NEWS
Movies Genre Increases by a Three Point Share in July
29/07/2010
Movie month in July has driven an increase in viewing to the movies genre by three share points compared to June 2010.
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STV Ratings Week 30
26/07/2010
Subscription television channels had 55.2% share of viewing in STV Homes, 20.9% share of viewing in the five capital cities and 19% in regional markets (6am-12mn).
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Subscription Television is First With Breaking News and Live Sport
21/07/2010
Unrivalled 24-hour coverage of Election 2010 on Saturday 17 July resulted in an increase for Sky News’ average Saturday audience by 38 percent and share increase by .5 year-to-date.
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STV Ratings Week 29
19/07/2010
Subscription television channels had 56.4% share of viewing in STV Homes, 21.2% share of viewing in the five capital cities and 19.6% in regional markets (6am-12mn).
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Subscription Television Accounts for up to 82 Percent of Viewing from Nine to Five
16/07/2010
Subscription television (STV) continues to attract a majority audience across the day, with up to 82 percent of viewers in STV Homes tuning in for daytime programming.
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STV Ratings Week 28
12/07/2010
Subscription television channels had 55.4% share of viewing in STV Homes, 20.9% share of viewing in the five capital cities and 19.3% in regional markets (6am-12mn).
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Children’s Viewership Increases by Six Percent on Subscription Television
08/07/2010
Subscription television’s high-quality children’s programming has seen an increase in viewers nationally ages 5-12, by six percent and an increase…
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STV Ratings Week 27
05/07/2010
Subscription television channels had 54.4% share of viewing in STV Homes, 20.7% share of viewing in the five capital cities and 19.6% in regional markets (6am-12mn).
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Live Programming Engages Subscription Television Audiences
01/07/2010
From Sky News’ live coverage of last week’s government shake-up to Live NRL and AFL events on FOX SPORTS, STV viewers enjoyed the benefits of a variety of live coverage in Week 26.
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STV Ratings Week 26
28/06/2010
Subscription TV channels had 53.1% share of viewing in STV Homes, 20.1% share of viewing in the five capital cities and 19.6% in regional markets (6am-12mn).
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2010 ASTRA Awards Winners
25/06/2010
The Weather Channel won in two categories for Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage and Most Outstanding Documentary. See full list of winners…
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Subscription Television Viewing Leads Across Day Parts
23/06/2010
Subscription television viewing patterns remain consistently strong across all day parts, as revealed by Week 25’s hourly average audience analysis of STV Homes.
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Award Winning Australian Actors Claudia Karvan and Brendan Cowell Team Up to Present the 8th Annual ASTRA Awards While Brendan Will Take on a New Role as After Party DJ
21/06/2010
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STV Ratings Week 25
21/06/2010
52.1% share of viewing in STV Homes; 20% share of viewing in the five capital cities and 19.7% in regional markets (2am-2am).
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Australian Productions Deliver Viewers
16/06/2010
Subscription television (STV) ratings last week reflected viewers’ love for Australian production with the broadcast premiere of The LifeStyle Channel’s Matthew Hayden’s Home Ground attracting 106,000 viewers (including Plus2).
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STV Ratings Week 24
15/06/2010
Subscription TV channels had 21.4% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 19.5% of all regional viewing and 54.7% of all viewing in subscription TV homes.
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Sky News Australia's David Speers to Join the "Beautiful People" as Host of 8th Annual ASTRA Awards
15/06/2010
Sky News Australia’s Political Editor David Speers will be hosting the “new look” ASTRA Awards.
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MTV's Newest Face Erin McNaught to Join Fellow VJ and ASTRA Award Nominee Ruby Rose as One of the Presenters at the 8th Annual ASTRA Awards
11/06/2010
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New Football Superstar Hosts Kris Smith and Lee Furlong Will Be Teaming Up to Present an award at the 8th Annual ASTRA Awards
11/06/2010
New hosting team Kris Smith and Lee Furlong will presenting at the ASTRA Awards later this month.
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Subscription TV Viewing Still on Top: Year-to-Date
09/06/2010
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer, ASTRA today commented on the continued strength of subscription TV (STV) ratings in STV, All Metro and All Regional homes with 2am-2am viewing, reporting year-to-date shares of 58.6 percent, 24 percent and 22.1 percent respectively.
