'Mako Mermaids' (photo courtesy of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions).
The Australian Greens have launched a campaign to support local children.s television, arguing the government should strengthen the requirements on commercial broadcasters to produce and air such content.
Launched yesterday, the #SaveKidsTV campaign has been backed by Screen Producers Australia and the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Meaa)..
The Greens. arts and youth spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, said Aussie children.s television was .in a fight for its life...
.Children.s television has played a crucial role in our country and the development of young Australians for generations, but the media landscape is undoubtedly shifting..
.New players like Netflix and Stan have changed the way that all of us, including young people, consume media and they can't be allowed to leave children.s TV behind..
.In an ever-connected and global world, our children need safe places where they can...
The Australian Greens have launched a campaign to support local children.s television, arguing the government should strengthen the requirements on commercial broadcasters to produce and air such content.
Launched yesterday, the #SaveKidsTV campaign has been backed by Screen Producers Australia and the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Meaa)..
The Greens. arts and youth spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, said Aussie children.s television was .in a fight for its life...
.Children.s television has played a crucial role in our country and the development of young Australians for generations, but the media landscape is undoubtedly shifting..
.New players like Netflix and Stan have changed the way that all of us, including young people, consume media and they can't be allowed to leave children.s TV behind..
.In an ever-connected and global world, our children need safe places where they can...
- 4/28/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
ABC Fact Check.
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has laid the blame for the demise of the ABC's fact-checking unit squarely at the feet of this month.s federal budget.
"The announcement by ABC management yesterday afternoon of fourteen positions to be cut from the Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne newsrooms has been made more painful by yet another deplorable use of targeted redundancies", the Meaa said in a statement.
"Talented journalists from the Fact Check Unit and National Reporting Team now have been given their marching orders, with little notice their position was in the firing line, and no chance to explore swap-outs or redeployment options before their positions were eliminated."
The ABC.s newsgathering budget has been cut by $18.6 million over the next three years.
.As we had warned, these cuts — on top of the more than $250 million which was cut in 2014 and 2015 — will place news services...
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has laid the blame for the demise of the ABC's fact-checking unit squarely at the feet of this month.s federal budget.
"The announcement by ABC management yesterday afternoon of fourteen positions to be cut from the Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne newsrooms has been made more painful by yet another deplorable use of targeted redundancies", the Meaa said in a statement.
"Talented journalists from the Fact Check Unit and National Reporting Team now have been given their marching orders, with little notice their position was in the firing line, and no chance to explore swap-outs or redeployment options before their positions were eliminated."
The ABC.s newsgathering budget has been cut by $18.6 million over the next three years.
.As we had warned, these cuts — on top of the more than $250 million which was cut in 2014 and 2015 — will place news services...
- 5/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
ABC Fact Check.
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has laid the blame for the demise of the ABC's fact-checking unit squarely at the feet of this month.s federal budget.
"The announcement by ABC management yesterday afternoon of fourteen positions to be cut from the Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne newsrooms has been made more painful by yet another deplorable use of targeted redundancies", the Meaa said in a statement.
"Talented journalists from the Fact Check Unit and National Reporting Team now have been given their marching orders, with little notice their position was in the firing line, and no chance to explore swap-outs or redeployment options before their positions were eliminated."
The ABC.s newsgathering budget has been cut by $18.6 million over the next three years.
.As we had warned, these cuts — on top of the more than $250 million which was cut in 2014 and 2015 — will place news services...
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has laid the blame for the demise of the ABC's fact-checking unit squarely at the feet of this month.s federal budget.
"The announcement by ABC management yesterday afternoon of fourteen positions to be cut from the Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne newsrooms has been made more painful by yet another deplorable use of targeted redundancies", the Meaa said in a statement.
"Talented journalists from the Fact Check Unit and National Reporting Team now have been given their marching orders, with little notice their position was in the firing line, and no chance to explore swap-outs or redeployment options before their positions were eliminated."
The ABC.s newsgathering budget has been cut by $18.6 million over the next three years.
.As we had warned, these cuts — on top of the more than $250 million which was cut in 2014 and 2015 — will place news services...
- 5/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Treasurer, Scott Morrison.
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The Australian screen and arts community have been "shortchanged" in the 2016 Federal Budget with no extra funding for the arts and cuts to ABC news funding.
However the television industry is "cautiously optimistic" about cuts to spectrum licensing fees revealed in last night's budget announcement.
