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	Buchanan- Renovating Reality TV
		Australians now spend in excess of $5 billion per annum on renovation, although according to the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) not all of this expenditure is 'value adding'.
		Australians are now drawing down on their equity to purchase these goods boosting national indebtedness to record levels - more than $47 billion of housing equity has been withdrawn since 2000.
		TV it seems is to blame for this resetting of commodity lust.
	www.lib.latrobe.edu.au /AHR/archive/Issue-April-2004/buchanan.html (5940 words)

	Lift pay TV local content, urge actors
		The Australian Film Commission is lobbying the Federal Government to double the amount of Australian content shown on pay TV as part of a wide-ranging review of pay TV rules.
		Australian audiovisual culture is still on the table and under threat.
		Australian actor Bryan Brown and his wife, actor-director Rachel Ward, have come to the rescue of Australia's film industry, which is under siege from the proposed free trade agreement with the US.
	members.fortunecity.com /aga17/id996.htm (987 words)

	Inside Australian Idol
		This morning (Australian time) Guy performed his debut single ‘Angels Brought Me Here’ to a live audience across America as part of the American Idol: The Finals’ results show, where the final two contestants of the series were revealed.
		Australian Idol was named the most popular reality program in Australia in last night's TV Week Logie Awards at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.
		Australian Idol is expected to cost Network Ten up to $10 million and is a joint production between Fremantle Media subsidiary Grundy Television in association with UK company 19TV and Channel 10.
	www.insideaustralianidol.com /season1 (819 words)

	Herald Sun: Australian TV drama sliding (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Hours of local TV drama fell from an average of 722 produced per year in the second half of the 1990s to 575 hours in 2004/05.
		But the pay TV industry hit out at the AFC's findings, saying it was increasing its "significant investment" in new Australian content.
		The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) said it was developing more Australian content exclusively for subscribers and was a major contributor to film and television drama.
	www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,16376685^1702,00.html (527 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / TV / 'The Block' Cashes in as House Fix-Up Couples Clash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It had property-mad Australians mesmerized and now offshore networks are clambering for the rights to produce similar programs.
		Part of "The Block's" charm is that it deviates from most renovating programs where cheerful experts whiz in and make it all look a breeze.
		The company took 2.38 million Australian dollars of the total 2.83 million recouped when the apartments were sold at auction.
	www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2003/10/28/the_block_cashes_in_as_house_fix_up_couples_clash (856 words)

	Four Corners - 12/05/97: The Block. Australian Broadcasting Corp
		They bought a small block of houses next to the Redfern railway station, to establish a community that would be managed by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal people.
		The local residents say that it draws drug users onto The Block, but the service argues that those drug users who do live here cannot be abandoned to the dangers of sharing their needles.
		This was the beginning of the end of The Block, as a place for housing low-income Aboriginal people because the Housing Company adopted the option which removed all the housing.
	www.abc.net.au /4corners/stories/s72768.htm (5818 words)

	7.30 Report - 17/12/2004: Redeveloping The Block
		MAXINE McKEW: The future of one of Australia's best-known Aboriginal landmarks, the Block in Sydney's Redfern, is up for grabs following the passage last week of controversial legislation in the NSW Parliament allowing for the complete redevelopment of the inner-city suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo.
		MATT PEACOCK: Redfern Block, granted by the Whitlam Government to the Aboriginal community 30 years ago for low-cost inner-city accommodation, is now a pale shadow of its former self - most of its houses demolished as one part of a battle against local drug dealers.
		But it's a vision for the Block not shared by Minister Sartor, who wants to half the planned number of Aboriginal residents actually living on the Block, replacing it with something that both white and fl Australians want to visit.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2004/s1267209.htm (1166 words)

	Australian Financial Review - Nine primes The Block for mass export (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Sunday night's episode became the No.1 TV program of the year, a title previously held by the August 10 episode of The Block, with 2.6 million viewers.
		The US and British rights, for example, could sell for about $US8 million ($12.1 million) each, with The Block expected to be sold to a free-to-air network in Britain and a pay TV network in the US.
		The Block blitz knocked the wind out of Ten's Australian Idol, the audience of which fell to 1.13 million from 1.45 million a week earlier.
	afr.com /articles/2003/08/18/1061059777145.html (376 words)

	television.au 40 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN TV SOAP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The nightly goings on in a fictional Sydney apartment block both shocked and captivated viewers across the country for five years.
		Constantly criticised by the press, it was a hit with viewers with its mix of sex, comedy and drama.
		Australian soaps were certainly in full swing by the late seventies, and were increasingly popular overseas.
	televisionau.siv.net.au /70soap.htm (439 words)

	ICDX Australia VHF/UHF TV FM DX links
		George Peterson's TEP and Es TV DX at Townsville, and Ayr, Queensland, Australia in 1963.
		Band 3 meteor scatter TV DX Todd Emslie.
		TV Times article on George Peterson's TEP and Es TV-DX at Townsville, Australia in 1963.
	www.geocities.com /toddemslie/copydxlinks.htm (1416 words)

