Anymore updates out there on the rumours of Nine using the Olympics to launch a news channel this year?
Was this just more wishful MS thinking as opposed to a more industry sourced rumour? (as they are two quite different things!).
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There’s been a few sources.
- There is a news channel launching for Olympics News and Media Week asked Mike S whether it would turn into a 24/7 Nine news channel afterwards and he said there was nothing to announce now (this was back in Aug 2023)
And
- Both Rob McKnight and Molk have alluded to a commercial news channel in the works.
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Dead in the water now the head of news and a current affairs has departed the network.
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New guy not interested?
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Also running out of broadcast spectrum with another HD channel coming on line.
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I would have presumed that they might utilize the Olympics as a sort of ‘test case’ to evaluate whether the format adopted for the Olympic News channel would be appropriate for a broader news product before making any subsequent announcements.
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My understanding is that the Olympics news channel is just an IOC feed and the host broadcasters have no contribution to it.
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Exactly. Seven had presumably the same feed available to stream when it had the games.
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Nine getting ready to go live to media conference. Some Newcastle media mic flags on display.
Update
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There’s a TV network here in the Philippines where they have a saying, tulong muna bago balita (help first before the news).
What does it mean?
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There’s an Irishman guarding a pot o’ gold.
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Ahh Nine Brisbane… always entertaining at least.
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It will be featured on Media Watch for sure
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Nine Sydney is running this story too, even featured a preview during the 5:57pm newsbreak.
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Minor blooper tonight. After a cross from US Allison was seen on the big screen behind Pete for the next story.
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