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Film Vic: $1.2 million production investment for seven projects
Screen Hub
Monday 17 June, 2013 (Australia)

Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher (aka Film Victoria`s boss) has announced funding for seven television projects, under the heading "Coalition funds Victorian screen projects".

TV Reach: will the Liberals kill the rule?
AFR
Monday 17 June, 2013 (Australia)

Will a Liberal government kill the television market reach rule and allow Nine to buy its Perth affiliate from WIN? Some informed speculation.

Hearts and Minds: punters explain why Australian content rools
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Screen Hub
Monday 17 June, 2013 (Australia)

Qualitative research? Say it ain`t so! Research goes beyond the usual statistical breakdowns to document some conversations with Australians about local content. It turns out Australian content creators are delivering exactly what our audiences want from Australlian production.

MediaWorks: takes receiver`s sword to Gordion debt knot
Screen Hub
Monday 17 June, 2013 (New Zealand)

MediaWorks this morning formally acknowledged that its long-running struggle to manage its debts in the wake of its 2007 takeover by Ironbridge Capital and the subsequent global financial crisis is over. The company is now in receivership.

Ratings: Sunday, 16th June 2013
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Oztam
Monday 17 June, 2013 (Australia)

Local drama A Place to Call Home pulled a very satisfying 1.28m for Seven, helping to win the night. The ABC heads for the home renovation heights, but it doesn`t help at all.

ERT: European Broadcasting Union pushing Greek government to reopen broadcaster
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The Guardian
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Greece)

What do we want? Public broadcasting! When do we want it? Before you stack it with thugs!.. Why? Democracy... well, um.. um... we know it is crappy but if they did their jobs.. meanwhile, the eurocrats are fighting with Stiff Letters.

SBS: beware of Greeks bearing slogans
SBS
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Greece)

Demonstrators are taking the fight to the government over the closure of public television. We wonder how the private networks are reporting it.

Ratings: Thursday June 13th 2013
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Oztam
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Australia)

The Block pays off for Nine, while Seven stays respectably close, partly because of old warhorse Home and Away.

Ratings: Wednesday, 12th June 2013
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Oztam
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Australia)

Seven. Ten scratches at 20 from below.

Flying Bark: sucks Reading Eggs
Screen Hub
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Australia)

The ABC’s globally successful online Reading Eggs program will be made into a web animation series called Eggsperts, in a co-production between Flying Bark Productions and Blake eLearning.

Rupert Murdoch: files for his third divorce
ABC
Friday 14 June, 2013 (U.S.A.)

"I doubt it has a substantial impact on the spin," Gabelli & Co analyst Brett Harriss said, referring to the News Corp separation. "Given that it`s his third wife, I see it unlikely that he didn`t plan for this contingency."

News Corp: shareholders approve split
Yahoo!
Friday 14 June, 2013 (U.S.A.)

No surprise in the fact that News Corp shareholders have approved splitting the company into two units. The Murdoch family has the votes.

Tennis Australia: sticks with Seven, no open tender
The Age
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Australia)

Tennis Australia has announced that it is renewing its broadcast deal with the Seven Network, without allowing other networks to bid.

DRG: sold to MTG for £15 million
The Guardian
Friday 14 June, 2013 (U.K.)

British rights holder DRG has been sold to the Stockholm based Modern Times Group, which owns radio stations in the Scandinavian and Baltic countries.

Seven: stiffs Ten on tennis
Business Spectator
Friday 14 June, 2013 (Australia)

The tennis is a valuable launching pad for the year`s schedule. How come Tennis Australia did not open the deal up to competition? And what is Ten going to do next? No answers, but these are important questions.

WotWots: joins Global Pursuit
Friday 14 June, 2013 (New Zealand)

Building upon its broadcast success in Southeast Asia, The WotWots announces it will soon expand its presence in the region via a licensing deal with Global Pursuit Co., Ltd.

Greece: shuts down national broadcaster
The Guardian
Wednesday 12 June, 2013 (Greece)

The Greek government has ordered the national broadcaster to cease broadcasting, describing the broadcaster as a “characteristic case of a unique lack of transparency and unbelievable waste”.

Banff Festival: estimating C$800 million in deals
Edmonton Journal
Wednesday 12 June, 2013 (Canada)

A new study has put the value of deals done at the Banff World Media Festival at C$800 million, up from C$500 million in 2011.

Top of the Lake: scores blip at US Critics` Choice Television Awards
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 12 June, 2013 (Australia)

The Broadcast Film Critics Association in the US somehow failed to notice the works of genius from Shanghai, Burkina Faso and Copenhagen in favour of Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Orphan Black and Breaking Bag. Top of the Lake almost stood for the Rest of the World, although the award did go to an American on the show.