Tributes are flowing for Chris Chamberlin, one of the media and entertainment industry.s most popular and respected publicists who died yesterday, 10 days before his 40th birthday.
A senior national publicist for the ABC since 2014, Chamberlin was on holidays in India. The cause of death has not been revealed.
.Chris was highly regarded and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,. Leisa Bacon, the ABC.s director of audiences, said in an email to staff.
.Chris has managed campaigns for projects across all TV genres - news, factual, entertainment and children.s programs. The list of credits is enormous and Chris knew everything there was to know about developing publicity opportunities for marketing campaigns. He built strong relationships with on-air talent, through to production teams and key media outlets.
.Chris was incredibly committed, working tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcome on every single program and project he was involved with.
A senior national publicist for the ABC since 2014, Chamberlin was on holidays in India. The cause of death has not been revealed.
.Chris was highly regarded and respected by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,. Leisa Bacon, the ABC.s director of audiences, said in an email to staff.
.Chris has managed campaigns for projects across all TV genres - news, factual, entertainment and children.s programs. The list of credits is enormous and Chris knew everything there was to know about developing publicity opportunities for marketing campaigns. He built strong relationships with on-air talent, through to production teams and key media outlets.
.Chris was incredibly committed, working tirelessly to ensure the best possible outcome on every single program and project he was involved with.
- 6/26/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
- 5/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
- 5/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Leigh Sales (7.30) and Annabel Crabb (Kitchen Cabinet) will team up onscreen in When I Get A Minute..
Airing on the ABC's iView every Friday for 8 weeks, When I Get A Minute is described as "a review series for the very busy, hosted by two of Australia.s most time-poor media personalities".
On the face of it the show looks very much like a filmed version of the pair's podcast, Chat 10 Looks 3, in which they chat about books, TV, movies, cooking and "whatever else they feel like".
When I Get A Minute joins other iView Presents programs Dafuq? and Crabb's own.Canberra al Desko.
The series begins tomorrow, March 11.
facebook.com/whenigetaminute.
iview.abc.net.au...
Airing on the ABC's iView every Friday for 8 weeks, When I Get A Minute is described as "a review series for the very busy, hosted by two of Australia.s most time-poor media personalities".
On the face of it the show looks very much like a filmed version of the pair's podcast, Chat 10 Looks 3, in which they chat about books, TV, movies, cooking and "whatever else they feel like".
When I Get A Minute joins other iView Presents programs Dafuq? and Crabb's own.Canberra al Desko.
The series begins tomorrow, March 11.
facebook.com/whenigetaminute.
iview.abc.net.au...
- 3/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has joined Screen Nsw as a Development and Production Executive..
Previously Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, and the network Ep on all of the Gruen programs, Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout, the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast and At the Movies.
She also developed digital formats for iView such as comedy series Fresh Blood, and Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences whilst at the ABC", Zachariou said, "and I am thrilled to be joining the executive team at Screen Nsw to again bring innovative, risk taking and unique stories to Australian screens".
Sophia Zachariou has joined Screen Nsw as a Development and Production Executive..
Previously Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, and the network Ep on all of the Gruen programs, Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout, the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast and At the Movies.
She also developed digital formats for iView such as comedy series Fresh Blood, and Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences whilst at the ABC", Zachariou said, "and I am thrilled to be joining the executive team at Screen Nsw to again bring innovative, risk taking and unique stories to Australian screens".
- 2/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
ABC iview has maintained its pole position as the most used free-to-air internet TV site in 2015..
ABC iview hit a new record in November with more than 40 million program plays (which is more than double the program plays from the same time last year) and had over 2 million visitors to its site and apps each month.
Total ABC prime-time share was stable year-on-year at 14.3 per cent, and ABC TV remained the leading daytime network, according to a company statement.
The ABC Kids iview app, launched in March, had over half a million downloads.
ABC Television director, Richard Finlayson, said the national broadcaster went into the year acknowledging that audience viewing habits were shifting..
"We had to reflect this in our programming, delivery platforms and the way in which we reported on audiences, and I.m delighted with the results on all fronts,. he said.
.Our success is testament to the...
ABC iview hit a new record in November with more than 40 million program plays (which is more than double the program plays from the same time last year) and had over 2 million visitors to its site and apps each month.
Total ABC prime-time share was stable year-on-year at 14.3 per cent, and ABC TV remained the leading daytime network, according to a company statement.
The ABC Kids iview app, launched in March, had over half a million downloads.
ABC Television director, Richard Finlayson, said the national broadcaster went into the year acknowledging that audience viewing habits were shifting..
"We had to reflect this in our programming, delivery platforms and the way in which we reported on audiences, and I.m delighted with the results on all fronts,. he said.
.Our success is testament to the...
- 12/4/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou, ABC TV's deputy head of entertainment and executive producer of Gruen, Kitchen Cabinet and The Checkout, is departing in January.
In eight years with the broadcaster, Zachariou has overseen the development, commissioning and production of programs across many genres including Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Kitchen Cabinet election specials featuring Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott, the Agony series, Saturday Night Crack Up and the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast.
