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Imparja: Indigenous Broadcasting

Imparja Television allows Indigenous communities to tell their stories and to communicate both with each other as well as the wider Australian community.

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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.

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Interactive and Moving Forms

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Radio Soap Operas

Actors gather around a microphone to record an episode of radio soap <cite>The Country Hour</cite>. Tim Bowden reflects on how significant radio series were in Australia.

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Newsreels boost morale

Newsreels of the war boosted the morale of Australians at the home front. The newsreel of Australian troops on the Kokoda Track shared the Oscar for Best Documentary in 1942.

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Web & Pod Casting

Scott Goodings describes the experience of watching TV via webcasts over the internet.

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Overview of Australian broadcast media

Stuart Cunningham gives an overview of core broadcast media.

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Newsreels before sound

Newsreels included events of both political and social importance and were screened all day long in specially designed cinemas.

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Sound and newsreels in the 1920s

Ray Edmondson provides an overview of the use of sound in newsreel production in Australia and recalls his experience of visiting the newsreel cinema in Sydney.

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Cinesound Review

Ray Edmondson provides a history of Cinesound. Liz Jacka talks abut the differences between newsreels and today's TV news.

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The ABC Act

Behind the scenes of a radio broadcast and the role of the Postmaster-General Department personnel. Liz Jacka talks about how the Australian Broadcasting Commission was modeled on the BBC and the philosophy of its director John Reith.

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The Youth Market

Tim Bowden reflects on the emergence of youth culture with the advent of rock'n'roll.

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TV Pop & Rock

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

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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.

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Working on television

Megan Spencer shares her first experience of being filmed for a television broadcast. Mac Gudgeon talks about the constraints in writing for Australian soaps.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Australian television drama

Australian content on television reflects our culture and our society. Mac Gudgeon celebrates the importance of <cite>Homicide</cite> 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.

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SBS Charter

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

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News as Entertainment

John Safran talks about the use of 'doorstopping' in current affairs programs. Scott Goodings traces the celebrity and entertainment value of today's news broadcasts to the 'news wars' of the late 1980s.

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New technologies create new TV formats

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

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Fat Cow Motel serial

Liz Jacka looks forward to the future of the ABC and broadcast media in Australia.

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Reality TV

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

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