The recent sale of Foxtel to global sports streaming service DAZN has strengthened News Corp’s balance sheet and will increase return on invested capital, the media company’s CEO Robert Thomson says.
High-profile ABC journalist Laura Tingle is leaving the 7.30 program, having been appointed the national broadcaster’s global affairs editor. She will assume the post mid-year.
Nine Entertainment’s streaming service Stan is believed to be on the verge of buying the highly prized broadcast rights to the English Premier League, in a deal that could be worth as much as $100m a year.
The total advertising election campaign spend of $54m was spread across Seven, Nine, Paramount, SBS and Foxtel.
Patrick Delany says in the current media landscape, media companies that ‘stand still’ are unlikely to survive.
Election coverage is traditionally a time for brutal assessments, but it’s not often you see panel guests dump on their own show. We get the feeling this party strategist won’t be asked back.
How dispiriting to think that senior politicians would be prouder of their spin than their substance.
As with all radio stations, breakfast programs set the tone for all of the other shows that follow throughout the day.
The former Nine boss’s ascension to the head of Saudi Arabian-based Middle East and North Africa broadcaster MBC will link him to the Foxtel Group.
The ABC’s looming deal with oOh!media is likely to reignite debate over whether the ABC is pouring its resources into areas where they are needed the most.
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