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Tag: 'media'

News and features tagged with 'media'

What the media are saying about FTTN

Read the latest news reports about the National Broadband Network (NBN) and what Telstra is doing to bring high-speed broadband to Australia. More

Garma Festival: celebrating Yolngu art, music & culture

The 2008 Garma Festival brings thousands of people together for a five day celebration of Yolngu art, music and culture. Students from across Arnhem Land... More

Crikey’s Stephen Mayne on Dr Phil’s approach

Crikey founder Stephen Mayne reports on Dr Phil Burgess' address to the 9th Annual Public Affairs Convention where he argued speaking the truth, through... More

Has Telstra turned its back on cuddly animals?

Suggestions Telstra is planning to cut off services to Australia's emergency wildlife services makes for good newspaper headlines, but is totally incorrect. More

UPDATE: "No comment" from The Australian

Telstra staff have hit back at the latest inaccurate reports from The Australian's Michael Sainsbury. At the new Telstra, our people no longer sit back... More

Telstra staff fighting back

Telstra staff have hit back at the latest inaccurate reports from The Australian's Michael Sainsbury. At the new Telstra, our people no longer sit back... More

Why won't The Australian publish Brightstar's letter?

Telstra puts the record straight on misleading information about its relationship with Brightstar. More

Political parties' openers on the broadband debate

Week one of the election campaign is drawing to a close with the two major parties continuing to debate who has the better broadband plan for Australia. The... More

Newspapers criticise Government policy gymnastics

Stories carried in national newspapers around the country today are roundly critical of recent Government policy flip flops More

Viewing sport online catches on

As AFL and NRL finals fever gets underway, new technology is revolutionising sports viewing. Fans are embracing the way new technology brings their... More

Telstra responds to AFR bush bash

Telstra has written a letter to the editor, in response to an article in the Australian Financial Review that questions Telstra’s commitment to rural and... More

Senator, the keys are in the car and the engine's running

Brisbane’s Courier Mail (www.news.com.au) today reported Queensland Nationals Senator Ron Boswell had reprimanded Telstra for “sending out... More

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying – and how some young people are using mobile phones to capture, and then publish online, incidents of violence or bullying in the playground. More

nowwearetalking the start of something big

It began with an idea and the desire to open up debate and encourage people to discuss the telecommunications industry and telecommunication policy in... More

Government confusion on Next G™ network

Telstra is very concerned about misunderstandings in the Government about its new Next G™ mobile network and the closure of the old CDMA network. Statements... More

Airbrushing history

Telstra consultant Henry Ergas has revealed the ACCC Chairman has attempted to re-write history in a bid to explain how the regulator blocked Telstra's... More

The Great Pretender

In years to come when history is written and people ask who was most to blame for holding Australia back at the turn of the 21st century, it will be hard... More

Regulation gets footy codes off-side

The Australian reports all three football codes think that the rules giving automatic first broadcast rights for a long list of sporting events to free-to-air... More

Regulatory uncertainty kicks Footy out of bounds

Seems we’re not the only ones to cop a regulatory high tackle. Foxtel recently announced the Footy Channel will shut up shop at the end of the season,... More

Warning: head buried deep in sand

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is refusing to back away from its position that Telstra still needs to be treated as a monopoly... More

 

Blog entries tagged with 'media'

Phil Burgess leaves big shoes to fill

Rod Bruem speaks for many of us in his latest blog when says it’s been a sad week for us at Telstra, with news of the departure of our much loved colleague... More

Surely Mr Rudd can't be serious?

Blogger Rod Bruem argues a move by the Federal Government to introduce a 'code of conduct' (www.smh.com.au) for political lobbyists in Canberra sounds... More

Rhetoric structurally separated from reality

Blogger Rhonda Griffin says despite being repeatedly told that “separation” has worked in the UK, NZ and Ireland - the fact is that none of these countries... More

Helen Coonan still doesn’t get IT

It didn't surprise blogger Rhonda Griffin to read Helen Coonan say in an interview with CommsDay this week that she didn't think there was a need for a... More

Beware the rampant monopoly

With the hysteria around Westpac's merger announcement , blogger Rod Bruem asks, what is it with us Aussies and our love hate relationships with big business? More

Dog-gone!

Media speculation about the future of OPEL, which Senator Conroy called a “dog of a product” while in Opposition, has proved correct. More

A how to for media victory: Part 1

There was a time when being a kid with his “head in the clouds” was asking for trouble. For one thing, the head might be high enough to get lopped – something... More

A how to for media victory: Part 2

Media companies in the 21st century will be fighting new kinds of battles. The combat will play out often on the mobile phone. Blogger, Jason Romney reports... More

A how to for media victory: Part 3

The obvious way for Australia-based media companies to fight back against the trend to globalised advertising audiences giving advantage to globally active... More

Is a semi-lie like a half-truth?

Blogger Rhonda Griffin discovers a few new colourful descriptors real estate agents use to promote properties that are unfit for human habitation. More

Summer reflections on media's pale offerings...

Blogger Rhonda Griffin discusses one of life’s many ironies: when you do have the time to read the newspaper, there is usually nothing much worth reading. More

Structural separation and other scary stories

In the setup of a horror story, structural separation would be of the genre “be careful what you wish for….” More

OPEL exposed! At last the mainstream media gets it

Finally the mainstream media has started asking questions about the OPEL $1billion travesty. At last some light may be shed on the opaque process that... More

Moving the broadband policy goalposts

Blogger Rhonda Griffin asks whether Senator Coonan's announcement that the Coalition Government may now be willing to partly bankroll a fibre to the home... More

Aussies are taking the "tech" bull by the horns

Jason Romney talks about how ordinary Australians are no longer technological dinosaurs - they've taken a long hard look at the tech terrain and decided... More

Now, taxpayer funded direct-marketing for Optus/Elders?

Blogger Rhonda Griffin says Senator Helen Coonan's bulk mail blitz is tantamount to a publicly-funded direct marketing campaign for Optus and Elders. More

Flagship carriers: Why Telstra should be allowed to fly

Blogger Rhonda Griffin looks at the threat of international telecommunications competition, and disruptive technologies, arguing that it is in Australia's... More

Responses the old media refused to print

Rhonda Griffin takes hold of the "new media" to communicate what the "old media" refuse to publish. More

Is cash for commentary stifling debate?

Rhonda questions the benefits of the "pay per view" system some online news publications have adopted. More

Telstra 2007: A media odyssey

In his first blog for nowwearetalking, Jason Romney takes us on a journey through space, time and technology. A journey that begins, for him, with the... More

Below the radar, Optus clears some cobwebs

Blogger Rhonda Griffin examines a number of recent announcements by Optus that have either been ignored or given the “once over lightly” treatment by the... More

Net Neutrality Take 2

"As I anticipated, opening the discussion on Net Neutrality has elicited some thought-provoking questions which help tease out the issues." Telstra's... More

Place shifted media

Place shifting is more noticeable in relation to TV than to radio because while the latter is commonplace, there are not that many examples of the former.... More

 

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