While base funding of the ABC has been maintained, funding for specialist news services will be cut by cut by $18.6 million over the next three years, putting further pressure on already undermanned staff and raising the prospect of cuts to its regional news operations.
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief executive, Paul Murphy, said the new triennial funding agreement was a disappointment.
.The ABC.s base funding may be untouched, but of course the true damage to the corporation was done in 2014 and 2015, where about $250 million was cut,. he said.
.None of that money has been restored, while the special funding allocated...
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The Australian screen and arts community have been "shortchanged" in the 2016 Federal Budget with no extra funding for the arts and cuts to ABC news funding.
However the television industry is "cautiously optimistic" about cuts to spectrum licensing fees revealed in last night's budget announcement.
While base funding of the ABC has been maintained, funding for specialist news services will be cut by cut by $18.6 million over the next three years, putting further pressure on already undermanned staff and raising the prospect of cuts to its regional news operations.
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief executive, Paul Murphy, said the new triennial funding agreement was a disappointment.
.The ABC.s base funding may be untouched, but of course the true damage to the corporation was done in 2014 and 2015, where about $250 million was cut,. he said.
.None of that money has been restored, while the special funding allocated...
- 5/3/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Treasurer, Scott Morrison.
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The Australian screen and arts community have been "shortchanged" in the 2016 Federal Budget with no extra funding for the arts and cuts to ABC news funding.
However the television industry is "cautiously optimistic" about cuts to spectrum licensing fees revealed in last night's budget announcement.
While base funding of the ABC has been maintained, funding for specialist news services will be cut by cut by $18.6 million over the next three years, putting further pressure on already undermanned staff and raising the prospect of cuts to its regional news operations.
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief executive, Paul Murphy, said the new triennial funding agreement was a disappointment.
.The ABC.s base funding may be untouched, but of course the true damage to the corporation was done in 2014 and 2015, where about $250 million was cut,. he said.
.None of that money has been restored, while the special funding allocated...
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The Australian screen and arts community have been "shortchanged" in the 2016 Federal Budget with no extra funding for the arts and cuts to ABC news funding.
However the television industry is "cautiously optimistic" about cuts to spectrum licensing fees revealed in last night's budget announcement.
While base funding of the ABC has been maintained, funding for specialist news services will be cut by cut by $18.6 million over the next three years, putting further pressure on already undermanned staff and raising the prospect of cuts to its regional news operations.
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief executive, Paul Murphy, said the new triennial funding agreement was a disappointment.
.The ABC.s base funding may be untouched, but of course the true damage to the corporation was done in 2014 and 2015, where about $250 million was cut,. he said.
.None of that money has been restored, while the special funding allocated...
- 5/3/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Meaa CEO Paul Murphy.
The Meaa has condemned Apn News and Media for abandoning regional media and communities..
Apn announced it intends to sell its Australian Regional Media arm after the company reported a seven percent slide in profit.
The regional media division consists of twelve daily newspapers, sixty community and non-weekly publications and thirty regional news websites..
In a statement, the Meaa said "this announcement comes after management at Apn has savagely slashed $40 million in costs from the regional media division over the past three years, resulting in the loss of jobs and a marked increase in work intensification for the staff that remain"..
"As well as starving the business of resources, Apn has repeatedly frustrated attempts to renew enterprise bargaining agreements"..
Meaa CEO Paul Murphy said: .The Apn publications that serve the people of regional Queensland and New South Wales are a vital source of local news and information.
The Meaa has condemned Apn News and Media for abandoning regional media and communities..
Apn announced it intends to sell its Australian Regional Media arm after the company reported a seven percent slide in profit.
The regional media division consists of twelve daily newspapers, sixty community and non-weekly publications and thirty regional news websites..
In a statement, the Meaa said "this announcement comes after management at Apn has savagely slashed $40 million in costs from the regional media division over the past three years, resulting in the loss of jobs and a marked increase in work intensification for the staff that remain"..
"As well as starving the business of resources, Apn has repeatedly frustrated attempts to renew enterprise bargaining agreements"..
Meaa CEO Paul Murphy said: .The Apn publications that serve the people of regional Queensland and New South Wales are a vital source of local news and information.
- 2/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian screen sector industry bodies have raised concerns over a "friendly merger" between Australia's two public broadcasters following Mark Scott's last National Press Club address as ABC boss.
In his address Scott told the Press Club the conversation needed to be revisited and that a friendly merger could preserve each broadcasters identity while delivering major savings.
