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Millie J
Does anyone know any major changes to 'Australian Entertainment' before the 1960s?? Like how is was different etc
Please Help!! Thanks
ps- If not, do you know of any good timelines or websites??
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Sorry don't really know anything but must surmize by the following article that Aussie entertainment 1950's and prior was radio productions and live preformances, burlesque halls and the like. Try looking into radio for this time period.
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/populartelevision/
Popular Australian television
'Good evening and welcome to television.'
Bruce Gyngell, Sydney, 16 September 1956.
These were the first words spoken on Australian television. Since then, Australian television has grown to include: five national free-to-air stations; regional stations; community stations; and countless cable stations. Television - both watching and producing - is a part of Australian culture. Through television, we have been able to witness some of the most memorable and important national and international events of the past 50 years - history in the making.
James Dibble reading the first news bulletin from ABN2 (ABC) in 1956. Image courtesy of the ABC History of Australian television In 1926 in England, John Logie Baird first demonstrated a true television system by electrically transmitting moving pictures. Two years later, television broadcasts first began in America, followed by Britain in 1936. As television transmissions were suspended during the Second World War, it was not until the late 1940s that steps were made to bring television to Australia.
In 1955, the first Australian television licences were issued in Sydney and Melbourne. In July of the following year, TCN9 Sydney (Channel 9) and HSV7 (Channel 7) Melbourne began test transmissions. The government-owned Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) also expanded its radio broadcasting activities to include television broadcasting in Sydney and Melbourne in late 1956.
The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games was broadcast as a test transmission by all three television stations operating in Melbourne at the time. In 1959, television was introduced to Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, with Tasmania following in 1960 and the Australian Capital Territory in 1962. Television was not introduced to the Northern Territory until 1971.
During the early days of Australian television, most of the programming consisted of established radio shows, such as Bob Dyer's Pick-a-box, and were simply a broadcast of the radio transmission. Most television hosts of this time, such as Brian Henderson and Graham Kennedy, also came from radio.
By the end of 1956, it is estimated that only 1% of Sydney residents and 5% of Melbourne residents owned a television set, which cost about six to ten weeks pay for the average worker of the time.
An Australian family watching television, 1959. Image courtesy of Picture Australia. As television became more popular and affordable, broadcasters looked to America and, to a lesser degree, Britain for programs. Local content was mostly limited to chat and variety shows, news and current affairs.
In the mid-1960s, a third commercial station - Channel 0 (now Channel 10) - began broadcasting and Australian audiences began to demand more Australian content. Australian dramas became very popular, although audiences were still watching many American programs as well.
Australian television became much more exciting with the introduction of colour television in 1975. The government at the time also provided generous subsidies for the production of local television, which meant that Australians were producing more television than ever before.
Australian programs shown on commercial television reached a peak in the 1980s. Australian television also went global in the 1980s, with many local shows finding overseas audiences. At the same time, the launch of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) on October 24 (United Nations Day) 1980, brought a range of foreign-language programs to Australia.
The last 20 years have seen huge changes in our viewing habits, and the introduction of cable and satellite television (Pay TV) in 1992 has expanded our viewing choices. Reality TV - programs that show real people in unscripted, 'real' situations - first came to Australian television as the 1992 program Sylvania Waters. They are now one of the most popular genres among Australian audiences.
Television is now regularly listed as the number one leisure activity of Australians. Digital Television transmission started in Australia on 1 January 2001. In 2004, more than 99% of Australian households owned at least one television set and 23% of households subscribed to Pay TV.
Decade by decade - popular Australian television
1950s
TCN9 launches Brian Henderson's Bandstand, a variety music program which lasts for 14 years.
TV Week launches its annual TV awards and Graham Kennedy wins the first Gold Award and names the awards the Logies, after John Logie Baird.
ABC launches Six O'Clock Rock with Johnny O'Keefe.
Australia's first TV serial drama, Autumn Affair, begins a 10-month run on ATN7/GTV9.
HSV7's weekly sports program World Of Sport begins and lasts for 28 years.
1960s
ABC's acclaimed weekly current affairs program Four Corners premieres.
HSV7 screens the first episode of a Melbourne-produced police drama Homicide, which runs for 500 episodes over 12 years.
Australia starts to receive daily news reports via satellite.
Play School, based on the BBC production of the same name, begins on ABC.
Here's Humphrey begins its long run on Nine.
ABC's popular evening series, Bellbird, premieres and runs until 1977.
Crawford Productions and GTV9 launch Division 4, a police drama.
Australian television broadcasts live coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing and GTV9's coverage enters the record books as the longest continuous live broadcast on television.
Sorry don't really know anything but must surmize by the following article that Aussie entertainment 1950's and prior was radio productions and live preformances, burlesque halls and the like. Try looking into radio for this time period.