	Australian Financial Review - Sponsors hungry for more of The Block (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The price rise is not surprising: The Block has been the biggest television hit so far in 2003, with an average audience of 2.3 million a week, including 4 million for the final episode on August 17.
		It made an estimated $6 million profit from the series, a figure which is growing as the format is sold overseas.
		It is running a series of TV commercials for the Echo, the car featured in the series, starring various cast members from The Block.
	afr.com /articles/2003/09/16/1063625031003.html (383 words)

	Bluey
		Apparently Victoria had just recorded some station promos for GTV-9 and they were keen for her to become a weather girl.
		TV Week's Eric Scott, in an article subtitled 'They Can Thank Lucky Their Star' wrote, "Lucky was obviously nervous and his television acting inexperience shows through.
		This sort of crossover is rare in Australian television, the most notable previous example being when the Ryan cast made a guest appearance in a Homicide episode.
	www.classicaustraliantv.com /bluey.htm (2380 words)

	Aussies apply final strokes - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A media dinner with four Australian TV networks and other press was scheduled for later on Wednesday after the team paid an afternoon visit to the nearby famous university town of Tuebingen.
		But Australian officials watched closely that camera crews, photographers and written press did not get too close to the Aussie wonderboy, who is set to compete in six events at the Athens Games from August 13-29.
		The Australian swim federation also took no chances when it comes to the equipment, paying for the installation of the same starting blocks which will be used in Athens.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug062004/sp21.asp (495 words)

	BROADCASTPAPERS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Of the approximate 7.1 million households that have TV, 99% have at least one TV and 55% have a second set and the current pay TV penetration is approximately 22%.
		Simon Francis, Seven Network’s director of corporate development said that continued growth in advertising revenues by the US networks after 35 years of pay TV in that country, showed that network television was the advertiser’s preferred choice.
		The recent audience ratings successes with Nine Network’s home renovation/reality television series The Block illustrate the free-to-air broadcaster’s expertise in capturing the TV audience.
	www.broadcastpapers.com /data/IKSInteractiveTV04.htm (413 words)

	television.au NUMBER 96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		On Monday 13 March 1972, the first episode screened of a new drama series that was to change the face of Australian TV.
		TV writers constantly criticised the show and the censors constantly monitored its every move, but the viewers loved it.
		The American version was not a success, having been far tamer compared to the controversial Australian original, and was off the air after a handful of episodes.
	televisionau.siv.net.au /number96.htm (613 words)

	C70 wins drive-on role in new Australian TV series 19/10/99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Centring on the lives of the people living in ‘The Metro’, a converted warehouse now housing a block of trendy loft apartments in the inner city, Above the Law is an exciting character-based drama which will air early in 2000.
		The Australian series features the stylish and sexy new Volvo C70 Convertible cruising through inner city streets, driven by actor Nicholas Bishop who plays the role of an enterprising young restaurateur.
		The show differs from other Australian dramas by focusing intensely on the complex group of characters who live in the small community around ‘The Metro’.
	www.fastlane.com.au /News/Volvo_C70_TVstar.htm (318 words)

	Crikey Website - Singo's fourth commercial TV network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		If the thought of a new kid on the block doesn't give the other TV channels the jitters, it should writes Terry Television, especially if Sam Chisholm is lurking somewhere in the background.
		We've seen it with Pay TV (although Foxtel is its own worst enemy with its grandiose claims, but delivering little) and we've seen it with multi-channelling.
		So when there's talk of a fourth commercial TV network, as we have now, the wagons are turned, the laager is formed and the pre-emptive arrows fired in the general direction of the intruders.
	www.crikey.com.au /articles/2004/06/25-0002.html (706 words)

	Seven banks on reality TV blitz - www.smh.com.au
		However, analysts and media buyers are not convinced it has all the levers in place to challenge the Nine Network for the No. 1 spot, or the Ten Network for the under-40s market.
		Its latest show - Australian Idol - attracted 3.3 million viewers on its final night last Wednesday to become the highest-rating show on Australian TV this year.
		But Nine, the network behind the show where four couples competed to renovate a block of flats in Bondi, was so pleased with the ratings it is planning a second series.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/11/23/1069522472395.html (583 words)

	the futon critic - the web's best primetime television resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		THE BLOCK (FOX, New!) - FOX is in final talks to import the Austrailian reality format, a cross between "Big Brother" and "Trading Spaces" in which four competing couples redecorate a block of four identically derelict apartments.
		If FOX goes through with the pickup, the sale will mark the first time an Australian TV format has been imported to the U.S. It's not clear if the series' creators David Barbour and Julian Cress will be involved with the U.S. version of the show should it go forward.
		Spike TV plans to use the series as a development environment for new projects based on the shorts.
	www.thefutoncritic.com /cgi/newswire.cgi?id=6132 (1538 words)