"As commercial TV networks push for deregulation and fewer licensing requirements in the face of steep competition, it.s reasonable to expect they shift investment from quality drama, just as they have from serious documentaries and nearly all narrative comedy and satire. People expect the public broadcaster to step in, to pick up the slack," Scott said.
Scott made these comments in the context of funding cuts to the ABC, calling on Government to at least maintain current funding levels..
Screeen Producers Australia chief executive, Matt Deaner, said any conversation about the merger...
In his address Scott told the Press Club the conversation needed to be revisited and that a friendly merger could preserve each broadcasters identity while delivering major savings.
"As commercial TV networks push for deregulation and fewer licensing requirements in the face of steep competition, it.s reasonable to expect they shift investment from quality drama, just as they have from serious documentaries and nearly all narrative comedy and satire. People expect the public broadcaster to step in, to pick up the slack," Scott said.
Scott made these comments in the context of funding cuts to the ABC, calling on Government to at least maintain current funding levels..
Screeen Producers Australia chief executive, Matt Deaner, said any conversation about the merger...
- 2/24/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Actor Roy Billing.
Acting legend Roy Billing has launched a scathing attack on the Meaa's Save Our Stories campaign which seeks to prevent changes to the visa approval process for imported actors and crew.
This comes ahead of the release of the government's Review of Temporary Work (Entertainment) visa (Subclass 420), which was undertaken to reduce the burden and cost of unnecessary or inefficient regulation imposed on individuals, business and community organisations.
Billing said the union's Save Our Stories campaign was "disengenous"..
"It is drawing a very long bow to claim that taking the union out of the visa application process will ruin the Australian film industry," he said..
"Australian stories and jobs are not under threat as government subsidised productions have to adhere to strictly enforced cultural guidelines." . . .
Billing said one of the key components of the review, which started last year, was to seek opinions about compulsory union consultation...
Acting legend Roy Billing has launched a scathing attack on the Meaa's Save Our Stories campaign which seeks to prevent changes to the visa approval process for imported actors and crew.
This comes ahead of the release of the government's Review of Temporary Work (Entertainment) visa (Subclass 420), which was undertaken to reduce the burden and cost of unnecessary or inefficient regulation imposed on individuals, business and community organisations.
Billing said the union's Save Our Stories campaign was "disengenous"..
"It is drawing a very long bow to claim that taking the union out of the visa application process will ruin the Australian film industry," he said..
"Australian stories and jobs are not under threat as government subsidised productions have to adhere to strictly enforced cultural guidelines." . . .
Billing said one of the key components of the review, which started last year, was to seek opinions about compulsory union consultation...
- 1/18/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The Australian screen Industry Group has blasted the Federal Government for cutting Screen Australia's budget by more than $50 million in just 18 months. .
Asig, which consists of all the guilds, unions and associations that represent more than 10,000 Australian filmmakers, has issued a statement outlining its concerns over the cuts and their impact on the industry..
"The Australian Screen Industry Group... are angered by the recent cut to Screen Australia by the Turnbull Government," according to a statement..
"We are particularly alarmed at the use of funds to supplement the tax offset for overseas productions..
"This is a worrying precedent and continues to provide the local and international screen community with uncertainty about the government's approach to the screen industry..
"The Asig calls on the Turnbull Government to outline an effective and innovative policy for the screen industry rather than making policy on the run."
The impact of the December Myefo budget...
Asig, which consists of all the guilds, unions and associations that represent more than 10,000 Australian filmmakers, has issued a statement outlining its concerns over the cuts and their impact on the industry..
"The Australian Screen Industry Group... are angered by the recent cut to Screen Australia by the Turnbull Government," according to a statement..
"We are particularly alarmed at the use of funds to supplement the tax offset for overseas productions..
"This is a worrying precedent and continues to provide the local and international screen community with uncertainty about the government's approach to the screen industry..
"The Asig calls on the Turnbull Government to outline an effective and innovative policy for the screen industry rather than making policy on the run."
The impact of the December Myefo budget...
- 1/5/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
A Senate inquiry has delivered a stinging assessment of the federal government's handling of the Arts portfolio and has called for the restoration of funding to the Australia Council and Screen Australia.
The report also called for the abolition of the Catalyst Arts fund, which was announced in November by Arts Minister, Mitch Fifield, to address concerns over changes made by his predecessor George Brandis.
Brandis had established the National Program for Excellence, which ripped $105 million from the Australia Council budget.
The inquiry heard evidence from more than 200 witnesses and recieved 2719 submissions.
The report recommends the provision of emergency funds for artists and companies impacted by the changes.
