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Television: Australia

Broadcast Audiences in the 90s. Trends & Issues No 4, February 1996. Longitudinal analysis of peoplemeter (television) data and radio diary data for Australian listeners and viewers in 1994.

Burke, Finola (1999), 'Rich TV', The Weekend Australian Oct 9-10. The likely outcomes of government decisions on digital television in Australia.

Cunningham, Stuart& Elizabeth Jacka (1996), 'The role of television in Australia's 'paradigm shift' to Asia', Media, Culture & Society v. 18. Australian television moves into Asia.

Moore, Tony (1997), 'These babies stopped booming in 1975', The Australian Feb 20. Contests the domination of Australian television production by a restrictive nationalist agenda, which privileges 'British realism and the cultural reference points of the baby-boomers'.

Murphy, Damien (1997), 'Lord of the rings', The Bulletin Dec 23. The stories behind pay-TV in Australia.

Out of the Box', The Weekend Australian, Sept 14-15 1996. An 8-page special celebrating 40 years of television in Australia, with contributions from Phillip Adams, Graeme Blundell and others. Great stuff!

O'Reilly, David (1996), 'Grundy's big picture', The Bulletin July 16. Australian soap around the world. For some reason it fails to refer to Cunningham & Jacka (1996) ,Australian Television and International Mediascapes.

Papandrea, Franco (1996), 'Telling our own stories on TV: is it really worth it?. Paper to the 20th IAMCR conference, Sydney . An economist looks at the costs and benefits of Australian television production.

Pokarier, Christopher (1996), 'A diverse media or an Australian media?',Policy : A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas, Winter. An economic rationalist's vision of 'diversity'.

Pearce, Matthew (2000), `Structured action in Australian broadcasting policy: pay TV', Media, Culture & Society 22. Describes the role of broadcasting policy in respect of pay-TV in Australia.

Sutton, John (1996), 'How many free-to-air television channels?'. Paper to the 20th IAMCR conference, Sydney. Proposals for a sixthg broadcast channel in Australia.

Westbury, Marcus (1996), Pay TV - A threat to the net?', internet.au April. Usually the threat is perceived the other way round (the net diminishes use of broadband services) so Australians probably have little to fear.

Williams, Sue (1996), 'Boys on top, but habits change', The Australian Oct 28. How British and American sitcoms fare in Australia.

Williams, Sue (1997), 'Dangerous liaisons in the studio', The Australian Feb. The possibilities and problems of television co-productions in Australia. Includes comments from John Barnett (South Pacific Pictures) on the NZ experience.

Williams, Sue (1997), 'Telly laughs', The Australian Magazine (Weekend Australian), May 3-4. The problems of creating successful Australian sitcoms. In many ways, their problems are the same as New Zealand's.


        

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