News Corp reports James Warburton has brought in former CEO David Leckie as a consultant, four years after Leckie left the network. Warburton says Leckie was his first boss and has been a long time friend.
Jobs for the boys if ever I’ve seen it. Just giving mates a pay check
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I hope that’s not the extent of the reason Leckie’s been given the job cause that’s a pisspoor reason
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Leckie was the man who helped 7 reached the #1 in ratings
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In a pre streaming age.
Why are they going to yesterday’s man? Seems like Seven can’t break out of this nostalgia.
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the SD MPEG4 multi channel option.
Not in 1999 they didn’t.
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If I recall correctly Seven wanted SD MPEG4 576i as the standard broadcast technology from about I think 2006 (or was it 2007), Nine and Ten were the ones pushing for primary MPEG4 HD 1080i.
We are now at a position where each FTA has 1080i MPEG4 for the simulcast of the primary SD 576i MPEG2 channel + at least 1 supplementary HD channel (save for Ten and ABC).
Also the FTA networks no longer have to broadcast the primary channel in SD 576i MPEG2 however all continue to do so.
Rumour is that 10 Bold HD will launch soon (possibly around July)
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Which is about the same time as the MTV launch I am guessing.
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Just a quick poll…
Do you think Seven West Media will go into Voluntary Administration in 2020?
- Yes
- No
0 voters
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They’ll have to do something, media companies need to seriously look at deregistering from trading, it’s not sustainable.
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Yes, exactly what Channel 10 has done.
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Could Disney purchase Seven? Probably the US media giant (like CBS even if not like-for-like) with the longest association with Seven.
Or another cashed-up US media company?
Comcast NBCU is likely. Disney is ABC America and ESPN. NBC has a relationship with 7 with 7News using resources from NBC when news breaks in the US.
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True.
Though I’d say NBC-U’s relationship with Nine is now stronger though, they’ve just signed a big multi-year output with them across all platforms with a fancy release and statements from US big wigs and all.
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Why would they though? I think you’re more likely to see a major restructuring of the business before a buyer is found
The CBS/Ten deal was a unique set of circumstances
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Why is it so hard for people to remember this
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Fair enough. But looking well ahead, if the worse case scenario was to occur (a major Australian FTA network being lost forever), surely a big overseas company (one that is right) would have to be an option? Obviously this is a complete Sully hypothetical.
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The most likely buyer would be a generic venture capital firm.
You have to actually think about what the benefit to owning an overseas media company would actually be, and how important Australia as a market would be to them - and whether they would gain back their investment in an existing media operator vs entering the market directly or through a partnership.
More likely media industry buyers would have to be existing Australian operators who could reduce a lot of duplication between them and Seven - so existing regional TV operators, radio only groups, and obviously News Corp. I’d suggest perhaps HT&E buying Seven might be more likely to be approved by regulators than a direct News Corp purchase.
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