A spokesperson for the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance said the evidence was now overwhelming that funding must be restored after the Senate inquiry findings that budget cuts had devastated the arts community.
"The Meaa has welcomed the bulk of recommendations by...
The report also called for the abolition of the Catalyst Arts fund, which was announced in November by Arts Minister, Mitch Fifield, to address concerns over changes made by his predecessor George Brandis.
Brandis had established the National Program for Excellence, which ripped $105 million from the Australia Council budget.
The inquiry heard evidence from more than 200 witnesses and recieved 2719 submissions.
The report recommends the provision of emergency funds for artists and companies impacted by the changes.
A spokesperson for the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance said the evidence was now overwhelming that funding must be restored after the Senate inquiry findings that budget cuts had devastated the arts community.
"The Meaa has welcomed the bulk of recommendations by...
- 12/3/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The Meaa will ask the new Communications and Arts Minister Mitch Fifield to guarantee the ABC and Sbs's funding and independence and to restore arts funding.
The union will also try to persuade Fifield, who takes the arts portfolio from Attorney General George Brandis, to roll back the proposed liberalising of issuing visas for imported actors and technicians.
Meanwhile Free TV Australia has renewed its calls to scrap the commercial broadcasters. licence fees and Astra identifies deregulation and job creation as top priorities for the subscription sector.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner welcomed the combination of the arts and communication portfolios, declaring, .It importantly marries up the critical policy levers for the screen industry under the one Minister."
Meaa CEO Paul Murphy said relations between Senator Brandis and the arts sector had become toxic in recent months and he hoped the Cabinet reshuffle will mean a fresh start.
.Arts...
The union will also try to persuade Fifield, who takes the arts portfolio from Attorney General George Brandis, to roll back the proposed liberalising of issuing visas for imported actors and technicians.
Meanwhile Free TV Australia has renewed its calls to scrap the commercial broadcasters. licence fees and Astra identifies deregulation and job creation as top priorities for the subscription sector.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner welcomed the combination of the arts and communication portfolios, declaring, .It importantly marries up the critical policy levers for the screen industry under the one Minister."
Meaa CEO Paul Murphy said relations between Senator Brandis and the arts sector had become toxic in recent months and he hoped the Cabinet reshuffle will mean a fresh start.
.Arts...
- 9/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia will be forced to cut its funding programs after the federal budget reduced its allocation by $3.6 million over the next four years, to the chagrin of producers and directors.
That.s part of $13.2 million in cuts to arts and cultural programs administered by Screen Australia, the Australia Council and Attorney‑General's Department.
The government said the savings will be .redirected to repair the budget and fund policy priorities..
That.s another bitter pill for Screen Australia after last year.s budget slashed its funding by $38 million over four years, including a $25 million reduction in the overall appropriation; ending the $10 million Australian games funding program; and curtailing the interactive multiplatform funding initiative in 2017-18.
"Since its formation from three entities in 2008, Screen Australia has reduced its operating costs by 44%," it said. "While the agency will continue to contain operating costs the budget reduction will be apportioned across our funding programs.
That.s part of $13.2 million in cuts to arts and cultural programs administered by Screen Australia, the Australia Council and Attorney‑General's Department.
The government said the savings will be .redirected to repair the budget and fund policy priorities..
That.s another bitter pill for Screen Australia after last year.s budget slashed its funding by $38 million over four years, including a $25 million reduction in the overall appropriation; ending the $10 million Australian games funding program; and curtailing the interactive multiplatform funding initiative in 2017-18.
"Since its formation from three entities in 2008, Screen Australia has reduced its operating costs by 44%," it said. "While the agency will continue to contain operating costs the budget reduction will be apportioned across our funding programs.
- 5/12/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rachel Talalay is to direct two episodes of Doctor Who.
The American has previously helmed Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Tank Girl, as well as episodes of Haven, Continuum and Supernatural.
Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi and series 8: Everything you need to know
She joins Paul Wilmshurst, Paul Murphy, Ben Wheatley and Douglas Mackinnon as directors on the eighth series of the show.
Admitting that she is a fan of the show, Talalay said she has been "sworn to secrecy on everything to do with the storyline... until it leaks out".
She will be the first woman to direct a Doctor Who episode since 2010, when Catherine Morshead helmed 'The Lodger'.
Doctor Who - starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman - will return to BBC One in the autumn, with Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes, Hermione Norris and Frank Skinner confirmed as guest stars.
Doctor Who series 8: Peter Capaldi's Doctor won't flirt,...