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STV Ratings Week 23
07/06/2010
Subscription TV channels had 21.1% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 19.9% of all regional viewing and 54.8% of all viewing in subscription TV homes…
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Lee Kernaghan and Operator Please Announced as First of Four Acts to Entertain Subscription TV's Hottest Stars at the 8th Annual ASTRA Awards
07/06/2010
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8th Annual ASTRA Awards Announces Thom Filicia as a Guest Presenter at this Year’s “New Look” Awards Show
07/06/2010
Known for his fantastic taste on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Thom is sure to make a style statement on the ASTRA Awards Red Carpet.
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Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO Australian News Channel Pty Ltd, Address to the Melbourne Press Club 1 June 2010
01/06/2010
“Sky News is at heart about journalism – international, national and local in its outlook. We are a quintessential digital media business, deliverin…"
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Australia’s First 3D Broadcast Scores for Subscription TV
31/05/2010
FOX Sports’ 3D broadcast of the World Cup warm-up match for the Socceroos, Live: Football: Australia v NZ, topped the week for subscription TV with 299,000 viewers.
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They Are Vying for the Title of Subscription Television's Favourite Personality and They Want Your Vote...
25/05/2010
The race to be crowned subscription TV’s Favourite Personality is heating up and the boys are coming out fighting.
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Eels Clashes Top The Week
24/05/2010
The match between Parramatta and Cronulla was the highest program for the week, Live: NRL Eels v Sharks on FOX Sports was seen by 317,000 viewers.
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FOX8’s Animations Shine Again
17/05/2010
On Wednesday night, Lifestyle Channel’s Selling Houses Australia had 152,000 viewers while FOX8’s animation programming had a strong week with a trio of programs scoring well.
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Subscription Televisions Brightest Stars To Champion ASTRA Awards 2010
17/05/2010
The 8th Annual ASTRA Awards are pleased to announce subscription TV’s newest recruit Tara Moss will join past ASTRA Award winner Brendon Julian and…
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8th Annual ASTRA Awards Support Fresh Talent, Innovation and Australian Programming
17/05/2010
With the constant evolution and growth in the subscription television industry, the ASTRA Awards which recognise excellence in this industry, have undergone…
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Finalists Announced for 8th Annual ASTRA Awards
14/05/2010
From the shortlist of finalists, judges selected a winner in fourteen of the seventeen categories. The award for Channel of The Year will be decided by the ASTRA Board while the final decision on the Favourite Personality and Favourite Program awards will rest with subscription TV viewers.
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Happy Mother's Day from STV
10/05/2010
Selling Houses Australia on Lifestyle Channel was the highest entertainment program with 145,000 viewers, Hannah Montana on Disney Channel was seen by 116,000 viewers and The Simpsons on FOX8 was seen by 110,000 people.
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Storm Roars Home on Subscription TV
03/05/2010
Bart and Homer brought home the laughs on The Simpsons on FOX8 with 140,000 subscription TV viewers. In the same week, Selling Houses Australia on Lifestyle Channel was watched by 129,000 viewers and Relocation: Phil Down Under had 126,000 viewers.
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Tickets on Sale for Subscription TV's Night of the Year 8th Annual ASTRA Awards
03/05/2010
The annual ASTRA Awards, taking place on Thursday 24th June, are the networking night of the year for the subscription TV industry.
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STV Wins Again
27/04/2010
Fox Sports coverage of Live: NRL Panthers v West Tigers on Saturday night won the week and was seen by 246,000 viewers. The Live: AFL Melbourne v Brisbane on Saturday night was watched by 198,000 viewers.
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Great Sport and Entertainment on STV
19/04/2010
Fox Sports coverage of the NRL game between the Live: NRL Eels v Raiders topped the week in STV with 247,000 people.
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Everyone Wants to Move to Australia
12/04/2010
In the premiere episode of Relocation: Phil Down Under on Lifestyle Channel, host Phil Spencer had 192,000 subscription TV viewers see how the Relocation team is advising the British public about moving to Australia.
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Easter Entertainment for Everyone
04/04/2010
The Easter Saturday Rugby League game between Cronulla and Parramatta, Live: NRL Sharks v Eels, on FOX Sports topped the week for subscription TV with 261,000 viewers.
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STV Leads with 3D
31/03/2010
Following on from the success of the billion dollar box office hit Avatar, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that nineteen 3D movies are planned for release in the US in 2010.
