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Nine: major shareholders want Cricket rights dropped
Adelaide Now
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

Oaktree Capital and Apollo Management have advised Nine that they would prefer the broadcaster to let Ten have the Cricket Australia broadcast rights, rather than shell out the $500 million required to match the bid.

Seven: gets rights to English football demonstration matches
Screen Hub
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

Seven West Media has reportedly bought the Australian broadcast rights for two demonstration soccer matches featuring Manchester United and Liverpool, which are set to be played in Australia.

Palace Cinemas: partnership with Honda continues
Honda
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

Honda Australia has today announced their partnership with Palace Cinemas will continue for a third consecutive year.

Lionsgate: sated with US$250 million in Cannes sales
Biz Journals
Friday 24 May, 2013 (U.S.A.)

Lionsgate has announced US$250 million in film sales at Cannes. Hunger Games for some, cash cow for others.

NIDA: Jennifer Bott replaces Malcolm Long as chair
Screen Hub
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

Jennifer Bott has been newly appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) taking the place of her predecessor Malcolm Long AM, the former head of SBS and the AFTRS.

Kim Dotcom: offers to let someone else sue Twitter for his patent
TorrentFreak
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is currently in a $50 million legal battle with the US government, and has come up with a new twist. He owns the patent for the two-step authentication process used by Google, Twitter and others. He won`t sue them, but he has put the patent up for sale...

Chris Lilley: catches WA minister with someone else`s pants down
WPRI
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

Well, not really Chris Lilley, but he did popularize the whole concept of "sneaky nuts" which are currently tangling WA Education Minister Peter Collins` knickers.

Shine Australia: slims down and tones up with partnership deals
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Screen Hub
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

It would never have happened in the halcyon days when ACP Magazines were safely in the stable alongside the Nine Network, but with Bauer Media now firmly in the saddle, Ten and Shine Australia have done a publishing deal for MasterChef. And then there`s Biggest Loser weight loss retreat...

Vivid Sydney: Screen Australia and Screen NSW colonise ideas festival with conundrums
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Screen Hub
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

On May 29th: What to do about the gender imbalance in film and television directing? What does it mean for audiences, who are mostly female? And on June 3rd: what is happening with Youtube? What does user-generated content do for the professional creator?

Gone With The Wind: took US$3.3 billion (adjusted for ticket prices)
Deseret News
Friday 24 May, 2013 (U.S.A.)

A bit of serious fun that reveals what 1939s Gone With The Wind would have made at the box office if they`d charged current US ticket prices.

Twitter: targeting ads to the ads you saw on TV
Business Insider
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

33 per cent of Twitter users tweet about television shows. Now Twitter will know which ads aired during those shows, and repeat those ads to its own users.

Microsoft: new Xbox One made for television
The Australian
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

"The new Kinect motion detector, which will come as a standard feature of the Xbox One, can detect whether a person watching TV is appearing happy or distracted and determine their heart rate."

Peter Webber: to put Colour in NZ landscape
NZFC
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" director Peter Webber is set to direct the adaptation of Rose Tremain`s highly acclaimed novel, THE COLOUR.

Thunderbirds are Go! for toy partner Vivid
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Vivid will be ITV`s master toy partner in Europe, Australia and New Zealand for Thunderbirds are Go!

NZIFF: adds more NZ
Screen Hub
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

The NZIFF has announced more features, including one local, all based on classics.

MDS: converting consumers into creators
NZ Herald
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Media Design School reaches out to local gamers to attract the game makers of tomorrow

NZ Box Office: week ending 22 May 2013
Screen Hub
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Star Trek and Iron Man 3 hold on to the top spots. Local fare has all but done its dash until Shopping opens at the end of the month.

OzDocs: AACTA removal of awards categories is `misguided`, should be rescinded
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Screen Hub
Thursday 23 May, 2013 (Australia)

The documentary makers have not quietly accepted the loss of several categories in the AACTA awards for 2013. Instead, the Sydney activists have generated a protest letter under the OzDocs banner, and called for consultation.

St Kilda Film Festival 2013: celebrate 30th year, plunge into history
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Screen Hub
Thursday 23 May, 2013 (Australia)

Lisa French uses a potted personal history of the St Kilda Film Festival to explore the role of short film beyond career development. A message which bears repeating as often as possible.

Cannes 2013: waiting with the pilgrims in the queue for the temple of dreams
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Screen Hub
Thursday 23 May, 2013 (Australia)

What is it actually like to attend the Cannes Film Festival as a passionate Australian critic low on the French totem pole? Tara Judah sloshes, dodges, trudges and waits her way towards the magic of cinema, armed with the determination she brings to defending her beloved Astor Cinema.

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