The American has previously helmed Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Tank Girl, as well as episodes of Haven, Continuum and Supernatural.
Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi and series 8: Everything you need to know
She joins Paul Wilmshurst, Paul Murphy, Ben Wheatley and Douglas Mackinnon as directors on the eighth series of the show.
Admitting that she is a fan of the show, Talalay said she has been "sworn to secrecy on everything to do with the storyline... until it leaks out".
She will be the first woman to direct a Doctor Who episode since 2010, when Catherine Morshead helmed 'The Lodger'.
Doctor Who - starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman - will return to BBC One in the autumn, with Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes, Hermione Norris and Frank Skinner confirmed as guest stars.
Doctor Who series 8: Peter Capaldi's Doctor won't flirt,...
- 5/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Tank Girl director Rachel Talalay is helming two episodes of Doctor Who series 8, starring Peter Capaldi.
News
There may not be any female writers announced thus far for Doctor Who series 8, but two of the episodes of the next run are to be directed by Rachel Talalay, it's been revealed.
Talalay came to prominence for her work directing Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Tank Girl. Since then, she's built an impressive career on the smaller screen, helming episodes of shows such as Haven, Continuum and Supernatural.
Talalay is a self-confessed fan of the show, although she's staying mum as to the content of her two episodes thus far. She joins the likes of Paul Wilmhurst, Paul Murphy, Ben Wheatley and Douglas Mackinnon as directors on Doctor Who series 8. More details as we find them....
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News
There may not be any female writers announced thus far for Doctor Who series 8, but two of the episodes of the next run are to be directed by Rachel Talalay, it's been revealed.
Talalay came to prominence for her work directing Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Tank Girl. Since then, she's built an impressive career on the smaller screen, helming episodes of shows such as Haven, Continuum and Supernatural.
Talalay is a self-confessed fan of the show, although she's staying mum as to the content of her two episodes thus far. She joins the likes of Paul Wilmhurst, Paul Murphy, Ben Wheatley and Douglas Mackinnon as directors on Doctor Who series 8. More details as we find them....
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- 5/15/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The ABC and Sbs will lose a combined $43.5 million in funding over four years and the ABC's contract for the pan-Asian Australia Network is being terminated.
Screen Australia will incur a $25.1 million funding cut: $5.2 million in 2014-2015 and $5.3 million, $7.3 million and $7.3 million in the ensuing years. This may affect programs such as the revamped Enterprise Industry scheme, whose annual allocation depended on the Budget.
In the financial year ending June 30 the agency received $100.8 million.. The government will achieve savings of $87.1.million over four years by reducing funding to arts programs administered by the Attorney-General's Department, the Australia Council and Screen Australia. It said these savings would be redirected to "repair the Budget and fund policy priorities."
The federal Budget imposes a 1% cut in base funding of both public broadcasters, described as a "down payment" on an efficiency study commissioned by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
.By sharing the load, we lighten the load,...
Screen Australia will incur a $25.1 million funding cut: $5.2 million in 2014-2015 and $5.3 million, $7.3 million and $7.3 million in the ensuing years. This may affect programs such as the revamped Enterprise Industry scheme, whose annual allocation depended on the Budget.
In the financial year ending June 30 the agency received $100.8 million.. The government will achieve savings of $87.1.million over four years by reducing funding to arts programs administered by the Attorney-General's Department, the Australia Council and Screen Australia. It said these savings would be redirected to "repair the Budget and fund policy priorities."
The federal Budget imposes a 1% cut in base funding of both public broadcasters, described as a "down payment" on an efficiency study commissioned by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
.By sharing the load, we lighten the load,...
- 5/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
News Simon Brew 12 Feb 2014 - 10:56
Steven Moffat, Ben Wheatley, writing news and the Who's Changing documentary feature in our latest Doctor Who news round-up...
Production is, as you probably well know, underway on the new series of Doctor Who, which sees Peter Capaldi take charge of the Tardis, alongside Jenna Coleman. As a result, an assortment of stories have been filtering through, and we figured we'd round them up in one place. Here, to be exact.
Firstly then, the known writers for Doctor Who series 8 are led by Steven Moffat (as you might expect). He's brought the excellent Phil Ford back (Wizards Vs Aliens is a real treat if you've not caught it), along with Stephen Thompson (who last penned Journey To The Centre Of The Tardis). Rumours also suggest that Neil Cross (Hide, The Rings Of Akhaten), Gareth Roberts and Mark Gatiss are back.
We also know that...
