Yesterday the the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched it's home page so I decided to list for everyone the ABC site and a few other sites I have found useful for media related research in Australia. I have also listed a few addresses of Australian producers/distributors of titles screened on television in Australia. (I have also sent the same message to [log in to unmask], so apologies for any cross duplication.) 1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au Includes radio and a little television material so far. ABC programs which they do sell have the rights to sell are available from: Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Program Sales GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ph 61 2 99503174 (TV Program Sales) See homepage for details of ABC radio sales. 2. Special Broadcasting Service http://acslink.netau/~tomw/sbs.html Material produced by them (as well as some old ABC titles) is marketed by: Marcom Projects Pty Ltd PO Box 4215 Loganholme DC Qld 4129 Australia ph 61 7 8015600 fax 61 7 8015622 3. Australian Television Guide - Information http://www.sofcom.com.au/TV/TVInfo.html or Australian Television Guide http://.sofcom.com.au/TV/index.html 4. This is Australia...Information on Australia http://www.telstra.com.au/meta/australia.html For someone wishing to browse through a wide range of academic/government/commercial home page entry points this is a good place to start. 5. Australian Government home page http://gov.info.au/aghp.html#contents 6. Australian Film Institute http://www.vicnet.net.au/Vicnet/afi/afiho.htm 7. Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) PO Box 2924 Alice Springs NT 0871 Australia ph 61 89 555126 fax 61 89 523744 Produce and supply a range of videos on Aboriginal culture which is screened on the Aboriginal television service in Central Australia. Some titles have also been screened on SBS. 8. Film Australia National Sales PO Box 46 Lindfield NSW 2070 Australia ph 61 2 4138777 fax 61 2 4169401 Like the Australian Film Institute, supply a wide range of Australian titles which have often been screened on the AC or SBS at some time. 9. Ronin Films PO Box 1005 Civic Square Canberra ACT Australia ph 61 6 2480851 fax 61 6 2491640 Supply documentaries and feature films often screen on ABC or SBS. 10. Film World Pty Ltd Level 1 2 Whiting Road Artarmon NSW 2064 Australia ph 61 2 4381888 fax 61 2 4398541 Grant permission (and collect payment) for the dubbing of old Movietone and Cinesound newsreel footage dating from approx 1930 to 1970. The footage is actually held by the Australian Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. These suggestions are in addition to Cinemedia site at Griffith University, Australian media monitoring agencies (a possibility for some, if you are in Australia I suppose), commercial television networks who supply some material and other filmmakers listed in video sources in Australia. Bill Stinson Media Services Department Library Macquarie University Sydney NSW email: [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]