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Urban Telegraph - September 2006

Beer Ad- Taste Testing

September 29th 2006 02:47

Too Bad It Is The Best - video powered by Metacafe

Even beer making needs to have the piss taken out of it, and that's what happens here as the boys turn brewing into a well researched science.


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Beer Ad- Camoflauge

September 29th 2006 02:37
Another day, another beer ad. Enjoy.


Camoflauge - video powered by Metacafe

Again, it's a classic example of a group of mates using their wit and humour to overcome an obstacle- in this case an overzealous boss figure.


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This Weeks Top Twenty TV Shows

September 28th 2006 03:43
The footy season is upon us, and with it some big figures.

Top 20 Metropolitan TV Ratings 17th- 23rd September
Local Content Score- 15 of top 20

Things are starting to get exciting in TV Land, not to mention a little topsy turvy. For the second week in a row Channel 9 was effectively shut out of The Twenty off the back of a network tag team from Ten and Seven. If it wasn’t for the League prelim finals The Eddie Network would have had a tiny three shows in the Top Twenty, two of those being news programs, so things aren’t looking good for our highest paid network executive.
afl football
AFL had a really good week.

As far as the locals go it was the standard fair at the top with Border Security, as always, heading the list with 2.243 million viewers. Behind it in third was the next local, Thank God You’re Here, on 1.852 million, and behind it was Medical Emergency on 1.787 million.

It was in at sixth that the footy ratings kicked in, the first prelim AFL game between Sydney and Fremantle doing very nice figures in the metro areas with 1.638 million viewers. Behind them was another Channel Ten stable mate, Aussie Idol, which was followed by TV Turns 50 from Channel 7 in eighth and then another Aussie Idol in at ninth.

Honestly, Channel Ten has to be tickled pink with the performance of it’s lineup at the moment. Not only does it have the top performing import (House in at second) but Aussie Idol and the AFL are both getting multiple shows in The Twenty, making it seven Channel Ten shows on the Oztam charts this week. That’s an awesome effort from a channel who doesn’t care about anyone under the age of forty.

From ninth it was down to eleventh where the second AFL game between Adelaide and West Coast drew a crowd of 1.421 million, proving that AFL really is the leading national football code at the moment, especially in Perth where they’re getting some huge figures.

Thirteenth saw a very impressive performance from All Saints which is doing extremely well. Go Aussie drama!

Fourteenth was the Rugby League final between St George and Melbourne. This was another rare instance where rugby league was shown live in Melbourne and it achieved a very interesting result- there was more Melburnians watching the League game involving the Storm than there were Sydneysiders watching the Swans in the AFL prelim. With a result like that it makes you wonder why they don’t show the league in Melbourne more often.

The other interesting thing about the football figures is the different performances of the various codes in the various states. This years figures were the ultimate justification for football executives expanding their codes as quickly and widely as possible, with League getting higher figures in the cities that it was shown but AFL’s broader reach, covering all five major capitals, giving it that few hundred thousand extra viewers to give it the title of ‘Most Watched Football Code’. (League isn’t shown in Perth and Adelaide until late at night and you can see the result- 18 and 9 thousand viewers respectively. The AFL’s lowest figures on the other hand was 73,000 viewers in Brisbane for the Sydney/Fremantle game) For anyone lamenting the nationalisation/globalisation of their sport, these figures aren’t going to help your cause.

Unfortunately Oztam figures don’t cover regional areas, so there probably wont be a clear picture of the football ratings until a bit later, but as it’s something most football fans are interested in I’ll try to knock up a report later on that is a bit more inclusive. Probably after the two grand finals.

And from the league it was down to Home and Away which was in at twentieth to round out the chart, the other four local shows not mentioned being current affairs or news programs.
Stay tuned next week as we get more footy results, as well as figures from the Channel 9 interview with Terri Irwin.

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This Weeks Top Twenty Movies

September 27th 2006 02:13
[[COLOR=Black]I]Kenny slides a bit as the school holiday blockbusters stampede into cinemas.

Top 20 Weekend Cinema Box Office Takings September 21st- 24th
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This Weeks Top Twenty Albums

September 25th 2006 23:39
Stephanie McIntosh leads the way again for locals as six make it into the Twenty.

ARIA Album Chart Report- 25th September
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Beer Ad- Two Man Tent

September 24th 2006 23:58


Another great VB ad, this one taking the piss out of some of the unspoken rules of mateship. Also shows just how iconic the VB theme song has become, it's strong opening blast signalling the sort of recognition reserved for only the most memorable theme songs of world TV and cinema. Australia's answer to the Star Wars opening theme maybe?
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Beer Ad- Kebabs

September 24th 2006 23:30


So happy I found this ad online.
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This Weeks Top Twenty TV Shows

September 23rd 2006 01:28

Apologies to anyone waiting for this very late report but my internet connection went toes up this week. There's still a good chance that it will continue to stuff up in the near future so I also apologise in advance for any more delays or if I cant get regular posts up.

