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Presto fetches its final stream

It ended not with a bang, but a whimper. Today subscription video on demand service Presto will shut…

The best TV of 2016

The annual subjective Televised Revolution list of 2016’s best TV

Amazon Prime launching in Australia today? Not so fast.

How commercial TV news is failing (and losing) viewers like me

An entire audience of 9–5 professionals are missing out on the nightly TV news

Foxtel is expensive. Is it time to nationalise Game of Thrones? — Televised Revolution

Another season of Game of Thrones. Another season of click bait articles linking Game of Thrones to piracy. The premiere of the sixth series this past week saw over a million people…

Welcome Hayu to the future of televisions tipping point. — Televised Revolution

NBCUniversal’s reality television SVOD service Hayu comes just as Australia’s TV industry is at a tipping point between traditional linear TV and the new digital status quo. This tipping point…

Homicide: Life On The Street — The Citizen Kane of The Golden Age of Television — Televised Revolution

The 1941 Orson Welles film Citizen Kane is believed by many to be the greatest film ever made, but it took over a decade for anyone to notice its…

Quickflix Promotes Presto. Everyone Watches On In Disbelief. — Televised Revolution

You would never see a can of Pepsi with a promo on the side of the can recommending its customers go buy a Coke, let alone offer them a great deal on some Coke cans.

We live in an age of “too much TV”? What rubbish. — Televised Revolution

US cable network FX this week reported that in 2015 US networks and streaming services had a record 409 dramas,not including unscripted shows or TV movies. This is up 9 percent over 2014, and double the…