The timing of SNL UK (2200 start) in the UK meant that about 30 mins into it, the ESC voting started (the most exciting part of the night).
I glanced at ESC on Youtube (via Tor Browser thanks to the UK being geoblocked) and watched the first part of SNL live (there were references to Starmer watching ESC upstairs at No 10).
I then watched the rest of SNL after the ESC winner's announcement at around 00:30.
I'd expect catchup viewing would be higher for this particular episode.
The Louis Theroux skit has a hilarious ending for those who haven't seen it :-)
Missing from your analysis of SBS is the online offering: the SBS News website was the 10th most visited news website during the recent Federal election and provides analysis and information for multicultural audiences that they simply can't get reliably from overseas sources.
The ABC has been overstepping it's remit by heading into SBS territory for a few years now: China Tonight being an obvious example. Modern technology has enabled parallel/siloed societies to exist comfortably within Australia for about a decade now but that means a strong and well funded SBS that provides specific and targeted programming to defined migrant communities to assist them in understanding, and subsequently integrating into, Australian society and culture is more essential than ever.
Dan, not sure the ABC MD was talking about "Compass" in his musings about what programs that seem to be rusted on to the schedule. A low-cost, often very innovative slot, Compass is one of the very few areas of the ABC open to films that are created outside the the ABC group-think bubble, and also one of the few entry points left for new and emerging filmmakers to get an airing on the network. Might be more likely Hugh Marks was referring to Australian Story which has become very tired, doesn't gather much YouTube traction and rarely if ever deviates from its formulaic approach for fear of offending its aging audience. Compass does a much better job of surprising and challenging viewers. Last year Compass cleaned up virtually every award at the Australian International Doc Conference - while Oz Story hasn't broken new ground in years
I was quite disappointed in the recent Mal Leyland Australian Story episode which was mostly a rehash of his previous episode a few years ago, combined with a plug for his new museum in Cairns.
Four Corners could probably skip the weeks where they have to borrow a BBC Panorama/PBS America episode. It doesn't need to be on every week just for the sake of being on.
Has Foreign Correspondent been brought up? That would have to be quite pricey on the budget.
My concerns with combining ABC and SBS are twofold. One SBS’s charter would be subsumed into the ABC Charter and given a lower priority and cease to provide international news, current affairs and non-Anglosphere content. Two, I’m pretty sure that Australia’s right wing parties would use it as a back door for the commercialisation of the ABC.
The timing of SNL UK (2200 start) in the UK meant that about 30 mins into it, the ESC voting started (the most exciting part of the night).
I glanced at ESC on Youtube (via Tor Browser thanks to the UK being geoblocked) and watched the first part of SNL live (there were references to Starmer watching ESC upstairs at No 10).
I then watched the rest of SNL after the ESC winner's announcement at around 00:30.
I'd expect catchup viewing would be higher for this particular episode.
The Louis Theroux skit has a hilarious ending for those who haven't seen it :-)
Missing from your analysis of SBS is the online offering: the SBS News website was the 10th most visited news website during the recent Federal election and provides analysis and information for multicultural audiences that they simply can't get reliably from overseas sources.
The ABC has been overstepping it's remit by heading into SBS territory for a few years now: China Tonight being an obvious example. Modern technology has enabled parallel/siloed societies to exist comfortably within Australia for about a decade now but that means a strong and well funded SBS that provides specific and targeted programming to defined migrant communities to assist them in understanding, and subsequently integrating into, Australian society and culture is more essential than ever.
Dan, not sure the ABC MD was talking about "Compass" in his musings about what programs that seem to be rusted on to the schedule. A low-cost, often very innovative slot, Compass is one of the very few areas of the ABC open to films that are created outside the the ABC group-think bubble, and also one of the few entry points left for new and emerging filmmakers to get an airing on the network. Might be more likely Hugh Marks was referring to Australian Story which has become very tired, doesn't gather much YouTube traction and rarely if ever deviates from its formulaic approach for fear of offending its aging audience. Compass does a much better job of surprising and challenging viewers. Last year Compass cleaned up virtually every award at the Australian International Doc Conference - while Oz Story hasn't broken new ground in years
I was quite disappointed in the recent Mal Leyland Australian Story episode which was mostly a rehash of his previous episode a few years ago, combined with a plug for his new museum in Cairns.
Four Corners could probably skip the weeks where they have to borrow a BBC Panorama/PBS America episode. It doesn't need to be on every week just for the sake of being on.
Has Foreign Correspondent been brought up? That would have to be quite pricey on the budget.
My concerns with combining ABC and SBS are twofold. One SBS’s charter would be subsumed into the ABC Charter and given a lower priority and cease to provide international news, current affairs and non-Anglosphere content. Two, I’m pretty sure that Australia’s right wing parties would use it as a back door for the commercialisation of the ABC.