Never thought I would say this, but Australian television, despite the creeping 'common' element headed up by Eddie Everywhere at the Nines and Adam Boland at the Sevens and Courtney Gibson at the ABC, is better than that of many other countries, most of which have given up just as digital has come in and as the internet has pretty much moved in on the roles initially held by the TV medium. CNN is UN-FRIGGING-WATCHABLE and sadly it is the rubbish bin of Aussie losers (Michael Holmes excepted), all with annoying speech defects and strange verbal tics (Ay! - who darn well started that one?). As an ex-producer and quite a senior one, I am well in touch even now with the costs involved in mounting and then maintaining a show. I was called 'The Budget Queen' for many years. And for not too many pesos more, CNN could actually give us some FRIGGING CONTENT!!!! Couldn't they? Same goes for The American Network. They recycle programmes and promos over and over until it seems as though I am trapped in Abu Ghraib and this is another form of waterboarding I call Tellyboarding. Force feeding crap and when you have had enough they fill you up again with more of the same. And I have to PAY for the privilege. I am thinking of writing to the stations and demanding a refund as connection to these 'non-television-stations' is a total con.
Way better than that is the iTunes selection of radio stations. Amazing stuff from all over the world, though I haven't been able to hook into Margaret Throsby's daily interview yet. I always seem to be somewhere away from my computer.
I, for one, would love to be able to view EVERYTHING on the computer and cut off cable, satellite and all those delivery systems so that I never need to see CNN and their amateur lineup ever again.
Especially those whose photos are below:
This is not a finite list - more as they come to hand....
