Media Wrap: Arbitrage, bots probed | Foxtel's 'Netflix killer' | APN float pump | Spin

By AdNews | 8 September 2014
 

Arbitrage, bots probed
Concern about online ad fraud is is growing. Meanwhile the arbitrage question and transparency concerns appear to be on a cyclical rise, The Australian Financial Review reports

Sky's Australia Channel
Following the axing of the Australia Network in the federal budget, Sky News will launch its own channel, broadcasting domestic content, The Australian reports. The Australia Channel will broadcast locally produced content to 180 countries and will be available in Qantas lounges internationally.

APN pumps digital
APN Outdoor boss Richard Herring is talking up investment in digitial billboards ahead of a potential $500 million float, reports the AFR.Quadrant Private Equity intends to list the media company by the end of the year.

In a spin
Public sector journalists from the ABC and SBS are finding their work increasingly influenced by PR and advertising The Australian reports.

Foxtel's “Netflix killer”
Also in the AFR, Foxtel chief Richard Freudenstein is talking up a “Netflix killer” package as the company scrambles to head off the next wave of taxation facing both paid and free TV.

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