Seven Shines

FROM the start of the year, there has been speculation about what the Olympics might mean for Seven. Sure, the investment in the Beijing extravaganza, which has been estimated at $90million to cover the broadcast rights and production costs, would give the network an unbeatable couple of weeks in August. But then what?

The Show Must Go Off: Threat To Sue Halts Broadcast

AN ABC Classic FM live broadcast of a concert by internationally acclaimed tenor Steve Davislim and students of the Australian National Academy of Music was cancelled last night after the threat of legal action against the singer.

The Week Belonged To Seven

BACK IN 2001, a shell-shocked Seven Network was attempting to redefine itself in the wake of the loss of its long-held AFL broadcast rights to Nine, Ten and Foxtel. The following year, for the first time in a long time, Seven would be footy-free and, at that stage, the network and the game seemed inextricably intertwined: Seven's schedule without AFL looked pitifully thin.