You know what makes television newsrooms more productive, more accurate and more engaging? A big-ass 103-inch plasma, that’s what. So we’re expecting something amazing from Channel 7 given that it has just installed three of them in its Sydney newsroom. More »
Back in October last year, there were reports flying around that Seven would name their second digital “Channel Mate”. Today, the network officially launched their third digital channel, “7mate”. I weep for free-to-air TV. More »
This is pretty cool – so long as you enjoy tennis, I guess. Channel 7 is using Windows 7′s Snap feature to show two video streams side by side during the telecast of the Australian Open. More »
If you’re an Aussie living in regional areas waiting to get some extra digital FTA TV action, TV Tonight is reporting that Prime will be launching 7Two tomorrow morning at 9am. More »
Praise the Gods! It looks like the rumour that Channel 7 was planning on calling their second digital channel “Channel Mate” was just that – a rumour. Today they confirmed that the second channel will be called 7Two, will be broadcast on channel 72 (of course) and will commence airing on November 1 from noon. More »
If this trademark application from Channel 7 is actually the name of their upcoming second SD digital channel, then I weep for free-to-air TV. Mediaspy has uncovered a heap of trademark applications from the network, which includes a number of images which all contain the words ‘Mate’ or ‘Channel Mate’. More »
Well, this could be a very interesting proposition. According to Lara Sinclair over at The Australian, TiVo is shacking up with Internode to offer their own broadband plan in which TiVo downloads will be unmetered, meaning you can download and watch as many movies as you want without having to pay for bandwidth. More »
Maybe it’s just me, but if I were a TV network executive with a whole HD channel at my disposal, I’d make sure to fill it with HD content. After all, that ‘HD’ in the channel’s name does mean ‘High Definition’, not standard definition.
What I would not do is broadcast the exact same SD content on the HD channel, even if it was the Australian Open. But that’s exactly what Channel 7 are doing, starting today. Why? Because they hate you. More »
Yesterday may have been the first day of 2009, but it was also the first day the Australian free-to-air TV networks could legally begin broadcasting a second digital SD channel. But here we are, 1.5 days into the new year, and none of the FTA networks have actually made good on their chance to launch a second channel and according to the Australian, aren’t likely to for several more months.
