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Nine Network has announced that Julia Edwards has been appointed as Director – Programmatic Sales. She will spearhead Nine’s programmatic growth across Broadcast Video On Demand (BVOD), Audio and Publishing.
Australia’s leading news site, News.com.au has launched its second The Great Aussie Debate. This is a nationwide survey to discover what makes Australians tick. It covers topics from the light-hearted to the serious and everything in between.
Hamish Macdonald will showcase the Mornings program on 702 ABC Radio Sydney in 2025. He will lead a group of incoming talent across the station this year.
RNZ is retiring its AM transmission mast at Waingawa, Masterton. The mast has reached the end of its service life. Additionally, overlapping signals from other AM/FM sites already cover the transmission region.
New Zealand radio's K’Lee and Manaia Stewart have signed on as the new co-hosts of two NZME radio breakfast shows.
Lexy Hamilton-Smith will join ABC 7pm News in Queensland starting Friday 14 February.
ABC Chief Digital & Information Officer Helen Clifton has announced she will leave the national broadcaster to take up the role of Executive Director of Product Delivery for NHS Digital in the UK.
Optus has switched on a new tower in Ambergate, strengthening Optus’ services across Busselton in Western Australia.
Australia got behind Pat Cummins’ triumphant Test team this summer, with the Seven Network’s live and free coverage of the 2021-22 Australia-England Ashes series reaching 11.72 million people nationally and an average peak of 1.47 million each day.
