This video gives a comprehensive rundown of the Australian online TV news landscape.
Apologies, I just figured no blog is complete without tumbleweed (#interwebrulez). Excuse me also for using extreme hyperbole (also known as Hyperbowling) but our options are definitely pretty thin on the ground.
What they offer:
Channel 7
Channel 7’s solution is probably the best as far as an actual bulletin goes, they upload a short (seven or eight minutes) afternoon bulletin and also add most individual stories to the site after the evening news airs. Here's an example of the short bulletin from 25/08/2011:
ABC
The ABC, much lauded for its iView service, simulcasts their bulletin online on the News 24 channel, meaning you have to be there at 7 PM to tune in. This is great for people who live with parents or housemates who might want to watch Home and Away or the 7PM Project (both of which are of course available for viewing at a later date) but not a lot of use for people like me who simply aren't at home. I'll admit, the News 24 is a pretty phenomenal service to have available online but it's no reason to not put the nightly bulletin up as well. For overall online news quality, this has to be the winner.
Channel Ten and SBS
Channel Ten and SBS both offer an online 'Catch Up' service on which they offer the majority of their programming. Once again, news bulletins are the obvious exception.
Channel Ten and SBS both offer an online 'Catch Up' service on which they offer the majority of their programming. Once again, news bulletins are the obvious exception.
Channel Nine
Channel Nine essentially offers the same service as Ten and SBS but with one extra little addition.
In my desperate search for news bulletins online I understandably started my quest with the following search term: "watch australian news bulletins online"
Channel Nine's website was first on Google and when I clicked the link I saw this message.
Perfect! I thought. How easy was that!
Only to be confronted with this nasty little disclaimer a little later on.
The fact they have set up a special section of their website purely for this 'service' absolutely astounds me and shows that more than any other channel they've failed to understand not only the potential of the internet but the basic way it operates.
One of the major reasons the internet is so popular is because it's always there. You don't log onto Facebook only to find it's not open for another half hour. Google.com.au doesn't keep regular business hours.
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| Channel Nine's version of news online |
If these stations are going to offer all other their programming online, there is absolutely NO REASON for the nightly news not to be included.
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