Archive for the ‘History’ Category

ABW2 50 Years Reunion

ABW2 50 Years Reunion
ABC TV PERTH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF TELEVISION On Friday 7 May, 2010 ABC Television in Perth will celebrate its 50 year anniversary. To mark this monumental occasion, ABC Perth is bringing together past and present staff for an ‘afternoon tea’ reunion at the ABC studios, 30 Fielder Street, East...
March 30th, 2010 | Featured, Media, TV History, WA TV History | Read More

AMMPT Media Release – TV’s eleventh hour

AMMPT Media Release – TV’s eleventh hour
What: The pioneers of Australian television are in danger of being swept into obscurity. A national effort has begun to ensure these people and their technology won’t suffer the same fate as many of those individuals and companies who began our cinema industry over a hundred years ago. ...
March 29th, 2010 | Featured, History, Promotions | Read More

News as entertainment or information

News as entertainment or information
Are most people wishing to be informed or entertained by today’s news sources and are they losing the attention span to read newspapers and books? Average Age of Newspaper Readers is 55 According to a Carnegie Corporation study in 2007, the average age of newspaper readers is 55 and that newspaper...
February 11th, 2010 | Politics, TV History | Read More

TCN Channel 9 News in Sydney Unveils Studio 3

TCN Channel 9 News in Sydney Unveils Studio 3
TCN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia and is located at Willoughby, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. TCN has built a new News studio and edit suites. Nine News’s flagship bulletin is the nightly 6:00pm localised bulletin, produced by networked owned-and-operated...
February 9th, 2010 | TV History | Read More

50 years of TV in WA exhibition in Fremantle

50 years of TV in WA exhibition in Fremantle
In late 2009, a free public exhibition was held at the Fremantle Arts Centre, entitled “50 years of television broadcasting in Western Australia”. This exhibition was co-ordinated by the WA branch of the Australian Museum of Motion Picture Technology (AMMPT). It was formally opened by...
December 7th, 2009 | WA TV History | Read More