Digital resources tagged with ‘television programs’

Aussie-made content

Australian film and television production is competing in a globalised world with big international production companies who market their product effectively to the world market.

Australian television drama

Australian content on television reflects our culture and our society. Mac Gudgeon celebrates the importance of Homicide in the history of Australian television production. Stuart Cunningham and Scott Goodings remember some of the popular dramas which showed Australians that they could love Australian programming.

CAAMA & Indigenous Broadcasting

A broadcast studio at Radio Redfern in the late 80s. Christina Spurgeon talks about the importance of providing media services to remote Indigenous communities to the culture, identity and language of Aboriginal Australians.

Captain Cook - Cook Claims New South Wales

After spending some time observing an Aboriginal tribe, Cook claims the entire east coast of New Holland for Britain.

Community TV

The role of community television in general and its role in training TV personalities.

Content Quotas

The importance of content quotas in preserving and encouraging programs that represent Australian culture.

First prime-time Soap Opera

Scott Goodings links the popularity of Number 96, first screened in 1972, with the post-Menzies liberalisation of society and media content.

Launch of Pay TV

The issues surrounding the establishment of Pay TV in Australia.

Launch of TV

Liz Jacka provides a brief history of the debate on how to establish television broadcasting in Australia. Tim Bowden recalls the enthusiasm with which Australians embraced television.

Mini-Series

The Australian film revival of the late 1970s and early 80s triggered a rise in quality of Australian TV drama and a 'high point' in the production of mini-series from the early 1980s to the early 90s.

New technologies create new TV formats

John Safran talks about the unique techniques, structure and ideas of reality TV.

Race Around the World

Technology has revolutionised the nature of 'guerrilla filmmaking'.

Reality TV

An excerpt from a live 'eviction' episode of the popular reality TV series Big Brother. Scott Goodings describes his experience of watching reality TV.

SBS Charter

John Safran, Megan Spencer and Scott Goodings discuss the nature of programming at SBS.

Sport - a spectacular television event

Behind the scenes of a transmission from Wembley Stadium, seen on Australian television.

The Ratings War

The ruthless world of commercial television and its chase for ratings is compared to the programming motivations of the public broadcaster.

The Rise and Future of Australian Content

Megan Spencer believes that taking more risks with writing is the way ahead for televsion drama.

Tuning in to the ABC

The archival clip shows the ABC network as it was in the 1955. Tim Bowden reflects on the power of ABC broadcasts to unify states and cities across Australia.

TV and family life

The Doonan family relax together at home in front of the television - their 'permanent visitor'. Liz Jacka describes the role of the the Vincent Committee in establishing local drama production for Austalian television. Megan Spencer remembers some of the shows she and her family watched together.

TV chases youth market

Youth has become a new target audience for television programmers.

TV Pop & Rock

The opening sequence from Six O'Clock Rock - Australia's first national teenage programme on the ABC. Scott Goodings gives a history of music shows on Australian television.

TV Soap Opera

TV soap operas have the ability to reflect Australian society and culture and connect people through the shared memory of watching a television show.