	Blogsessive Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Channel 7 is the worst station in the history of Australian TV.
		You may have noticed that this week, all the TV stations are removing all the crap TV shows from their schedules and replacing them with good TV programs.
		Hence all the crap TV that gets the ratings is taken off anf replaced with the more out there and clever tv shows which would alienate your average viewers and drive down ratings.
	mintox.blogspot.com /2004_11_28_mintox_archive.html (1273 words)

	The Rugrats Timeline -- 2002
		Nicktoons TV was originally created in 1998 as a name for a mish-mash block of assorted Nicktoons (see 5/16/1998).
		Originally slated as a TV movie for Nick (with the 3rd half-hour being the series' 100th episode), it was released in theaters instead.
		In the block's debut launch in the US on this date, all shows were new episodes, except for Zim, which, in Nick's usual disrespect for the show, was changed to a repeat.
	www.rugratonline.com /time2002.htm (3628 words)

	Rove Is Not Funny (And other Australian TV observations)
		Both are shit, every episode is usually the same (generally involving a "special" family too lazy to mow their back lawn), yet people watch them in huge numbers.
		On these sorry excuses for TV programming, the hosts frequently chat to the news presenter in-between the news bulletins, gossiping about the most inane, pointless things imaginable.
		This is annoying enough, but the fact that the news presenter, only minutes later, reports to us in the news bulletin information about foreign wars, tragic deaths and natural disasters is a little jarring.
	roveisnotfunny.blogspot.com (1491 words)

	Nine unshaken by Ten's Idol threat - theage.com.au
		Australian Idol, forecast by some to be the next big thing in Australian TV, is the cornerstone of Ten's programming for the second half of the year.
		The Block, on the other hand, won its timeslot with 50 per cent more viewers than Australian Idol, and it won it much more convincingly.
		Last week The Block led Nine to its 22nd consecutive win in 22 weeks of official audience surveys in Melbourne so far this year.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/29/1059244610112.html (549 words)

	The Block goes overseas - National - theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is the first of many international sales expected for the format, which has attracted the world's TV markets in the wake of its record-setting Australian ratings.
		It is the first Australian TV series format sold to a big US broadcast network.
		The Block was conceived by producers David Barbour and Julian Cress.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/20/1061368351948.html (236 words)

	The Oz TV Gazette, Australian TV News (First Half, 2002)
		UK TV: Finally, a bit of a footnote: Saturday, 8th June's episode of Red Dwarf will be shown at the later time of 1:00am due to an Only Fools and Horses marathon.
		My read is that the arrival of pay TV ratings has provided FOX8 with sufficient information about viewing patterns that they are now able to react directly to ratings in their programming.
		These pages are not affiliated with the producers of the various TV shows and are not intended to infringe their copyrights.
	simpsonsgazette.tripod.com /tvnews02a.htm (7037 words)

	Homicide 1
		Although the budget was fairly large by Australian standards, it was only a fraction of that for a similar U.S. programme.
		Australian audiences were not used to seeing Australian drama, and suddenly they were seeing Australian streets and houses, and hearing Australian actors speaking for the first time with Australian accents - and they loved it.
		Perhaps this is not surprising, given that the producers strove to present police procedure accurately, and the actors went to great lengths to study the characters and mannerisms of genuine police officers.
	www.classicaustraliantv.com /homicide.htm (6288 words)

	List of Australian television series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of Australian television series and television programs.
		We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (ABC)
		Short Cuts (TV Series) (Seven Network - 2001)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Australian_television_series (1007 words)

	Hantrex Australian Digital TV Australia - Strong Digital Television Set Top Box Sales in Australia
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		ABC2 is Australia's newest free to air digital TV channel.
		ABC2 will be a complementary service to the main ABC TV channel offering a block of children's content (weekdays and Saturday), premier investigative journalism programs such as Foreign Correspondent and Australian Story, quality documentaries, history, arts, science and lifestyle programming.
	australiandigitaltv.com /news/ABC2.htm (460 words)

	Prisoner
		Prisoner, aired from 1979 to1986 in Australia and sometimes known in other countries as Cell Block H, is a triumph of the Australian television industry, a classic of serial melodrama.
		As dramaturgy Prisoner revels in the possibilities of the TV serial form, of cliffhangers at the end of episodes, intensifying melodrama as (in Peter Brooks' terms in The Melodramatic Imagination) an aesthetic of excess.
		Prisoner is already a classic of serial melodrama, yet, in world televsion, there is and has been nothing else quite like it.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/P/htmlP/prisoner/prisoner.htm (1352 words)

	Into the Fox's lair: Block lured overseas by $11m bid - smh.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is the first of a raft of international sales expected for the format, which has attracted the attention of the world's TV markets in the wake of its record-setting ratings in Australia.
		The four apartments were auctioned last weekend, watched by a TV audience of almost 4.4 million, including regional viewers.
		It is the first Australian TV series format sold to a major US broadcast network.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/08/20/1061368350987.html (483 words)

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