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Four Corners iPad App Lets You Catch Up On 50 Years Of News

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10:00AM December 20, 2011 | Nick Broughall

If you just emerged from your nuclear bunker after the Cuban missile crisis, welcome to the future! You might want to catch up on the past 50 years or so of Aussie news quick smart, so get yourself an iPad and download the new Four Corners app. It’s free! More »


News

I Don’t Give A Fsck About Stephen Conroy Swearing

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3:30PM December 13, 2011 | Angus Kidman

The collective netisphere appears to be preparing to get its knickers in a twist over Senator Stephen Conroy saying the f-word on a live ABC broadcast. The fact that we even care in an embarrassing indictment of us as a nation. More »


Entertainment

ABC iView For iPhone Launching This Summer

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9:30AM November 29, 2011 | Angus Kidman

The iPad app for the ABC’s much-loved iView catch-up service came out on the iPad a year ago. Now it looks like we’ll be getting an iPhone version of the same app before too long. More »


Geek Out

Watching The Alphabet Animate Itself Is Way Too Much Fun

6:20AM September 22, 2011 | Casey Chan

I’ve never had this much fun reading the alphabet since I was a kid and finally conquered the L, M, N, O stretch of my ABCs. But this video is way cooler — the letters actually animates itself to represent a word it begins with. It’s so goddamn clever. More »


Entertainment

Stephen Fry’s QI Quiz Show Live In Australia: $200 Per Ticket!?

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1:45PM July 26, 2011 | Danny Allen

Welcome to QI, the show that rhymes with bleed your pocket dry. But if you’re a total trivia geek (guilty as charged), and rich (not so much) then you’ll be pleased to hear that Fry, Alan Davies, and special local guests are headed to Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. No word on Sydney or if ABC will pick up broadcast rights. [Ticketek]


Entertainment

Cancelled Soap Operas Will Broadcast New Episodes Online

12:20AM July 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

Seemingly lifted straight from the scripts of soap operas themselves, All My Children and One Life to Live – soaps that were going to be killed off this year – have miraculously found a second life in a new home: the internet. More »


Entertainment

Could Hulu Selling Itself Actually Be Good For Content?

7:43AM June 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Both CNBC and the Wall Street Journal reporters have sources telling them Hulu received an offer to be bought out, and now they’re considering it. The main consequence of such a sale would would revolve around network and cable television content on the site. More »


Entertainment

ABC iView Coming To Some Older Viera TVs Too

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9:45AM May 13, 2011 | Nick Broughall

When Panasonic announced that it would finally be offering ABC’s iView through the Viera Connect service, it was an announcement specifically for the new range of television screens. But what about older Viera screens? Turns out, some models will see the IPTV service arrive soon. More »


Entertainment

Panasonic Bringing ABC iView To Viera TVs

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12:00PM May 11, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Given that the ABC’s mantra is to spread its content far and wide, it’s no surprise that Panasonic today has announced that its Smart Viera online content hub will offer ABC’s iView service. More »


Entertainment

How Hulu Lost Its Place In A Netflix World

1:30AM January 28, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Hulu is a terrific service. Who could argue with free, current episodes of primetime TV on your computer? But for months now, Netflix has been eating Hulu’s lunch. And Hulu’s plan to fight back sounds more like a swan song. More »