Paper review: Astras, Anzac Day and Second Death
There is a special code often used by journalists when they know something, but it’s under embargo.
So bet your house on the brave prediction by Simon Canning on the front page of The Australian’s Media section that the Beyond Kokoda documentary “is tipped as a potential big winner at the pay TV industry’s annual Astra Awards tonight.” Not that you’ll be able to watch it on telly. As Amanda Meade points out, it’s a “pretty weak effort from the broadcasters who screened the Mardi Gras, the Emmys and the Oscars live”.
But pay TV is putting in the effort elsewhere. Over in the Australian Financial Review, there are several new bylines in the marketing section today, including Damon Kitney. He reveals that Premier Media Group, which owns the Fox Sports channels, is to launch a sports archive channel which will cover sports history and classic matches. The channel will come, he reports, once the new Optus satellite is operational later this year, creating capacity for another 20 pay TV channels.
Still with sport, back at the Oz the Media section focuses on last week’s Senate inquiry hearings into sports reporting. It warns that limitations by sports rights holders to what can be reported online would threaten press freedom.
Second Life is thriving – many more users logged in, many more events and activities, better stability and greater user satisfaction. Those who created the hype that SL was the next big marketing sensation were plain wrong, but they are not the types to admit that – so they are now telling the world that Second Life is somehow failing, rather than admit their own mistake. Believe it or not there is more to life than marketing. That goes for Real Life too guys. Maybe Twitter is not actually about marketing either, anyone think of that?
It’s meant to be funny and deprecating you schmutz!