Proof that Seven deliberately runs programs late

Sylvia Else

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May 28, 2009, 9:15:35 AM5/28/09

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I have obtained a final schedule before broadcast for Channel 7 on the
10 October 2008. One page of it is here (note - it's about 1 megabyte).

http://members.optusnet.com.au/sylviae/sevenProgram.pdf

I got this under FOI from the ACMA in connection with whether Seven had
broadcast too much non-program material.

The movie Eight Below was advertised to start at 8:30pm. The final
schedule shows that it starts at 20:38:45, which is when it did start -
8 minutes and 45 seconds late.

So late running is not due to Seven's inability to keep to their
timetable. As we've long suspected, late running is scheduled in and
totally deliberate.

Copyright note to Seven - if the copied page is a work subject to
copyright, then

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s41.html

applies, and this use is not infringing.

Sylvia.

Zappy

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May 28, 2009, 4:48:23 PM5/28/09

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Nice work Sylvia, can we send a copy to The Age Green guide?

annily

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May 28, 2009, 10:00:33 PM5/28/09

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Sylvia Else wrote:
> I have obtained a final schedule before broadcast for Channel 7 on the
> 10 October 2008. One page of it is here (note - it's about 1 megabyte).
>
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/sylviae/sevenProgram.pdf
>

Interesting, Sylvia. Not so much as proof of "late" starting being
deliberate, since I don't think anyone doubted it anyway, but just to
see what a TV station's schedule looks like.

Sylvia Else

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May 28, 2009, 10:13:14 PM5/28/09

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Seems OK to me if you want to.

Sylvia.