Brian Walsh.
Belying fears that Foxtel would cut back on local commissions following the Federal Government’s media reforms, the pay TV platform expects to have three Australian dramas in production next year.
Two are intended to be returning series: a fresh take on the crime genre to replace Wentworth, the other a family drama to fill the gap left by A Place to Call Home.
Brian Walsh, who heads the Foxtel Originals division that was created in a restructure in August orchestrated by group CEO Patrick Delany, today reaffirmed the company’s commitment to drama, factual and lifestyle programming after the government halved the obligation on pay drama channels to invest 10 per cent of their annual revenues on local content.
“The new quota system will provide some confidence to the production sector but by no means does it indicate that that is the limit to which we are investing in local production,...
Belying fears that Foxtel would cut back on local commissions following the Federal Government’s media reforms, the pay TV platform expects to have three Australian dramas in production next year.
Two are intended to be returning series: a fresh take on the crime genre to replace Wentworth, the other a family drama to fill the gap left by A Place to Call Home.
Brian Walsh, who heads the Foxtel Originals division that was created in a restructure in August orchestrated by group CEO Patrick Delany, today reaffirmed the company’s commitment to drama, factual and lifestyle programming after the government halved the obligation on pay drama channels to invest 10 per cent of their annual revenues on local content.
“The new quota system will provide some confidence to the production sector but by no means does it indicate that that is the limit to which we are investing in local production,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany.
The ongoing reinvention of Foxtel under CEO Patrick Delany has extended to a fresh revamp of the network’s entertainment offering with the introduction of four new Fox-branded channels and makeover for its Lifestyle franchise.
The network has also confirmed that Matchbox Pictures’ The Real Housewives of Melbourne, which first launched in 2014, will be reanimated for a fifth season and air in 2020 on Arena.
The global Real Housewives franchise started from Orange County and has spread across the Us in Miami, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Washington DC, Dallas and Potomac. Other international Housewives series include Auckland, Israel, Athens, Cheshire, Vancouver, Toronto, Johannesburg, Hungary and France.
The Foxtel Lifestyle Group, which includes Arena, has also been re-engineered under the recent appointment of former Pacific Magazines executive Wendy Moore.
“Our female audiences are incredibly important and this wholesale revision and revitalisation of the Lifestyle...
The ongoing reinvention of Foxtel under CEO Patrick Delany has extended to a fresh revamp of the network’s entertainment offering with the introduction of four new Fox-branded channels and makeover for its Lifestyle franchise.
The network has also confirmed that Matchbox Pictures’ The Real Housewives of Melbourne, which first launched in 2014, will be reanimated for a fifth season and air in 2020 on Arena.
The global Real Housewives franchise started from Orange County and has spread across the Us in Miami, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Washington DC, Dallas and Potomac. Other international Housewives series include Auckland, Israel, Athens, Cheshire, Vancouver, Toronto, Johannesburg, Hungary and France.
The Foxtel Lifestyle Group, which includes Arena, has also been re-engineered under the recent appointment of former Pacific Magazines executive Wendy Moore.
“Our female audiences are incredibly important and this wholesale revision and revitalisation of the Lifestyle...
- 9/11/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Don’t eat me for a week
A campaign has launched to raise awareness of the amount of meat Australians eat, and the practices behind factory farming.
The campaign centres around Meat Free Week, an event that urges Australians to go without eating animals for a week, from 18-24 March next year.
The campaign is being led by former NewsLifeMedia executive Melissa Dixon and Pacific Magazines national advertising director Lainie Bracher.
It is being backed by model and TV presenter Laura Csortan, former magazine editor Deborah Hutton and actor Krew Boylan. Chefs Simon Bryant, Belinda Jeffery and Bill Granger are providing meat-free recipes for the campaign.
A campaign website – Meatfreeweek.com - goes live tomorrow.
Australia is the second largest consumer of meat per capita after the Us. The average Australian eats around 120kg of meat a year. This consumption would not be possible without factory farming, which the campaign...
A campaign has launched to raise awareness of the amount of meat Australians eat, and the practices behind factory farming.
The campaign centres around Meat Free Week, an event that urges Australians to go without eating animals for a week, from 18-24 March next year.