Steven Moffat, Ben Wheatley, writing news and the Who's Changing documentary feature in our latest Doctor Who news round-up...
Production is, as you probably well know, underway on the new series of Doctor Who, which sees Peter Capaldi take charge of the Tardis, alongside Jenna Coleman. As a result, an assortment of stories have been filtering through, and we figured we'd round them up in one place. Here, to be exact.
Firstly then, the known writers for Doctor Who series 8 are led by Steven Moffat (as you might expect). He's brought the excellent Phil Ford back (Wizards Vs Aliens is a real treat if you've not caught it), along with Stephen Thompson (who last penned Journey To The Centre Of The Tardis). Rumours also suggest that Neil Cross (Hide, The Rings Of Akhaten), Gareth Roberts and Mark Gatiss are back.
We also know that...
- 2/12/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
"New job, first day, slightly nervous…"
Yesterday (January 6) marked the start of filming on Doctor Who's eighth series since its comeback in 2005, with fans getting their first on-set glimpse of new lead Peter Capaldi earlier today.
Capaldi's casting is, Who showrunner Steven Moffat tells us, "a big declaration of intent" for the long-running sci-fi series - a "statement of [its] importance" - but how much do we actually know about the new Doctor and his upcoming adventures?
Both Moffat and Capaldi's co-star Jenna Coleman agree that the 55-year-old actor will be "so different" to his 31-year-old predecessor Matt Smith, with the show's head writer promising an "old beast" with a "snarl".
"We've got used to two brilliant iterations of the younger, more puppy-dog Doctor and [David Tennant and Matt] have both been superlative," Moffat said in November. "But now it's time for the old beast to snarl at you for a bit!
"Sometimes you...
Yesterday (January 6) marked the start of filming on Doctor Who's eighth series since its comeback in 2005, with fans getting their first on-set glimpse of new lead Peter Capaldi earlier today.
Capaldi's casting is, Who showrunner Steven Moffat tells us, "a big declaration of intent" for the long-running sci-fi series - a "statement of [its] importance" - but how much do we actually know about the new Doctor and his upcoming adventures?
Both Moffat and Capaldi's co-star Jenna Coleman agree that the 55-year-old actor will be "so different" to his 31-year-old predecessor Matt Smith, with the show's head writer promising an "old beast" with a "snarl".
"We've got used to two brilliant iterations of the younger, more puppy-dog Doctor and [David Tennant and Matt] have both been superlative," Moffat said in November. "But now it's time for the old beast to snarl at you for a bit!
"Sometimes you...
- 1/7/2014
- Digital Spy
Feature James Peaty 28 Oct 2013 - 06:44
Starting today on Cbbc, James reports back from the second series launch of Russell T Davies and Phil Ford's Wizards Vs Aliens...
Despite its undoubted behind-the-scenes pedigree, it would be fair to suggest that Russell T Davies and Phil Ford’s Wizards vs Aliens struggled to find its feet during its maiden series on Cbbc last year.
Weighed down by a far heavier expositional burden than the team’s previous effort, The Sarah Jane Adventures, ever had to contend with, it wasn’t until the final weeks of its first run that WvA truly seemed to find its feet and deliver satisfying and compelling stories in its own right.
However, despite the show finally managing to deliver on its obvious potential the question remained: would WvA’s second season be able to maintain that progress? While it’s too early to deliver a definitive answer,...
Starting today on Cbbc, James reports back from the second series launch of Russell T Davies and Phil Ford's Wizards Vs Aliens...
Despite its undoubted behind-the-scenes pedigree, it would be fair to suggest that Russell T Davies and Phil Ford’s Wizards vs Aliens struggled to find its feet during its maiden series on Cbbc last year.
Weighed down by a far heavier expositional burden than the team’s previous effort, The Sarah Jane Adventures, ever had to contend with, it wasn’t until the final weeks of its first run that WvA truly seemed to find its feet and deliver satisfying and compelling stories in its own right.
However, despite the show finally managing to deliver on its obvious potential the question remained: would WvA’s second season be able to maintain that progress? While it’s too early to deliver a definitive answer,...
- 10/28/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Screenterrier posted a casting call back in February for a new Cbbc series which has been shooting in Manchester since May and is due to hit our screens in September.
The 13 episode comedy drama series centres around 10-year-old Charlie, a highly imaginative boy with heroic leadership skills, qualities that combine to create amazing adventures and terrible chaos.