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/populartelevision/
Popular Australian television
'Good evening and welcome to television.'
Bruce Gyngell, Sydney, 16 September 1956.
These were the first words spoken on Australian television. Since then, Australian television has grown to include: five national free-to-air stations; regional stations; community stations; and countless cable stations. Television - both watching and producing - is a part of Australian culture. Through television, we have been able to witness some of the most memorable and important national and international events of the past 50 years - history in the making.
James Dibble reading the first news bulletin from ABN2 (ABC) in 1956. Image courtesy of the ABC History of Australian television In 1926 in England, John Logie Baird first demonstrated a true television system by electrically transmitting moving pictures. Two years later, television broadcasts first began in America, followed by Britain in 1936. As television transmissions were suspended during the Second World War, it was not until the late 1940s that steps were made to bring television to Australia.
In 1955, the first Australian television licences were issued in Sydney and Melbourne. In July of the following year, TCN9 Sydney (Channel 9) and HSV7 (Channel 7) Melbourne began test transmissions. The government-owned Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) also expanded its radio broadcasting activities to include television broadcasting in Sydney and Melbourne in late 1956.
The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games was broadcast as a test transmission by all three television stations operating in Melbourne at the time. In 1959, television was introduced to Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, with Tasmania following in 1960 and the Australian Capital Territory in 1962. Television was not introduced to the Northern Territory until 1971.
During the early days of Australian television, most of the programming consisted of established radio shows, such as Bob Dyer's Pick-a-box, and were simply a broadcast of the radio transmission. Most television hosts of this time, such as Brian Henderson and Graham Kennedy, also came from radio.
By the end of 1956, it is estimated that only 1% of Sydney residents and 5% of Melbourne residents owned a television set, which cost about six to ten weeks pay for the average worker of the time.
An Australian family watching television, 1959. Image courtesy of Picture Australia. As television became more popular and affordable, broadcasters looked to America and, to a lesser degree, Britain for programs. Local content was mostly limited to chat and variety shows, news and current affairs.
In the mid-1960s, a third commercial station - Channel 0 (now Channel 10) - began broadcasting and Australian audiences began to demand more Australian content. Australian dramas became very popular, although audiences were still watching many American programs as well.
Australian television became much more exciting with the introduction of colour television in 1975. The government at the time also provided generous subsidies for the production of local television, which meant that Australians were producing more television than ever before.
Australian programs shown on commercial television reached a peak in the 1980s. Australian television also went global in the 1980s, with many local shows finding overseas audiences. At the same time, the launch of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) on October 24 (United Nations Day) 1980, brought a range of foreign-language programs to Australia.
The last 20 years have seen huge changes in our viewing habits, and the introduction of cable and satellite television (Pay TV) in 1992 has expanded our viewing choices. Reality TV - programs that show real people in unscripted, 'real' situations - first came to Australian television as the 1992 program Sylvania Waters. They are now one of the most popular genres among Australian audiences.
Television is now regularly listed as the number one leisure activity of Australians. Digital Television transmission started in Australia on 1 January 2001. In 2004, more than 99% of Australian households owned at least one television set and 23% of households subscribed to Pay TV.
Decade by decade - popular Australian television
1950s
TCN9 launches Brian Henderson's Bandstand, a variety music program which lasts for 14 years.
TV Week launches its annual TV awards and Graham Kennedy wins the first Gold Award and names the awards the Logies, after John Logie Baird.
ABC launches Six O'Clock Rock with Johnny O'Keefe.
Australia's first TV serial drama, Autumn Affair, begins a 10-month run on ATN7/GTV9.
HSV7's weekly sports program World Of Sport begins and lasts for 28 years.
1960s
ABC's acclaimed weekly current affairs program Four Corners premieres.
HSV7 screens the first episode of a Melbourne-produced police drama Homicide, which runs for 500 episodes over 12 years.
Australia starts to receive daily news reports via satellite.
Play School, based on the BBC production of the same name, begins on ABC.
Here's Humphrey begins its long run on Nine.
ABC's popular evening series, Bellbird, premieres and runs until 1977.
Crawford Productions and GTV9 launch Division 4, a police drama.
Australian television broadcasts live coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing and GTV9's coverage enters the record books as the longest continuous live broadcast on television.
What do Londoners think about Olympics?
K2010
How annoyed were they with all the security?
Is it true the cost of the games turned out to be 4 times more than planned?
How so?
Answer
You caught this Londoner just heading for bed (it's gone 2 am here!) but ....
What did I (one of millions) think about the Olympics?
I actually really enjoyed having them here.
I got along to see some of the road cycling events and had a good time with friends and family just strolling around in central London enjoying some of the music, arts, fun and silliness which is going on all summer as part of the 2012 'season'.
