Foxtel

Booting secretaries is the easy part of taking government; keeping the good ones is the challenge. Now Foxtel’s former guru is changing the channel.

‘The collapse of the Soviet Union, the existence of Ukraine as an independent nation, is something Putin just personally cannot stomach’: Matthew Sussex.

It’s not the broadcast entertainment market structure that’s the problem — it’s the product and how it’s marketed.

The challenge of dealing with massive web traffic while maintaining performance and security isn’t confined to Game of Thrones series premieres. Major events for government like Budget, Census and Tax Time are now also in the box seat for public scrutiny, especially when hackers are trawling for trophies and customers tweet first and ask questions later.

Media operators aren’t mature enough to figure out how to regulate themselves. And politicians are too scared to get in the middle. Our former ACMA man on why effective regulation is a long way off.

The ABC has developed into an extraordinarily successful media enterprise. It’s come a long way since Bob Hawke described it as a “half channel”. But where to now?