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Australian broadcast services provider MediaHub is using HPE Apollo 4000 and Scality RING to develop a simplified and cost-effective storage solution for expanding broadcast archives.

The Internet has overtaken TV as Australia’s main source of news over the last two years, with over 12.7 million Australians (60.8%) now sourcing their news from the Internet - an increase of 1.4 million since 2018, according to new research.

Australian-listed mobile entertainment and digital media company Crowd Mobile has announced plans to undertake a capital raising to pay down debt.

Australian-listed mobile entertainment and digital media company Crowd Mobile has flagged a change of name and reported an after tax loss of $26 million on the back of a massive drop in FY 2018 revenues in its subscription division.

The head of Australia’s competition watchdog says all governments should examine the role digital platforms are playing in society to determine if polices are needed to curb their “pursuit of profit”.

Walls of text just aren't cutting it for today's millennials, whose super stimulated visual cortexes seem to work much, much better when photos and videos tell the bigger story.

Sydney-based start-up TaxiLive has partnered with Telstra to launch a custom designed digital billboard for the rear of premium taxis.

Australian-listed mobile entertainment and digital media company Crowd Mobile has reported revenue of $21.1 million for the first six months of the 2018 financial year on the back of what it says was a strong performance in its Q&A division and strategic investment into the Crowd Media business.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, says it has an open mind as it prepares, at the direction of the federal government, to undertake an inquiry into the market power of digital platforms, like Facebook and Google, in the Australian market.

Australian-listed mobile entertainment and digital media company Crowd Mobile increased net revenue by 16% to $43.9 million in FY17, the company’s second full year on the ASX.

Australian digital media commercial property specialist REA Group has appointed Tomas Varsavsky as chief engineer responsible for setting the strategic technology direction for the group.

MediaHub has won the major regional business award at the NSW Business Chamber Awards for an unprecedented second consecutive year.

Telstra and the National Basketball League have expanded their current partnership to allow basketball fans to watch live NBL through Telstra’s TV streaming device and for the telco’s mobile customers to watch all NBL coverage live for the 2017 season starting in October.

Dr Doom is the bad guy all too easily defeated in ‘Fantastic Four’ movies, but without ‘digital life insurance,’ a digital Dr Doom stalks your data.

Deloitte’s fourth annual Media Consumer Survey 2015 shows Australians are increasingly consuming connected media and entertainment on a variety of devices, with a sharp rise in social network use. While traditional TV use is still strong, 14 to 24 year olds spend only a quarter of their entertainment time on broadcast TV, preferring to stream their content.

The Australian telecommunications market is going through a real shake-up, with the market dominance of the established telcos under challenge from digital media, including OTT providers, offering new communications services at lower costs, or free of charge.

Consumer advocates choice say its research shows 684,000 households are buying digital content from overseas stores, with Choice wanting Australians to have better access to international streaming services.

Global outsourcing and IT services company Aegis will create 550 new jobs in Victoria over the next two to three years with the establishment of its Asia Pacific hub for analytics, social media and multilingual capabilities in Melbourne.

Using the internet is about to eclipse watching TV as our preferred source of entertainment, and reading the news online has already overtaken reading it in print.

Fujitsu has launched the latest version of its Australian-designed digital advertising solution TELentice ahead of its release in Australia in August.