Charlie, his parents and his brother and sister have just moved to Scarborough from London, downsizing to a family home that doubles as a B&B. Life at the seaside is new to everyone and Charlie loves the freedom, his new friends and their exploits, while his family can’t understand how he creates such havoc around them.
12 year old Ryan Wilkinson (represented by Scream Management) landed the lead role of Charlie in new Cbbc drama All at Sea (aka Family By Sea and Charlie and the Alien). Ryan, from Manchester, has previously appeared in Shameless,...
The 13 episode comedy drama series centres around 10-year-old Charlie, a highly imaginative boy with heroic leadership skills, qualities that combine to create amazing adventures and terrible chaos.
Charlie, his parents and his brother and sister have just moved to Scarborough from London, downsizing to a family home that doubles as a B&B. Life at the seaside is new to everyone and Charlie loves the freedom, his new friends and their exploits, while his family can’t understand how he creates such havoc around them.
12 year old Ryan Wilkinson (represented by Scream Management) landed the lead role of Charlie in new Cbbc drama All at Sea (aka Family By Sea and Charlie and the Alien). Ryan, from Manchester, has previously appeared in Shameless,...
- 7/10/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
The level of redundancies at News Limited remains “a mystery” despite today’s announcement by CEO Kim Williams, journalists’ union the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has warned.
However, the union welcomed the company’s signal that it appears to be more committed to the print medium than Fairfax Media which this week announced its plans to close two press sites.
In a statement, the union said: “Today’s News Limited announcement of a restructure of the business with an ongoing commitment to print and digital products has been welcomed by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance. However, because the depth and extent of its planned redundancies during the restructure remain a mystery, this will continue to concern staff operating in a volatile and uncertain environment.”
While Fairfax Media – obliged to offer a higher level of transparency because of its listing on the Asx – revealed that it plans 1,900 redundancies, Williams has declined to give a number,...
However, the union welcomed the company’s signal that it appears to be more committed to the print medium than Fairfax Media which this week announced its plans to close two press sites.
In a statement, the union said: “Today’s News Limited announcement of a restructure of the business with an ongoing commitment to print and digital products has been welcomed by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance. However, because the depth and extent of its planned redundancies during the restructure remain a mystery, this will continue to concern staff operating in a volatile and uncertain environment.”
While Fairfax Media – obliged to offer a higher level of transparency because of its listing on the Asx – revealed that it plans 1,900 redundancies, Williams has declined to give a number,...
- 6/20/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Australia’s media agency bosses have warned Fairfax it will face a tough negotiation over ratecard when it resizes its flagship mastheads The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
One of the reasons Fairfax has taken so long to move to the compact, tabloid-sized format is because of commercial concerns. The experience in other markets including the UK where broadsheets have converted to compact was that although print costs were reduced and there were slight sales uplifts, advertisers felt they were getting less for their money – particularly when it came to full page ads.
Simon Davies, head of publishing at media agency Omd, told Mumbrella: “Obviously it is a different format so you would expect pricing to change off the back of that. We have seen this in the UK where you have had a number of broadsheets change to a compact format so we will be tapping into those experiences over there.
One of the reasons Fairfax has taken so long to move to the compact, tabloid-sized format is because of commercial concerns. The experience in other markets including the UK where broadsheets have converted to compact was that although print costs were reduced and there were slight sales uplifts, advertisers felt they were getting less for their money – particularly when it came to full page ads.
Simon Davies, head of publishing at media agency Omd, told Mumbrella: “Obviously it is a different format so you would expect pricing to change off the back of that. We have seen this in the UK where you have had a number of broadsheets change to a compact format so we will be tapping into those experiences over there.
- 6/18/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Protests against Fairfax outsourcing plans
Fairfax is pushing ahead with plans to move scores of production jobs offshore, after talks with protesting journalists and the unions collapsed.
Fifty-six full-time production staff, spread over 61 full and part-time jobs, will move from Australia to New Zealand as part of Fairfax’s plan to strip out cost and transition from a print into a predominantly digital publisher.
The move will hit regional newspapers The Newcastle Herald and Illawarra Mercury hardest, with up to half of their editorial staff made redundant.
Journalists’ union The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance slammed the move, saying Fairfax “seems to think it can rip the heart out of these papers without consequences.”
The offshoring comes despite strikes and rallies held in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle to combat the proposals, and a plan to keep the jobs in Australia.
Local news network Nbn reported the following reaction from employees in Newcastle.
Fairfax is pushing ahead with plans to move scores of production jobs offshore, after talks with protesting journalists and the unions collapsed.