Storm Thunders Home on Subscription TV
29/03/2010
The Melbourne Storm held off a resurgent Penrith Panthers in FOX Sports’ coverage of their Rugby League match, Live: NRL Panthers v Storm, watched by 220,000 people on Saturday evening.
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Tips for Preparing Your 2010 ASTRA Awards Entry Submission
26/03/2010
We provide you with useful tips for preparing your submission into the 2010 ASTRA Awards.
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ASTRA Awards 2010 - Seminar on "How to Write a Strong Entry" being held this Thursday, 25th March
23/03/2010
Members of the Australian subscription television industry have just three weeks to enter the 8th Annual ASTRA Awards, before entries close at 4pm Monday 12 April 2010.
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Sydney Beats Melbourne In an A-League Thriller
22/03/2010
The extra time period of the A-League Grand Final, in which Sydney FC beat Melbourne Victory 4-2 in penalty kicks, topped the week for subscription TV…
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ASTRA 2010 Conference Draws a Crowd and Delivers Statements from Experts Around the World
19/03/2010
Mike Fries from Liberty Global, told us why people are falling back in love with the television; executive producer Mark Burnett said, “Anybody can make crappy TV,”…
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Subscription TV Advertising Revenues Increase by Nine Percent
18/03/2010
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer, ASTRA announced today from the ASTRA 2010 Conference that advertising revenues for subscription television grew by 9.1 percent in the second half of 2009.
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ASTRA 2010 Pioneer Award
18/03/2010
The ASTRA Pioneer Award was presented to one of Australia’s most highly regarded Executive Producers, Kim Vecera at the Women in Television Breakfast earlier today.
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Industry Excellence Award Winners Announced
18/03/2010
The ASTRA Industry Excellence Awards Winners were announced today at the ASTRA 2010 Conference ‘The Future Is Now’. The awards specifically recognise excellence in the promotion of subscription television.
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Mike Fries Address to ASTRA delivers outlook for growth in the international media sector, and lessons learned for Australia
18/03/2010
In a keynote speech delivered at the Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association (ASTRA) conference, LGI President & CEO Mike Fries…
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Footy, Cricket and The Academy Awards Too
15/03/2010
Some 257,000 viewers watched Live: NRL Sharks v Storm on FOX Sports and saw defending premiers Melbourne Storm beat the Cronulla Sharks in the first round of the 2010 National Rugby League competition.
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ASTRA Industry Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
09/03/2010
The ASTRA Industry Excellence Awards Finalists were announced today. The awards specifically recognise excellence in the promotion of subscription television.
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Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tops the Week for STV
08/03/2010
Live: Cricket: Twenty20: NZ v Aus Game 2 on FOX Sports topped the week for subscription TV, when 314,000 viewers watched New Zealand narrowly beat Australia in an “extra time” over.
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ASTRA Awards Unveil 'New Look' for 2010
08/03/2010
The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) is proud to
announce the return of the Annual ASTRA Awards with an entirely new look and feel for 2010.
ASTRA 2010 Conference - A Carbon Neutral Event
03/03/2010
The ASTRA 2010 Conference, The Future is Now is being held on March 18 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. For the first time, the annual conference will be a carbon neutral event thanks to the support of Carbon Foot Print Sponsor, Discovery Networks.
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ASTRA 2010 Conference - Speaker Line Up Offers Expert Views on the Industry
02/03/2010
A strong line-up of speakers will bring their expert opinion in to view at the ASTRA 2010 Conference, The Future is Now on March 18 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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ASTRA Supports Need to Maximise Available Spectrum for Re-allocation as Part of the Digital Dividend
01/03/2010
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer, ASTRA today called for the Government to maximise the spectrum available for re-allocation as a result of the switch-over from analog to digital television and supported the Government’s proposed digital dividend target of 126MHz.
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Subscription TV Parties with Mardi Gras Special
28/02/2010
On Saturday night, the Mardi Gras Special on Arena brought the colour and spectacle of the 2010 Sydney Mardi Gras parade to 133,000 viewers around Australia.
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Shane Watson Wins the Allan Border Medal on STV
22/02/2010
On Monday night, 149,000 viewers watched FOX Sports’ live coverage of Live: Cricket: The Allan Border Medal. At the event, all-rounder Shane Watson was recognised as the best cricketer in Australia for the year, just beating Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson for the honour.
