Aussie TV Under Threat
Thu, 5 Apr 2001, 02:38 pmLabrug7 posts in thread
Aussie TV Under Threat
Thu, 5 Apr 2001, 02:38 pmI recently received some upsetting news from the MEAA and have posted this news to my web site. You can find it here...
http://www.geocities.com/labrug/Theatre/Austv.htm
This comes at a time where the world is coming to Australia to make their movies. Do we really want to open the door and let the world walk right over us?
Regards All
Jeff.
http://www.geocities.com/labrug/Theatre/Austv.htm
This comes at a time where the world is coming to Australia to make their movies. Do we really want to open the door and let the world walk right over us?
Regards All
Jeff.
LabrugThu, 5 Apr 2001, 02:38 pm
I recently received some upsetting news from the MEAA and have posted this news to my web site. You can find it here...
http://www.geocities.com/labrug/Theatre/Austv.htm
This comes at a time where the world is coming to Australia to make their movies. Do we really want to open the door and let the world walk right over us?
Regards All
Jeff.
http://www.geocities.com/labrug/Theatre/Austv.htm
This comes at a time where the world is coming to Australia to make their movies. Do we really want to open the door and let the world walk right over us?
Regards All
Jeff.
Walter PlingeMon, 9 Apr 2001, 08:05 am
RE: Aussie TV Under Threat
Jeff, I agree with you that any 'looser' agreements with the US would impact very badly on Australia, and Australian Television makers. It's already becoming increasingly difficult to see any genuine Aussie ideas on screen because of the number of US and UK clones of so-called 'successful series'. Like any business, TV Networks direct their efforts towards annual profits and it doesn't require many accountancy skills to see how a Network would justify buying cheap american shows rather than funding local production. I will be following your suggestion to make representations to Federal MP's and recommend others follow suit. Good luck, Kaye B
LabrugMon, 9 Apr 2001, 08:53 am
RE: Aussie TV Under Threat
I have managed to find the article that started this. Find out more here...
http://www.smh.com.au/
Jeff.
http://www.smh.com.au/
Jeff.
LabrugMon, 9 Apr 2001, 08:55 am
RE: Aussie TV Under Threat
Apologies, my last posting was not the actual article. Here it is...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/04/text/pageone9.html
Jeff.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/04/text/pageone9.html
Jeff.
JoeMcTue, 10 Apr 2001, 11:17 am
RE: Aussie TV Under Threat
It is rather short sighted, when the money spent on some australian TV adds, per broadcast minute, is about ten times greater then the amount spent on a localy produced TV series per aired minute, or that of a game show for that matter.
This is probably why good local production house's can't exit and are going down the karzee. The quality of local production's will be lost to these imported shows, that were obviously dropped and dicounted by networks on the other side of the world.
Which brings up another matter - where is our 'us' when we seem to be brain washed into believing that this 'U.S.' "Har-Har shows" are what we and "IT's all about".
Well Jeff, as "this is your quest", how do we "follow that star" and indulge in the "impossible dream" and/or what can we do, beside lobby, to bring this about - an further ideas?
Joe
This is probably why good local production house's can't exit and are going down the karzee. The quality of local production's will be lost to these imported shows, that were obviously dropped and dicounted by networks on the other side of the world.
Which brings up another matter - where is our 'us' when we seem to be brain washed into believing that this 'U.S.' "Har-Har shows" are what we and "IT's all about".
Well Jeff, as "this is your quest", how do we "follow that star" and indulge in the "impossible dream" and/or what can we do, beside lobby, to bring this about - an further ideas?
Joe
LabrugTue, 10 Apr 2001, 02:27 pm
RE: Aussie TV Under Threat
Joe Mccabe wrote:
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Well Jeff, as "this is your quest", how do we "follow that star" and indulge in the "impossible dream" and/or what can we do, beside lobby, to bring this about - an further ideas?
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Well, Joe, now you've asked a question. While we remain SMALL FRY, there is very little we CAN do. Spreading the word is an important step. Appeal to peoples sense of Australian Pride. Even around here at my place of work, I have yet to encounter a single person to say "who cares" or "I'm all for it". The more people that are aware, the stronger our position becomes. This is why I have published the article on the Web. I have attempted to contact certain Media Organisations on the Web to inform them of the situation and to get their opinions.
The other step is to follow the advice of the article and make some noise within the halls of politics and such. Maybe start a list of names/ petition voicing an opinion on the issue. Inviting these people or their representatives to partake in discussions such as this group.
Basically, make a small voice a big one. Individually, we just white-noise. Together we will be heard. Don't ya think?
Jeff "Soap-box" Watkins
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Well Jeff, as "this is your quest", how do we "follow that star" and indulge in the "impossible dream" and/or what can we do, beside lobby, to bring this about - an further ideas?
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Well, Joe, now you've asked a question. While we remain SMALL FRY, there is very little we CAN do. Spreading the word is an important step. Appeal to peoples sense of Australian Pride. Even around here at my place of work, I have yet to encounter a single person to say "who cares" or "I'm all for it". The more people that are aware, the stronger our position becomes. This is why I have published the article on the Web. I have attempted to contact certain Media Organisations on the Web to inform them of the situation and to get their opinions.
The other step is to follow the advice of the article and make some noise within the halls of politics and such. Maybe start a list of names/ petition voicing an opinion on the issue. Inviting these people or their representatives to partake in discussions such as this group.
Basically, make a small voice a big one. Individually, we just white-noise. Together we will be heard. Don't ya think?
Jeff "Soap-box" Watkins
Grant MalcolmMon, 21 May 2001, 08:44 pm
RE: Aussie TV Under Threat
Following on from Jeff's post of a month ago, an intriguing diatribe in the Sydney Morning Herald. Correspondent Imre Salusinszky argues strongly against trade protection for our film and television industry:
"local-content hysteria is spread by the endless whining and droning of actors and musos in the media"
"The ideological buttress that for so long supported local-content quotas - industry assistance, based on national identity - has gradually crumbled, exposed as pure ethnophobia, and as devoid of substance as the rantings of Big Kev. Meanwhile, unrelated shifts in information and communication technology are rendering any regulatory regime in the area of cultural content impossibly complex and expensive."
If anyone can contain their rage long enough to get a cogent response onto the screen, i'd be interested to hear what people think.
Cheers
Grant
"local-content hysteria is spread by the endless whining and droning of actors and musos in the media"
"The ideological buttress that for so long supported local-content quotas - industry assistance, based on national identity - has gradually crumbled, exposed as pure ethnophobia, and as devoid of substance as the rantings of Big Kev. Meanwhile, unrelated shifts in information and communication technology are rendering any regulatory regime in the area of cultural content impossibly complex and expensive."
If anyone can contain their rage long enough to get a cogent response onto the screen, i'd be interested to hear what people think.
Cheers
Grant