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Beer Ad- The Quest (that tongue ad)

September 21st 2006 23:59
And from the archetypal Australian beer ad we go to something altogether different...


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Beer Ad- Guide Dog

September 21st 2006 23:55


This ad kind of sums up the archetypal Australian beer ad. Faced with a problem (which usually involves not being able to have a drink) the hero uses their wits and dry humour to overcome their situation.
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This Weeks Top Twenty Movies

September 19th 2006 23:58
Kenny makes it to $3 million after it’s first box office fall in it’s five week run.

Top 20 Weekend Cinema Box Office Takings September 14th- 17th
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This Weeks Top Twenty Albums

September 19th 2006 02:13
Not a very exciting week with a new local debut the only thing of note.

ARIA Album Chart Report- 18th September
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Success of Kenny

September 17th 2006 23:52
kenny movie poster


With the rampaging success of Kenny at the cinemas I thought I'd go and find some of the best articles that have been written about it in the last few weeks. There's some really good stuff written, including an article that compares Jindabyne and Kenny as Australian culture pieces. The author quite rightly comes to the conclusion that Jindabyne is a piece of artistic elitism while Kenny actually has something important to say. I couldn't agree more.
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Beer Ad- Male Intelligence Division

September 17th 2006 23:25


Another great Carlton ad in the tradition of The Shed. Again it's all about escapism and getting out of work.
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Beer Ad- I believe

September 14th 2006 23:56


Some pretty weird things happened during the Olympics. One of them was the return of Fosters to tell us that we were Australian because we drank Fosters.
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This Weeks Top Twenty TV Shows

September 13th 2006 23:55
Another unusual week as the Steve Irwin memorials get large ratings and an ABC documentary makes it into the Top Three.

Top 20 Metropolitan TV Ratings 3rd - 9th September
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This Weeks Top Twenty Movies

September 12th 2006 23:55
Kenny is going off. ‘Nuff said.

Top 20 Weekend Cinema Box Office Takings September 7th- 10th
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50 Years of Telly

September 12th 2006 02:08
Just like to note the huge amount of material being pushed by the two leading TV networks to celebrate 50 years of telly this week. So far most of it has come from The Eddie Network, with plenty of 20 to 1-esque charting and random celebrities saying random things about their random viewing habits, but the Other Network will be having some more stuff later on.

And Channel Ten...? As far as I can tell Channel Ten doesn’t seem to give a rip about it’s history. No doubt this is a result of caring for no one but their 16-29 demographic, most of whom can’t remember that far back, but you never know, they may mention it at some stage.
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This Weeks Top Twenty Albums

September 12th 2006 01:59
Seven locals in the Top Twenty this week after a few return from the lower-than-twenty wilderness.

ARIA Album Chart Report- 11th September
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Beer Ad- The Shed

September 11th 2006 00:09
Realised that at two beer ads a week I'll never get round to writing about anything but beer ads so here's another one.


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Beer Ad- Bottle Opener

September 10th 2006 22:42


Here it is, the other Superbowl ad. Little surprised? I know I was but it makes sense after seeing it a few times- it's a really clever ad.
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Aussie Beer Ad- Love Bomb

September 7th 2006 22:11



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This Weeks Top Twenty TV Shows

September 6th 2006 22:42
Topsy turvy week with another big Aussie Idol showing, footy in the top ten and some interesting maneuvering ahead of next week.

Top 20 Metropolitan TV Ratings 27th August- 2nd September
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This Weeks Top Twenty Films

September 5th 2006 23:00
Kenny goes huge with it’s second box office increase in two weeks but 48 Shades barely registers on it’s debut.

Top 20 Weekend Cinema Box Office Takings 31st August- September 3rd
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Steve Irwin- a good bloke

September 4th 2006 23:08
Just thought I'd pay my respects to Steve Irwin after his unfortunate passing this week.
Steve Irwin
A really good bloke.

Some people loved him, some people loathed him, but I dont think you'd come across many people who questioned his passion or the good he did for both the environment and his community. Whether it was promoting Australia or helping out the Sunshine Coast Steve could never be called selfish. Not only that but all the over the top antics weren't an act- he'd be like that off screen just as much on screen. He was just a very passionate man.
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This Weeks Top Twenty Albums

September 4th 2006 21:58
Some big movers this week but mostly downwards.

ARIA Album Chart Report- 4th September
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Beer Ads- The Big Ad

September 3rd 2006 23:02



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This Weeks Top Twenty TV Shows

September 1st 2006 00:03
Big week of couch potatoism as three tv shows score 2 million plus viewers including Channel 7's latest RTV blockbuster The Force.

Top 20 Metropolitan TV Ratings 20th -26th August
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