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Mike Fries Keynote Speaker at 2010 Astra Conference
22/02/2010
Mike Fries, President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Global will be a keynote speaker at the ASTRA 2010 Conference, The Future is Now on March 18.
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Australians Love Their Subscription TV On Valentine's Day
14/02/2010
On the most romantic day of the year, subscription TV celebrated the devotion shown by subscribers when STV channels accounted for 23.2% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 21.0% of all regional viewing and 56.6% of all viewing in subscription TV homes during week 7, 2010.
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Women in Television Breakfast
11/02/2010
Sandra Levy, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Film Television and Radio School, Deirdre Brennan, Director of Programming, Nickelodeon, and Joe Pollard, Chief Executive Officer, NineMSN will be the guest speakers at the Women In Television Breakfast.
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ASTRA Disappointed by Reduction in License Fees for Old TV
8/02/2010
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer, ASTRA today expressed surprise and disappointment at large tax breaks being given to the old commercial television networks, saying they are anti-competitive and against the interests of consumers.
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ASTRA Announces New MANAGER, MARKETING & MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
8/02/2010
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian subscription television and radio industry organisation, ASTRA, has announced the appointment of Julie Jensen to the role of Manager, Marketing & Member Communication.
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American Idol Tops STV in Week 6
31/01/2010
The American Idol Auditions was the number one program on STV in week 6, with 157,000 viewers watching the program on FOX8 on Thursday night.
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New Stars Aplenty in LA Auditions for American Idol
31/01/2010
The American Idol Auditions in Los Angeles set a new record for the program with 173,000 viewers on FOX8 on Wednesday night.
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Twenty20 Sets New Record For STV
24/01/2010
The final of the domestic Twenty20 on FOX Sports set a new subscription TV viewership record for the game when 307,000 viewers watched Victoria beat South Australia and go on to win their fourth Twenty20 title in five years in Live: Cricket: Twenty20 Big Bash.
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ASTRA Announces New Manager, Policy & Regulatory Affairs
20/01/2010
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian subscription television and radio industry organisation, ASTRA, has announced the appointment of Shona Fury to the role of Manager, Policy & Regulatory Affairs.
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STV Batters The Competition with The Big Bash
18/01/2010
Interest and viewership in the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition continues to grow with viewing levels regularly reaching near record levels.
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Twenty20 Cricket Tops The Week On STV
11/01/2010
The FOX Sports’ coverage of the Twenty20 match between WA and NSW, Live: Cricket: Twenty20 Big Bash, topped the week with 186,000 viewers. In other sport, Cricket: World Series Classics on FOX Sports was watched by 70,000 people and Sky Raceday on Sky Racing was seen by 69,000 people.
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Happy New Year from Subscription TV
03/01/2010
Subscription TV celebrated the New Year with a clear victory around Australia. In week 1 of 2010, subscription TV had more viewers than any other network, with STV channels accounting for 26.8% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 23.3% of all regional viewing and 64.3% of all viewing in subscription TV homes.
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STV Entertaining Kids (& Adults Too)
21/12/2009
As Australia winds down for the Christmas break, subscription TV continues to entertain kids with family-friendly programming. The Simpsons on FOX8 topped the week with 169,000 viewers and P Channel had its best result of the year with 102,000 viewers.
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Minister, The Future is Already Here
18/12/2009
The need for an urgent review of the current communications regulatory regime in Australia has been brought into sharp focus over the past few weeks.
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Mark Burnett To Address ASTRA Conference
14/12/2009
Mark Burnett, one of television’s power house executive producers, will be a keynote speaker at the ASTRA 2010 conference, The Future is Now on March 18.
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Sensational STV Series Sweeten Summer Viewing
13/12/2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, the third movie in the series, premiered on Disney Channel with 108,000 viewers. NCIS on TV1 also had 108,000 viewers on the Tuesday night broadcast while Grand Designs Abroad on Lifestyle had its best result of the year with 101,000 people.
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Summer Starts With a Bang on Subscription TV
07/12/2009
In the first week of summer, subscription TV delivered more entertainment, information and viewers than any of the broadcast operators, comfortably winning the week around Australia.
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Subscription TV Wins 2009 with Sport, News & Entertainment
30/11/2009
In the first 48 weeks of the year, subscription TV was the number one choice for TV viewing around Australia with 22.4% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 21.4% of all regional viewing and 58.2% of all viewing in subscription TV homes.
