Sunday Slump
The competition both within the Free TV arena and against Pay TV is hotting up. Changes are constantly being made to prime time line ups and broadcast rights to get the edge over competitors. This week has seen Channel Ten question its own model and make changes to match the new broadcast environment, but many questions over the future of TV in Australia remain.
Time to demand better behaviour from our sporting heroes
A Notion by Dragonista – Originally Posted at Dragonista’s Blog
The issue at the heart of recent footballer fiascos is acceptance of the responsibility that comes with celebrity.
In many ways, it is the football establishment that has dropped the ball by not adequately preparing players for the considerable risk that celebrity can pose to their personal and professional reputations. Read this post…
The Changing Television Landscape
A Notion by Super Opinion
The television landscape in this country is changing rapidly, with the digital switchover, media ownership laws and National Broadband Network influencing the future of the media in this country. Today Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy released the long awaited revisions to the anti-siphoning list controlling the division of sport between free to air broadcasters and pay television for the next five years. Read this post…
Footballers should be trained to protect reputation of the code
A Notion by Paula Matthewson – Originally Posted at Reputation Matters
Once you’ve damaged your reputation, it’s very hard to rebuild. The road to success and fame is littered with the remains of those who tarnished their reputation and were side-tracked into infamy or, more often, were lost in complete irrelevance and oblivion.
Ironically, while it’s hard work to establish a strong reputation, it’s easier to maintain one. In many ways it’s simply a matter of not doing anything to bring yourself into disrepute. Read this post…
Sunday Slump
The week, with the “New Paradigm” of politics underway, we will start branching out more in the topics covered by our polls (and hopefully our posts too). This week we have a mix of politics and Commonwealth Games questions. As usual, last week’s results are below the polls. See you on the other side:
The Notion Factory 