"One day a rooster, the next day a feather duster!"
By PHILIP CAREY | 20 February 2021
Instead of hoping to get FaceBook back to the negotiating table, our politicians should be reminding Australians that they have a choice. The choice to support Australia over Facebully. To support and reward solid, accurate reporting by going to the source.
Continue reading “The great FaceBook gift to journalism”
By LAURIE PATTON | 19 April 2020
Australia’s commercial television networks are in trouble. Not simply because of the Coronavirus but because they failed to develop effective strategies to counter the arrival of Netflix and other ‘streaming’ platforms – something anticipated long before it happened.
Last week the federal government threw the struggling networks a financial lifeline. It includes subsidies and deferred or waived fees and it reflects savage advertising revenue declines. Sadly for the viewing public however, local drama, children’s and documentary content quotas have been suspended.
Continue reading “Three Blind Mice — caught in the Netflix trap”
By LAURIE PATTON | 10 May 2019
Australians are great adopters of technology. We love anything electronic, especially if it entertains us or makes life easier.
When the Internet arrived we were very quick to start emailing each other and when social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter turned up we were “in like Flynn“!
We are among the top consumers of video content, be it at home on a big screen or out and about with our smartphones and tablets.
Continue reading “It’s time we all called for #BetterBroadband”