The atmosphere here has been great. Bonkers and quirky and friendly and just-dive-into-everything fun.
The tubes have been busier than normal but not unmanageable. And the extra-late tubes are brilliant - I wish they'd continue.
And I'm really proud of the volunteers and all the other support people.
The two things that really irritated me were
1. The appalling behaviour of the company G4S. I know people who'd been accepted as (paid)Olympic security staff. The 'lack of security' wasn't their fault. Whereas the volunteers were really well organised, G4S was so sloppy that the people I know hadn't finished their training when the Olympics opened. These were people who signed up 2 years ago and who'd been asking repeatedly about training schedules etc!
2. All the 'zil lanes' (traffic lanes just for Olympic delegates, officials etc). We have enough difficulty running traffic through these pre-motor-age streets anyway without cutting lanes out on key roads. Still, at least it's school holiday time so that lightens the traffic a bit.
How annoyed was I by all the security?
Not at all. Remember, we're used to it. Not just the 7/7 bombings, the very morning after we got the news that we'd won the Olympics bid for 2012... but years and years of bombs and 'security scares' through the worst of the Northern Ireland 'troubles'.
Mind you, I haven't been through any of the airports recently but I think at times there security checks had made things very slow indeed.
Yes, the cost of the games soared since the original budget was created.
First, the very first budget figure (£2.4bn) was stupidly low -- I don't know where they got it from!
Second, the budget was figured out before the global crash. Since then, the cost of materials has gone through the roof: everything from steel to aggregates for cement. And it takes a lot of materials to build stadiums, rail links etc.
Plus, as the Olympics projects began to gather pace, the drain on skills caused wage costs to rise. This wasn't a product of greed; just a desperate need to get stuff completed on time. People got sucked in from everywhere -- project managers, CAD designers, engineers, fabricators, brickies, sparks, chippies, lifters-and-shifters. And still, companies I know were turning away other commissions because *everyone* was working more hours than they could count.
The revised budget figure was eventually £9.3bn. The best figure I've seen for the total cost is £11bn (from the government's Public Affairs Committee).
It's a huge sum of money.
But on the other hand, the 'best guess' I've seen for the Beijing Olympics is £28bn.So all things are relative, I suppose!
You caught this Londoner just heading for bed (it's gone 2 am here!) but ....
What did I (one of millions) think about the Olympics?
I actually really enjoyed having them here.
I got along to see some of the road cycling events and had a good time with friends and family just strolling around in central London enjoying some of the music, arts, fun and silliness which is going on all summer as part of the 2012 'season'.
The atmosphere here has been great. Bonkers and quirky and friendly and just-dive-into-everything fun.
The tubes have been busier than normal but not unmanageable. And the extra-late tubes are brilliant - I wish they'd continue.
And I'm really proud of the volunteers and all the other support people.
The two things that really irritated me were
1. The appalling behaviour of the company G4S. I know people who'd been accepted as (paid)Olympic security staff. The 'lack of security' wasn't their fault. Whereas the volunteers were really well organised, G4S was so sloppy that the people I know hadn't finished their training when the Olympics opened. These were people who signed up 2 years ago and who'd been asking repeatedly about training schedules etc!
2. All the 'zil lanes' (traffic lanes just for Olympic delegates, officials etc). We have enough difficulty running traffic through these pre-motor-age streets anyway without cutting lanes out on key roads. Still, at least it's school holiday time so that lightens the traffic a bit.
How annoyed was I by all the security?
Not at all. Remember, we're used to it. Not just the 7/7 bombings, the very morning after we got the news that we'd won the Olympics bid for 2012... but years and years of bombs and 'security scares' through the worst of the Northern Ireland 'troubles'.
Mind you, I haven't been through any of the airports recently but I think at times there security checks had made things very slow indeed.
Yes, the cost of the games soared since the original budget was created.
First, the very first budget figure (£2.4bn) was stupidly low -- I don't know where they got it from!
Second, the budget was figured out before the global crash. Since then, the cost of materials has gone through the roof: everything from steel to aggregates for cement. And it takes a lot of materials to build stadiums, rail links etc.
Plus, as the Olympics projects began to gather pace, the drain on skills caused wage costs to rise. This wasn't a product of greed; just a desperate need to get stuff completed on time. People got sucked in from everywhere -- project managers, CAD designers, engineers, fabricators, brickies, sparks, chippies, lifters-and-shifters. And still, companies I know were turning away other commissions because *everyone* was working more hours than they could count.
The revised budget figure was eventually £9.3bn. The best figure I've seen for the total cost is £11bn (from the government's Public Affairs Committee).
It's a huge sum of money.
But on the other hand, the 'best guess' I've seen for the Beijing Olympics is £28bn.So all things are relative, I suppose!
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