A guide to the various types of DTV in Australia, by Pam Carroll and Ty Pendlebury at cnet.com.au which covers differences between SD and HD, multichanneling, and the offerings of subscription TV providers.
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From The Guardian, 28 July, spotters fee to ALJ
ITV is likely to win its battle to reduce its public service commitments while the BBC may have to give part of its licence fee to Channel 4, according to a leaked blueprint prepared by the media regulator Ofcom. Under the proposals, ITV will be allowed to [...]
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Last week the ABS released a bunch of statistics for 2006-07 showing, amongst other things,
Television, film and video production activity
At 22,200 hours, sport accounted for the highest number of first release broadcast hours during 2006-07, followed by news and current affairs (20,600 hours).
Feature films accounted for just over two-thirds (67%) of total production [...]
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A valuable piece as a companion to AMC’s post on the internet and the mind. It comes recently from the New Atlantis and opens up some of the research being carried out on attention/distraction and the Brain
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