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Astra Conference Date Confirmed For 2010
27/11/2009
Today Petra Buchanan, new CEO of subscription television peak body ASTRA, announced the date for the industry’s annual conference which will be held on Thursday March 18 at a new larger venue at the SCEC.
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STV is Number One with the World’s Number One Golfer
22/11/2009
The “Tiger Woods” show topped the week with FOX Sport’s coverage of Live: Golf: JBWere Masters drawing 152,000 viewers.
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Response to anti-siphoning review
16/11/2009
Astra CEO Petra Buchanan today described the support for reform of the Federal Government’s ‘anti-siphoning’ rules on sports broadcasting as “overwhelming”.
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Tiger stalks the Australian masters
16/11/2009
Tiger Woods and the other competitors in the Australian Masters were watched by 132,000 people on the FOX Sports’ broadcast of Live: Golf: JBWere Masters.
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Beauty, Brawn and a Bit Of Cricket Too
09/11/2009
On Tuesday night, New Zealand’s Next Top Model had a series high audience of 113,000 people while The Contender Australia premiered on Monday night with 98,000 viewers (both on FOX8).
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Sub-Continental Cricket Wins on Subscription TV
02/11/2009
The Saturday night broadcast of the third one day international cricket test between Australia and India, Live: Cricket: ODI Ind v Aus 3rd ODI S1, topped the week for STV with 214,000 viewers.
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Attitudes to Sport on TV and Anti-siphoning Law
29/10/2009
ASTRA commissioned research to understand modern Australian attitudes to sports coverage on TV, with particular attention to how the anti-siphoning list serves the national interest.
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Animation Leads the Week on Subscription TV
20/10/2009
The Simpsons on FOX8 topped the week on STV with 137,000 people followed by Family Guy with 111,000 viewers and New Zealand’s Next Top Model with 110,000 (both on FOX8).
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16/10/2009
ASTRA submission to the Australian Government’s review of ‘Sport on Television’ calls for modernisation of the anti-siphoning scheme.
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14/10/2009
ASTRA submission Anti-siphoning October 2009
Download PDFStargate: Universe Takes STV Viewers to a New Destiny
12/10/2009
The Australian premiere of Stargate: Universe on Sci Fi was seen by 149,000 people, giving the channel its biggest audience of the year so far.
Download PDFSubscription TV is Number One Across Australia
06/10/2009
In week 40, subscription TV was the number one source of TV across Australia
Download PDFEntertainment Abounds on Subscription TV
28/09/2009
Family Guy topped the week in subscription TV with 136,000 viewers for the Tuesday night broadcast on FOX8.
Download PDFASTRA Launches New Campaign Website
25/09/2009
ASTRA CEO Petra Buchanan today announced the launch of a new website.
Download PDFAnthony Capon Wins Project Runway Australia
21/09/2009
Melbourne designer Anthony Capon defeated William Lazootin and Lauren Vieyra in the finale of the designer competition, Project Runway Australia: Finale.
Download PDFSubscription TV Advertising Revenues Up 6%
17/09/2009
ASTRA, the industry body for subscription TV, announced today that advertising revenues for the industry grew in fiscal 2008/2009 by 5.6%.
Download PDFJarryd & Gary Win on Subscription TV
14/09/2009
On Tuesday night, 165,000 viewers watched Jarryd Hayne of the Parramatta Eels win the Dally M Player of the Year Award in Live: Rugby League: Dally M Awards.
Download PDFTelevision Dads Lift STV to Victory for Father’s Day
07/09/2009
Various television fathers, including Homer Simpson of The Simpsons helped STV become the number one television choice in the week leading up to Father’s Day.
Download PDFASTRA Announces New CEO - Petra Buchanan
03/09/2009
The Hon Steve Bracks, Chairman of ASTRA has today announced the appointment of Petra Buchanan to the role of Chief Executive Officer.
Download PDFSUBSCRIPTION TV ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT RESEARCH SERVICES COMPANY - MULTIVIEW ANALYTICS
09/06/2009
Download PDFSocceroos Top the Week on Subscription TV
19/10/09
The FOX Sports’ coverage of the Asian Cup qualifier, Live: Football: AFC Asian Cup Qualifier Aus v Oman topped the week on subscription TV with 248,000 viewers.
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