She also developed unique digital formats such as Canberra al desko with Annabel Crabb, a big hit on ABC iview, and she was the international format executive for the ABC brand The New Inventors when it was sold internationally.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences, but it.s time for me to take on new challenges outside of the ABC,...
In eight years with the broadcaster, Zachariou has overseen the development, commissioning and production of programs across many genres including Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Kitchen Cabinet election specials featuring Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott, the Agony series, Saturday Night Crack Up and the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast.
She also developed unique digital formats such as Canberra al desko with Annabel Crabb, a big hit on ABC iview, and she was the international format executive for the ABC brand The New Inventors when it was sold internationally.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences, but it.s time for me to take on new challenges outside of the ABC,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Annabel Crabb's Kitchen Cabinet will return for its fifth season on .October 28.
The new six-episode series will feature Treasurer, Scott Morrison, Motor Enthusiast Party senator, Ricky Muir, Labor senaotor, Nova Peris and Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
Join Morrison as he cooks a Sri Lankan fish curry and opens up about his childhood acting career, his faith and reflections on his time as Immigration Minister. .
Muir takes Annabel for a spin in two vehicles (one bumpy, one fast) and talks about his unexpected rise to political prominence..
Di Natale, invites Annabel to his off-the-grid farm and makes nearly every element of his meal from scratch, including the pizza oven..
Peris takes Annabel to her family.s country nestled in beautiful Kakadu, where they cook by a campfire, eat by a billabong teeming with crocodiles and discuss Senator Peris. life to date..
In a Kitchen Cabinet first, at a Chinese...
The new six-episode series will feature Treasurer, Scott Morrison, Motor Enthusiast Party senator, Ricky Muir, Labor senaotor, Nova Peris and Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
Join Morrison as he cooks a Sri Lankan fish curry and opens up about his childhood acting career, his faith and reflections on his time as Immigration Minister. .
Muir takes Annabel for a spin in two vehicles (one bumpy, one fast) and talks about his unexpected rise to political prominence..
Di Natale, invites Annabel to his off-the-grid farm and makes nearly every element of his meal from scratch, including the pizza oven..
Peris takes Annabel to her family.s country nestled in beautiful Kakadu, where they cook by a campfire, eat by a billabong teeming with crocodiles and discuss Senator Peris. life to date..
In a Kitchen Cabinet first, at a Chinese...
- 10/7/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Former ABC2 controller Stuart Menzies is departing the ABC on August 29 after 10 years with the public broadcaster.
Menzies has been acting head of TV content and creative development for the past nine months after the controller position was abolished in a restructure by Richard Finlayson, Director of ABC TV.
Adrian Swift, the former director of development and digital at the Nine Network, has been appointed head of TV content and creative development.
.Ten years working with the best creative minds in the country to bring both entertaining and important stories to the national audience has simply been a privilege,. Menzies said.
.Anniversaries such as this also make you question the best way to spend the next ten years and for me this means seeking new creative challenges outside ABC TV..
Finlayson said: .Stuart is one of the television industry.s most experienced and respected executives and has made an outstanding contribution to the ABC.
Menzies has been acting head of TV content and creative development for the past nine months after the controller position was abolished in a restructure by Richard Finlayson, Director of ABC TV.
Adrian Swift, the former director of development and digital at the Nine Network, has been appointed head of TV content and creative development.
.Ten years working with the best creative minds in the country to bring both entertaining and important stories to the national audience has simply been a privilege,. Menzies said.
.Anniversaries such as this also make you question the best way to spend the next ten years and for me this means seeking new creative challenges outside ABC TV..
Finlayson said: .Stuart is one of the television industry.s most experienced and respected executives and has made an outstanding contribution to the ABC.
- 8/15/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jennifer Collins is quitting as ABC TV head of entertainment to join Screentime in the newly-created role of head of non-fiction.
In a related move, Screentime has promoted Simon Steel from executive producer non-fiction to head of factual, reporting to Collins.
The hiring of Collins, who starts in January, signals Screentime.s commitment to beefing up its non-fiction output including studio-based entertainment productions, comedy, panel shows and factual entertainment.
.We need to build up the entertainment side,. Screentime MD Bob Campbell tells If, while observing that area has not been a great focus for the company since Popstars. .We are delighted to welcome to Screentime an executive of the calibre and experience of Jennifer..
Campbell welcomes Nine Entertainment Co..s stock exchange listing, noting, .Nine has been a consistent supporter of good content and I am sure that momentum will continue..
Screentime.s non-fiction slate includes The Flying Miners for the ABC,...
In a related move, Screentime has promoted Simon Steel from executive producer non-fiction to head of factual, reporting to Collins.
The hiring of Collins, who starts in January, signals Screentime.s commitment to beefing up its non-fiction output including studio-based entertainment productions, comedy, panel shows and factual entertainment.
.We need to build up the entertainment side,. Screentime MD Bob Campbell tells If, while observing that area has not been a great focus for the company since Popstars. .We are delighted to welcome to Screentime an executive of the calibre and experience of Jennifer..
Campbell welcomes Nine Entertainment Co..s stock exchange listing, noting, .Nine has been a consistent supporter of good content and I am sure that momentum will continue..
Screentime.s non-fiction slate includes The Flying Miners for the ABC,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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