Nathan Jolly

1 week ago | mumbrella.com.au | Nathan Jolly

Netflix has signed a landmark deal with a French broadcaster that will see commercial TV stations come to the platform for the first time, marking a major shift for both linear TV and the streamer. Netflix has entered into a “new kind of partnership” with French TV network TF1 that will see its five commercial free-to-air stations available with the Netflix app. The deal also includes on-demand programming.

1 week ago | mumbrella.com.au | Nathan Jolly

Former Nine presenter Alex Cullen is joining The Christian O’Connell Show on Gold104.3, following the departure of co-host Jack Post last month. Cullen left Nine’s Today show in a blaze of controversy earlier this year, after accepting $50,000 from billionaire Adrian Portelli in exchange for helping to rebrand him on air. O’Connell announced the news on air this morning, joking that “Channel 9 might go ‘listen, we can’t have that’, but commercial breakfast radio, we are very much up for payola.

1 week ago | mumbrella.com.au | Nathan Jolly

Boomtown’s independent chair Brian Gallagher has stepped down, after taking a role as Nine Radio’s commercial director. Gallagher was the inaugural chair of Boomtown, a collective of nine regional media owners, on its establishment in 2020. He was appointed independent chair in August 2023, months after leaving the chief sales role at SCA. Gallagher spent eight years at SCA, and previously held sales leadership positions at Nine and Network 10.

1 week ago | mumbrella.com.au | Nathan Jolly

This week, Choice revealed it had tested the SPF of 20 well-known Australian sunscreens, and found that just four of them met the rating on their labels. Despite this being an industry-wise issue, one brand — the youth-focused Ultra Violette — hit out against the publication’s findings, and made themselves the centre of the story. Below, PR experts Sally Branson and Phoebe Netto explore the fallout of Ultra Violette’s decision to put the gloves on.

1 week ago | mumbrella.com.au | Nathan Jolly

Mid-way through 2021, Southern Cross Austereo became the most dominant radio network in the important 25-54 metro demographic, a position it has held ever since. As chief content officer Dave Cameron tells Mumbrella, it’s a lucrative market to target – especially when you hit the bullseye. “31 surveys in a row,” Cameron says, of SCA’s streak, driven by its Hit and Triple M networks.