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NBN: stand up and fight, you craven swine
ABC
Wednesday 22 February, 2012 (Australia)

ABC tech reporter raises a flag for a beloved project being white-anted by dumb failures in communication. Hey, we know a government like that.

Convergence New Zealand: Ultra Fast Broadband and the Broadband Summit under a Long White Cloud
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 22 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

The New Zealanders have their NBN, called the UFB, and it too is watching a government gavotte over regulation, speed, efficiency and realistic futures. Trouble is, the government gets hives when it contemplates actually controlling bits of the economy it has deregulated so assiduously.

UFB: government digs in
Screen Hub
Wednesday 22 February, 2012 (New Zealand)

The Commerce Commission`s broadband summit, which perhaps received a little more media attention that it otherwise might have following Stephen Fry`s tweets about his lack of service yesterday, has offered little beyond statements entrenching the positions of the major players and stakeholders. Sky and the government want to avoid regulation, TVNZ sort of finds itself with a foot in both camps, and MediaWorks wants to see some regulation.

March of the Moguls: while Murdoch rebuilds, Australia fiddles with NBN
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Screen Hub
Monday 20 February, 2012 (Australia)

NBN connectivity figures are pretty shocking compared to other industrial giants like.. um, Romania and Lithuania.

Playpen: do this round the office, get averages, link them to age..
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Screen Hub
Monday 20 February, 2012 (U.K.)

Tell yourself it is just a reaction test. Don`t bet your ego on it. They are only sheep. Or Swedes.

Convergence Review: internet heavies agin regulation
The Australian
Friday 17 February, 2012 (Australia)

In a shockingly surprising move, no less than three separate dimensions of Mordor(tm) have united to launch legions of orcs at the federal government. You can guess why.

Playpen: are you pissing on me, Dorothy?
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Screen Hub
Thursday 16 February, 2012 (Australia)

Lou Petho, featured in our mammoth fake and stealing story, spent some time with some tree kangaroos...

Fake Documentary: nastiest IP ripoff this side of the grave
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Screen Hub
Friday 17 February, 2012 (Australia)

Lou Petho, Australian filmmaker, went to Siberia to start a film about his grandfather. Little did he know his footage would be stolen to allow an Australian psychic to suggest that a woolly mammoth was still alive in the wilderness.

Convergence Review: final tranche of comments contain totally predictable squeaking
SMH
Wednesday 15 February, 2012 (Australia)

Eeek! nasty regulation. Eeek! not enuff nasty regulation. You will never go broke underestimating the predictability of a lobby group.

Social Telly: how viewer habits are changing
B and T
Friday 10 February, 2012 (Australia)

Have you been texting or facebooking while watching television? The researchers have been watching you, and they know what you`re up to. Does this mean you need clean undies to tweet?

Brief: Convergence Review takes last comments to be received tonight
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Screen Hub
Thursday 9 February, 2012 (Australia)

The comments on the first proposals to the Convergence Review must be sent by midnight on Friday. Save the ABC is spreading the word.

Media Apps: Roy Morgan has the truth
SMH
Wednesday 8 February, 2012 (Australia)

Fairfax press reports that it has the most popular media apps in Australia come from.... Fairfax. Fair enough, but the figure is miserable, surely - 121,000 for SMH, 89,000 for The Age, 54,000 for the Australian, 51,000 for the New York Times.

Drowning: we blame the media
News.com.au
Wednesday 8 February, 2012 (Australia)

Nasty onlookers video drowning rather than help. Or maybe the pathetic creature drowned without remorse is actually journalistic standards as the opinion of one man who said "the details of the incident were a blur" is turned into a moral panic.

Quickflix: HBO muscle buys into Quickflix, pumps up potential
Smart Company
Monday 6 February, 2012 (Australia)

Paying around $100/subscriber, US company HBO now has a seat on the plucky Aussie`s board and 15.7% of the company.

Documentary Distribution: Sundancing around the indy numbers
Indiewire
Friday 3 February, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Lucid report on a Sundance Panel which uses real numbers on an fantasy project to illuminate expected returns for indy distribution.

Optus: wins the web broadcasting case
The Age
Wednesday 1 February, 2012 (Australia)

The win means that Telstra no longer have a stranglehold over online sports broadcasting. This will have major implications on the recently signed deal over AFL rights.

Australian digital projects: five nominated for SXSW Interactive Awards
Tuesday 31 January, 2012 (Australia)

In a significant international acknowledgment for Australia’s digital sector, five Australian projects have been selected as finalists for the SXSW Interactive Awards 2012.

Fetch TV: bringing in the niche markets
Smarthouse
Monday 30 January, 2012 (Australia)

Fetch enlists the help of Sony Pictures Television Network Asia to entice the Korean audience to sign up.

Glen Boreham: summarises convergence review
The Australian
Monday 30 January, 2012 (Australia)

Contains three words to make the air inside the Murdoch bunkers tremble: "new regulator". And we thought the pressure over pokie reform was tacky.

X|Media|Lab: taking a bath in 2012
X|Media|Lab
Wednesday 25 January, 2012 (U.K.)

Digital Entertainment: Media, Music & Mobility is the title of the X|Media|Lab event around March 16 2012, which will be held in the enticing English city of Bath. The location is Peter Gabriel`s Realworld Studios, as part of the Bath Digital Festival. Participants will be issued with a virtual loofah as a souvenir.

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