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Thursday, August 17

ABC and SBS pawns in government's media power play

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has leveraged One Nation’s demand for reprisals against public broadcasters ABC and SBS in a desperate bid to re-engineer the Australian commercial media industry.

An act of faith: watching The Young Pope

Television series The Young Pope, like its fictional character Pius, is funny, bizarre and mad, writes Andreas Wansbrough. But it does explore some interesting issues, including the masochism of faith.

2016 Eurovision winner Jamala, from the Ukraine. Photo: Albin Olsson

SBS names new Eurovision hosts

Radio personality Myf Warhurst and comedian Joel Creasey have been announced as the new hosts of SBS's Eurovision Song Contest coverage.

Meet the sisters dubbed 'Australia’s Kardashians’

New reality-TV series Family Rules is compelling viewing, capturing the everyday conflicts and challenges of a group of young Indigenous sisters living in suburbia.

First Contact: SBS should be doing better than this

SBS's 'First Contact' – which has returned former One Nation senator David Oldfield to the spotlight – seems more concerned with white drama than Indigenous stories, writes Ben Neutze.

TV streaming service Presto to close

Netflix rival Presto will close at the end of January after Seven West Media agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in the streaming service to co-owner Foxtel.

SBS food channel a deep-fried disaster

Joy at the launch of the SBS Food Channel last year has turned to despair as the multicultural broadcaster pushes out a prime-time celebration of grotesquely unhealthy American junk food.