TvCentral closes after data disaster

Tim Burrowes

February 19, 2012 3:08

Australian television industry website TvCentral has decided to shut its doors a week after a server migration saw all of its data lost in the process.

Owner Aaron Ryan said in a statement: “I have a second job outside TvCentral and aside from sleeping and eating, I have spent every ounce of free time on the site and quite frankly it was a little unhealthy”.

Ryan said that he would now focus on getting a job within the TV industry instead of writing about it. He said: “My real passion is programming, scheduling and formats and working within the programming department at a network would be a special dream come true and that is where my expertise lie. In my role at TvCentral I am essentially a journalist or a blogger and whilst I am showcasing my dreams though the website, I am not actually living the dream.”

Ryan also said that he was withdrawing his threat of legal action against hosting service Ventra IP.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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4 COMMENTS

Rhubarb 20 Feb 12

Has there been any official statement from VentraIP on this?

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Offal Spokesperson 20 Feb 12

January 20th? Has this update been lost?

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mumbrella 20 Feb 12

Hi OS,

My bad – now amended to February…

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

jl 5 Mar 12

It seems relatively clear to me, from having read the e-mails, that VentraIP was largely at fault. Yes, he should have had backups, but at the same time VentraIP consultants told him to disable the account without adequately understanding what was going on.

If in doubt, do nothing.

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