,000 131,000 78,000 30,000 42,000
35 Total People Network SBS MYTHBUSTERS 382,000 104,000 111,000 74,000 45,000 49,000
36 Total People Network TEN HUEY'S KITCHEN 354,000 75,000 119,000 78,000 45,000 36,000
37 Total People Network 9 TODAY 342,000 109,000 92,000 67,000 22,000 51,000
38 Total People Network 7 M*A*S*H 341,000 99,000 94,000 78,000 32,000 39,000
39 Total People Network 7 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 341,000 90,000 117,000 67,000 27,000 41,000
40 Total People Network 7TWO HEARTBEAT 315,000 76,000 86,000 40,000 57,000 56,000
41 Total People Network TEN DHARMA & GREG RPT 302,000 61,000 112,000 57,000 35,000 36,000
42 Total People Network 7TWO KINGDOM 296,000 87,000 84,000 44,000 33,000 48,000
43 Total People Network 9 FOOTY CLASSIFIED 286,000 0 180,000 0 65,000 41,000
44 Total People Network TEN TEN LATE NIGHT NEWS 280,000 97,000 86,000 36,000 25,000 35,000
45 Total People Network TEN JUDGE JUDY 280,000 73,000 97,000 40,000 33,000 37,000
46 Total People Network 7 PARKING WARS 278,000 70,000 87,000 44,000 37,000 40,000
47 Total People Network 9 NINE AFTERNOON NEWS 249,000 53,000 76,000 64,000 32,000 25,000
48 Total People Network 7 ALL SAINTS-DAY 236,000 52,000 79,000 46,000 33,000 26,000
49 Total People Network 7 MIDDAY MOVIE 222,000 45,000 77,000 44,000 17,000 39,000
50 Total People Network ABC1 CHUGGINGTON 211,000 87,000 73,000 9,000 18,000 24,000

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All data excludes subscription and regional television ratings unless otherwise stated. "Overnight" figures include "Live" (Programs broadcast during the 2am-2am broadcast day and "As Live" Ratings for Media Spy are sourced from various companies and organisations, including OzTam, RegionalTAM, Mediaweek, The Sun Herald 'Who We Are', TV Tonight and the various networks.

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11 launch promo

Channel 11 looks like an E4 clone. Does Australia have any sort of originality in anything it does in TV?

Very little (The Chaser is an exception)

Question, it seems when a 3rd digital channel by the main networks is launched the HD simulcast of the main network (eg. 7HD, 9HD, Ten HD) is ditched and replaced with a HD multichannel. Is there a reason for that?

I may be wrong in this, but I think Australia has some very odd rules regarding regulation of DTT - I'm sure I read something saying the commercial networks are currently only allowed 3 networks each on the spectrum as it stands. As there are now all launching third networks, they're having to replace the HD simulcast of the main network with a new HD-channel. Except Ten, which already replaced Ten HD with an HD simulcast of its new sports channel, the aptly named One HD - and I think its SD equivalent will be replaced by 11 when it launches.

I'm sure theres a similar reason behind why ABC had to replace ABC HD with an HD news channel, which seems a bit of a waste of HD, but there was no other way to launch ABC News 24. I may be wrong in this however.

For those going to discuss about TV presentations other than TV news please move to a new thread.
http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/topic31504

Hi Guys,

Being from Australia,I thought I would let you guys know about the digital stuff. Each network is allowed only 3 channels until the digital switch-off.This is the reason behind the changes. So the current list of freeview channels are:

ABC1
ABC2
ABC3
ABC News24
SBS ONE
SBS TWO
Seven
7Two
7Mate
Nine
Gem HD
GO!
Ten
One HD
One SD - This channel is a simulcast of ONE HD and only exists until Janurary
Eleven - Launches Janurary 2011 and replaces One SD.

This is a far cry from what we used to have!