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CBS Buys Australia's NETWORK TEN

Rupert was supposed to snag it. (August 2017)

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DJ
DJGM
Definitely better for it to be bought up by CBS than any company with that evil shrivelled up old scumbag Murdoch in charge!
UK
UKnews
NYTV posted:
This could also work out for Ten in terms of newsgathering: 1)the CBS News / BBC News agreement can apply to Ten News thus lessening the cost for international stories

I don't think the BBC /CBS deal will extend to Ten. That deal is an agreement to exchange footage (with some restrictions), use each other's reporters, share facilities where practicle. If you do see BBC footage on Ten its more likely to have come via the BBC deal with Reuters.
IS
Inspector Sands

I don't think the BBC /CBS deal will extend to Ten. That deal is an agreement to exchange footage (with some restrictions), use each other's reporters, share facilities where practicle. If you do see BBC footage on Ten its more likely to have come via the BBC deal with Reuters.

And the BBC already has a similar partnership with ABC

20 days later

WW
WW Update


BR
Brekkie
Thank god.
CY
cyberdude
Thank god.

Now the Murdochs just need to be stopped from buying out Sky.
Stuart, DE88 and DJGM gave kudos

23 days later

UB
UBox
Channel 10s flagship morning show 'Studio 10' is moving studios - into the newsroom. This must be a cost cutting move since this is a wired move for a programme with more debate and fluff than hard news. Does anyone know what'll be happening to the news? Apologies if they say in the video but I haven't had a chance to fully watch it yet.
BE
benjy
UBox posted:
Channel 10s flagship morning show 'Studio 10' is moving studios - into the newsroom.


Seven’s The Morning Show (amongst others) has shared a studio and much of its set with Seven News for years, so it’s not as weird as it seems.
BR
Brekkie
Ten News only airs at 5pm now, so the studio is free all morning. If they did air a morning news programme they'd probably just do it out of Melbourne rather than Sydney in this situation.
DB
dbl
UBox posted:
Channel 10s flagship morning show 'Studio 10' is moving studios - into the newsroom. This must be a cost cutting move since this is a wired move for a programme with more debate and fluff than hard news. Does anyone know what'll be happening to the news? Apologies if they say in the video but I haven't had a chance to fully watch it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYZLrs0L0U

I see a forum member from here and Media Spy got a mention for a set idea.
WA
watchingtv
Ten News only airs at 5pm now, so the studio is free all morning. If they did air a morning news programme they'd probably just do it out of Melbourne rather than Sydney in this situation.

They were publishing updates online during the day, I dont know if that still happens, but they were tight close up shots at the top and bottom of the updates.
:-(
A former member
Who never saw this coming? nine might get some stuff..

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-12/the-simpsons-off-free-to-air-after-fox-pulls-content-network-ten/9042134

Quote:

One of television's most enduring families has disappeared from Australian free-to-air television screens for the first time in 25 years — and you might not even have noticed.

The Simpsons has been pulled from the Ten Network's schedule after negotiations with 21st Century Fox, who produce the show, broke down.

"Fox content is not playing on Ten at the moment," a spokesperson for the network told the ABC.

The show's 29th season is currently airing in the US, but won't be shown as planned this month on the free-to-air channel.

One key question, though, is: will anyone care? The Simpsons first aired in Australia in 1991, at a time when Ten was struggling to find an audience.
It was controversial from its earliest seasons — former First Lady Barbara Bush was quoted as saying it was "the dumbest thing she had ever seen" — but went on to build an enormous following, and gain a swag of awards, in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Now, however, some consider the show past its prime, Dr Travis Holland from Charles Sturt University said.

"The weight of legacy makes it harder for the show to find new and innovative takes on old topics," he said.

Writing in NME recently, Alex Flood said The Simpsons peaked during its first 10 seasons — that is, more than 10 years ago.

"Much better to stop now while it's not too painful," he said.

Ten focusing on local content
The show may yet return to free-to-air television — on Ten, if the issue is resolved, or elsewhere.

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The Nine Network told News Corp it may look to steal away some Fox content. The ABC has contacted Nine for comment.

Fusion Strategy analyst Steve Allen said it would be unlikely Nine would be interested, given the success of its local content.

While Ten has lost Fox content — The Simpsons but also Modern Family and the newer series This Is Us — the breakdown of the deal is expected to actually save the struggling local network some cash.

What's more, the show is no longer a major drawcard for Ten, which is also focusing on local content, like the successful Bachelor franchise.

"The content is not that important," Mr Allen said of Fox's offering.

"It isn't the be-all and end-all that it might have been 10 years ago."

Recent series of The Simpsons have been airing on Ten's sister channel Eleven.

Show considered one of the greats

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