COVID-19: Impact on Australian TV Industry

A good way for it to quitely be retired in my opinion…

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Seems like everything has stopped in Sydney part from news programming.

Do we think there’s a risk of additional news bulletins and repeats filling up the primetime schedule of our networks before the end of the year?

Television production in Melbourne is still continuing.

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Well SCA’s Tasmanian news studios can produce all the Tas bulletins and noodle updates maybe they can add a bit more to the workload. I can see it now - “LIVE from 7Tasmania - The Latest with Peter Murphy”

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That email was briefly discussed during The Latest on Wednesday - remember hearing Michael Usher mention it during a segment with Gemma Action about Qantas’ mandatory vaccination requirement

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A member of the production staff at Seven’s Martin Place studio has tested positive to Covid-19. The studio is undergoing a deep clean tonight so production shouldn’t be effected tomorrow but there are back up plans in place. Don’t know if The Latest is going ahead tonight.

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The Latest wasn’t shown (at least not in Queensland).

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Didn’t air in Sydney, so probably fair to say that it was cancelled everywhere.

Surprised that we didn’t see an In-Program Ticker advising that The Latest would not be seen tonight with an apology for any viewer inconvenience caused…isn’t that what usually happens whenever news programs can’t go to air due to unforeseeable circumstances?

One would hope they would at least be adhering to social distancing from tomorrow. But knowing Seven it’s probably unlikely.

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Hopefully no more infections come from this one at Martin Place.

I imagine the back-up plan is to present Sunrise from Melbourne with Melbourne presenters, should some troubles occur with deep cleaning and needing to get more people tested etc. overnight?

From Monday, October 11, all essential broadcast/production staff who currently work onsite at the networks Pyrmont studio will now be required to provide evidence of at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccination prior to entering the building.

At this stage, it is understood the policy will only apply to staff in the broadcast/production areas of the building and has only been implemented in Sydney. Essential employees working within the office sections of the building will not be mandated to receive the vaccine, but will need to continue wearing face masks at all times.

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…slashed journalist numbers

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Sounding like another Morrison rort, especially the bit about the table showing how much would go where, by federal electorate.

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