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Emmerdale shoves jam rags in innocent kiddies’ faces

The Daily Mail has worked itself up into a right tizz over last Friday’s episode of ITV1 soap Emmerdale, in which a chalked shopping list was seen to contain the items “jam rags” and “pile cream”. PA explains that the … Continue reading

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ABC News Coverage of the Leaders Debate

On Sunday 25 July, ABC News will broadcast the Leaders Debate in full on ABC1 and ABC News 24 nationally. A half hour of analysis will follow after the Debate on ABC1 in WA and the eastern states, and on … Continue reading

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SBS on the slow road to oblivian

What is happening at SBS right now is just downright ludicrous, the Head of Subtitling (who is supposed to have left the list of targets on a photocopier) is claiming she is scared for her life and has been locking … Continue reading

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News Limited confirm Foxtel plans

As I reported on 28th June, Foxtel will be launching 30 new channels later this year and News Limited publication The Australian has provided confirmation of some of them. They list the following new and expanded offerings: Showtime Greats will … Continue reading

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Jerry Sienfeld Stars in Newcastle Bank Ad

Jerry Sienfeld has appeared in an ad for the Greater Building Society, based in the Hunter region of New South Wales, The Herald reports today. Sienfeld filmed the ad in Cederhust, New York earlier this year. Read the full story in  The … Continue reading

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New Foxtel Channels revealed

Foxtel have revealed some of the new channels they plan to offer later in the year when the new satellite becomes available, presently slated for launch by Ariane Space on 18th August. The channels were revealed in a survey presently … Continue reading

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ONE SD coming to Foxtel cable

TEN’s new 24 hour sports channel, ONE, will be available to Foxtel cable viewers in standard definition from July 1st. The re-broadcast of ONE HD’s content will be allocated channel number 531 when it is played out to Foxtel cable … Continue reading

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Nine News making ‘great leap’ into digital with latest hi-tech equipment | The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25635029-7582,00.html finally some action by Channel Nine on those crappy news pictures.

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