Fifty-six full-time production staff, spread over 61 full and part-time jobs, will move from Australia to New Zealand as part of Fairfax’s plan to strip out cost and transition from a print into a predominantly digital publisher.
The move will hit regional newspapers The Newcastle Herald and Illawarra Mercury hardest, with up to half of their editorial staff made redundant.
Journalists’ union The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance slammed the move, saying Fairfax “seems to think it can rip the heart out of these papers without consequences.”
The offshoring comes despite strikes and rallies held in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle to combat the proposals, and a plan to keep the jobs in Australia.
Local news network Nbn reported the following reaction from employees in Newcastle.
- 6/12/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Calltrunk has launched a conversation search engine application called ARGOsearch. The software, available for computers and mobile devices, enables users to record phone calls and search them for verbal information. Subscribers can store spoken data from mobiles, landlines, Skype or a dictaphone, and upload them into an online storage bank. They can then search the recorded conversations for dates, times, words or phrases. Calltrunk co-founder and CEO Paul Murphy said: "Until now anything even close to this has been the expensive domain of very big companies and it has involved lots of hardware, data centres, complexity (more)...
- 4/18/2012
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Ddb has launched a press and poster campaign for its oldest client, Volkswagen.
The idea behind the ads is that any parking spot, no matter how precarious it may seem, is easy to negotiate with Vw’s Park Assist technology.
The ad series, entitled Nightmare Spots, was by creative team Steve Wakelam and Nick Pringle.
The ads will break from 18 April.
The Ecd behind the campaign was Dylan Harrison, who is responsible for Vw’s most awarded press campaign of all time – Cops – which he co-created while at Ddb London, with recent Ddb Sydney departee Simon Veksner.
Harrison told Mumbrella: “All good Vw ads are about how a product truth is translated into a human truth. Cops was about how the build rigidity of a Vw translated into how people behave around it. These ads are about how Vw’s automotive technology make people think differently about parking.”
He added:...
The idea behind the ads is that any parking spot, no matter how precarious it may seem, is easy to negotiate with Vw’s Park Assist technology.
The ad series, entitled Nightmare Spots, was by creative team Steve Wakelam and Nick Pringle.
The ads will break from 18 April.
The Ecd behind the campaign was Dylan Harrison, who is responsible for Vw’s most awarded press campaign of all time – Cops – which he co-created while at Ddb London, with recent Ddb Sydney departee Simon Veksner.
Harrison told Mumbrella: “All good Vw ads are about how a product truth is translated into a human truth. Cops was about how the build rigidity of a Vw translated into how people behave around it. These ads are about how Vw’s automotive technology make people think differently about parking.”
He added:...
- 4/18/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Wintersleep awaken with ambitious art-rock album On their fourth LP—the follow-up to their Juno Award-winning 2007 effort Welcome to the Night Sky—Nova Scotians Wintersleep attempt to evoke shades of pain so acute that the word “pain” doesn’t do them justice. Life is an “encyclopedia of hurt,” Paul Murphy sings on the urgent “Encyclopedia,” one of the album’s catchiest tracks. Of course, they’re bound to come up short—the inexpressible remains inexpressible for a reason—but that mission invigorates New Inheritors, which is best when it’s melodramatically overreaching and worst when it plays it anonymously safe. The guitars churn ominously, recalling Interpol with...
- 6/3/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
Activision gave E3 a preview of Bizarre Creations' new action/racing title "Blur" last year, and the game subsequently experienced delays that pushed its release into 2010 last September. Those extra months of retooling are about to end, however, as a multiplayer beta test has been launched with the full game's final street date set for May 25th on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
"We are going to launch on May 25th in the U.S. -- May 28th in the U.K.," Activision's U.S. PR manager for "Blur" Paul Murphy revealed at a media event in Liverpool, England.
Known for their work on the "Project Gotham" and "Geometry Wars" series, Bizarre visibly applied their racing experience from the first with the color and effects of the latter in a demo that was made available.
"What we wanted to do was make a racing experience where there was loads of overtaking,...
"We are going to launch on May 25th in the U.S. -- May 28th in the U.K.," Activision's U.S. PR manager for "Blur" Paul Murphy revealed at a media event in Liverpool, England.
Known for their work on the "Project Gotham" and "Geometry Wars" series, Bizarre visibly applied their racing experience from the first with the color and effects of the latter in a demo that was made available.
"What we wanted to do was make a racing experience where there was loads of overtaking,...
- 3/2/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Multiplayer
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