The campaign is being led by former NewsLifeMedia executive Melissa Dixon and Pacific Magazines national advertising director Lainie Bracher.
It is being backed by model and TV presenter Laura Csortan, former magazine editor Deborah Hutton and actor Krew Boylan. Chefs Simon Bryant, Belinda Jeffery and Bill Granger are providing meat-free recipes for the campaign.
A campaign website – Meatfreeweek.com - goes live tomorrow.
Australia is the second largest consumer of meat per capita after the Us. The average Australian eats around 120kg of meat a year. This consumption would not be possible without factory farming, which the campaign...
- 11/30/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
TV personality Deborah Hutton has launched a wellness platform pitched at the 45+ women’s market.
Called Balance by Deborah Hutton, it uses websites, mobile and tablet apps, YouTube and social media to provide women with information on health, relationships, work, home life and money.
The site, which went live this week, is led by an eight-week program called Pursuit of Balance, featuring interviews and advice from Australian media personalities such as Olivia Newton-John, Professor Kerryn Phelps and Jane Flemming.
The platform launches with 1,000 registered users after a social media campaign and promotion through celebrity networks.
Jaye Coley, of the Media Workshop, will head up the media sales team to manage advertising and brand partnerships.
Coley said in a statement: “There really isn’t anything like this in the market at the moment with the star power or who know their audience quite so well.”
Pixel Natives are working across the...
Called Balance by Deborah Hutton, it uses websites, mobile and tablet apps, YouTube and social media to provide women with information on health, relationships, work, home life and money.
The site, which went live this week, is led by an eight-week program called Pursuit of Balance, featuring interviews and advice from Australian media personalities such as Olivia Newton-John, Professor Kerryn Phelps and Jane Flemming.
The platform launches with 1,000 registered users after a social media campaign and promotion through celebrity networks.
Jaye Coley, of the Media Workshop, will head up the media sales team to manage advertising and brand partnerships.
Coley said in a statement: “There really isn’t anything like this in the market at the moment with the star power or who know their audience quite so well.”
Pixel Natives are working across the...
- 10/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Deborah Hutton has revealed that her various health issues have been a "wake-up call". The Australian former model and television personality, who has undergone neck surgery, a cervical fusion and a cancer scare in the past ten years, said that she soon realised that she was not "invincible". Hutton told The Australian Women's Weekly magazine: "My first reminder not to take my body for granted was a neck operation. Through stress and relationship breakdown, I had a cervical fusion and I was laid up for a couple of months. That was a huge wake-up call. "Another reminder came about five years ago, when I had a basal cell carcinoma removed from my face. The size of the scar shocked me a bit. Then this year, I lost feeling (more)...
- 1/12/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Deborah Hutton has revealed that growing old does not scare her. The Australian former supermodel, who is about to celebrate her 50th birthday, said that she went through stages of "really disliking" her body when she was younger but has now learned to accept herself. Hutton told The Australian Women's Weekly: "I loved [modelling] and have no regrets, but it was the beginning of me disliking my body. If anything is going to bring out insecurity, the modelling industry will do that tenfold.There's the criticism from others and then self-criticism about why you weren't chosen for a job. "There's a lot of doubt and it undermines your sense of who you are and where you sit in the world. I became so self-conscious that when my boyfriend suggested going for a swim, I'd find excuses not to go because I didn't want to be seen in a (more)...
- 1/11/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Deborah Hutton has revealed that she had a skin cancer scare recently. The 49-year-old Australian Channel Nine personality, who is best known from Getaway and Second Chance, said that she ignored a pin-prick size mark on her top lip for a long time because she thought it was a pimple. Hutton was later diagnosed with an infiltrating basal cell carcinoma and had to undergo surgery last month to have it removed. She told Woman's Day magazine: "Mum was with me when the bandages came off and I discovered I had stitches all the way down to my chin. I burst into tears seeing those big black stitches. I looked like a train wreck. "I was yellow and bruised and my lips were swollen and half my mouth wasn't working, but I felt so lucky that I not only still had my lips and nose, but that they were still in the same place.
- 7/6/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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