Steve Liebmann and David Speers will co-present Anzac Day coverage on Sky News Australia, live from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra at 4am on Anzac Day. The coverage will include the Anzac Day march and cross to dawn services around the world, including Auckland, Gallipoli and Villers-Bretonneux in France. Stan Grant will host the coverage from 10am. Liebmann is also fronting the History Channel's H100 programming, a year-long schedule of programs marking the 100th anniversary of World War I.
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Seven picks up AACTA Awards
The Seven Network has signed a deal to take the broadcast rights for the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards. The deal will see the event shifted into December, with plans for the 5th annual AACTA Awards to be staged on December 9 in Sydney. Past hosts and presenters have included Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and Geoffrey Rush. Rush also serves as the president of the awards governing body, AACTA. The AACTA International Awards, held in Los Angeles in January and aired on Foxtel, are unchanged.
No more Simpsons on DVD
The humble DVD may have had its death warrant signed, with confirmation that The Simpsons will no longer be released on digital versatile disc. The show's producer, Al Jean, confirmed the news last week. 20th Century Fox has released the show's first 17 seasons and season 20, but has not released seasons 18, 19 or 21 and beyond. Jean confirmed there were no plans to release them in physical format. Jean said he was "personally very sorry" to see the format abandoned. "[I] really wish they'd continue."
Thrones conquers despite leak
Not even the early leak of the US fantasy series Game of Thrones could stop the show's fifth season from delivering series high audience numbers. The US cable network HBO was rocked by the unexpected leak of the first four episodes of the new season to file-sharing networks ahead of the fifth season premiere. But the series debut clocked just shy of 8 million viewers in the US, a series record. HBO says the investigation is still ongoing. "We're actively assessing how this breach occurred."
Action makeover for Dorothy and Toto
The US network NBC has dusted off its darker take on The Wizard of Oz, a television pilot titled Emerald City. The reboot, from writer and producer David Schulner, has been kicking around for a few years and features a spin on the iconic story which is almost Game of Thrones-esque. In it, Dorothy Gale is an action hero, accompanied by Toto, a police dog, and Oz is a "mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy". NBC has commissioned 10 one-hour episodes.
Drama wraps up in comic
The US drama Revolution, which starred Australian actor David Lyons and was cancelled after two seasons, will be given a chance to wrap up its storylines in the form of a comic book. The digital comic is being produced by the show's creative team for Warner Bros Television, which produced the series. Four chapters will be published online fortnightly from May 4 on comicbook.com, and later on the show's Facebook page. The show's creator, Eric Kripke, said he wanted to "end the story, on our terms".