#Kerry Packer

[unbfacts]

[tenth-sentence]

There had been testing moments between Packer and Baillieu, too.

"Westpac: The Bank That Broke the Bank" - Edna Carew

[abonethrownfromthevoid]

kind of amazing that Kerry packer has now bankrolled two spectacularly failed defamation trials of significant national importance. Kerry packer if I was you I would commit seppuku out of shame

[learnmaart]

Live: Elecciones 2025 - Albo cerca de las lágrimas sobre su madre soltera mientras revela lo que ella tenía en común con el multimillonario Kerry Packer en su primer lanzamiento de elecciones importantes para los votantes https://learnmaart.com/live-elecciones-2025-albo-cerca-de-las-lagrimas-sobre-su-madre-soltera-mientras-revela-lo-que-ella-tenia-en-comun-con-el-multimillonario-kerry-packer-en-su-primer-lanzamiento-de-elecciones-importan/

[blue-bec]

Also different markets had different season lengths. The US was 22 episodes for syndication (which I still really don't know what that means). The UK was happy with 6 - 50 depending whether the show was a soap or something else (comedy, science fiction, variety show, etc).

When Red Dwarf finally got to their 22 episodes, they syndicated in the US.

Australian shows ran anywhere between 8 to 50 depending on the show format (soap, comedy, short story) with no need for syndication either.

Different rules for each market also dictated show length is what I'm saying, and outside the US, how things worked didn't make a lot of sense to us. Shows were as long as they needed to be, and sometimes were just murdered by TV execs who found out what type of show was being made with their money.

See Kerry Packer taking Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos off-air part-way through their first episode:

"Kerry Packer, the owner of the Nine Network at the time, was informed of the show's content by friends while having dinner. He tuned in to watch the show, which was being transmitted on TCN-9, and was so offended by its content that he phoned the studio operators and angrily shouted, "Get that shit off the air!". Within minutes, the programme was pulled.[3] Viewers saw a Nine Network bumper interrupt the programme with an announcement about there being "a technical problem" before beginning a rerun of the American sitcom Cheers, which filled the remaining airtime."

downsizing seasons from 22 episodes to 13 to 8. describing miniseries as "8 hour movies". loudly declaring that shows with 20+ episodes per season cannot truly be good. complaining that "it couldve been a movie". complaining about filler episodes. complaining about bottle episodes. complaining about episodes that prioritize character over plot. fr i think y'all just dont like television

[seolapolo-blog]

Jemalong Polo Club Win The Kerry Packer Challenge Cup

Running parallel to the Ellerston Cup, the Kerry Packer Challenge was a fierce tournament displaying spine-chilling action.

A dynamic lineup of players spread across 10 teams competed in this year’s Kerry Packer Challenge Cup, displaying their skills across 22 thrilling matches. Let’s dive into the knockout stages and relive some of the tournament’s most captivating moments Read more

[news365timesindia]

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma after winning the Champions Trophy 2025 (PC: ICC) RevSportz Comment On air after victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final, Sunil Gavaskar tried to put his occasional criticism of India’s cricketers into context. He compared himself to the family elder who occasionally needed to admonish the young tyros. And why not? If anyone has earned that status, it’s Gavaskar. It couldn’t be more appropriate that this is being written on March 10, 40 years to the day from India’s triumph in the World Championship of Cricket final against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. For most Indians, it was their first exposure to white-ball cricket. The World Cup wouldn’t adopt coloured clothes and the white ball until 1992, and this tournament – to celebrate 150 years of the state of Victoria – was India’s first glimpse at the Kerry Packer-led innovations that had transformed world cricket. That was a brilliant side, which won five matches on the trot to take the trophy. Kapil Dev provided the new-ball nous – “Knocked ’im over! First cherry! Great yorker” was the inimitable Richie Benaud’s response to his dismissal of Qasim Omar – while Laxman Sivaramakrishnan sprinkled the leg-spin magic. And what wizardry it was. The leg-break that saw Javed Miandad stumped deserved to be framed in a museum. Gavaskar, in his final match as India captain, affected the crucial run-out of Imran Khan, his counterpart, with a direct hit from backward point, and then watched from the dressing room as India strolled past the target of 177 with eight wickets in hand. Ravi Shastri, player of the tournament back then, never won an ICC tournament as coach, but no one would quibble at his contribution to the solid foundation that has allowed Indian cricket to bask in this era of dominance. Across the last three major tournaments, India have won 23 matches and lost one – the 2023 World Cup final to Australia. It’s a level of consistency once associated with the old Soviet Union’s Red Machine ice-hockey teams, and few others. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here Rohit Sharma with the Champions Trophy (PC: ICC) And what is truly scary is that the Champions Trophy was won without Jasprit Bumrah, the world’s most valuable cricketer by a country mile. Even without Bumrah, India were rarely even stretched. New Zealand pushed them in both games, but can anyone really say that India were ever really behind the eight-ball? Then, you look at the bench. Arshdeep Singh, who has outstanding numbers in T20 cricket, didn’t get a game. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma weren’t in the squad. Yuzvendra Chahal was watching from the stands as a spectator. Each of those men would waltz into half the international sides around. Pakistan, for example, would bite your hand off if you offered them batsmen of the quality of Jaiswal and Samson. The BCCI gets so much criticism for a variety of things, some of it justified. But there’s little doubt that India’s staggering talent pool owes much to the work done two decades ago when the likes of AC Muthiah and Jagmohan Dalmiya insisted that the game must grow beyond the big cities. Each such global success will only bring more kids to the sport, more young boys and girls with stars in their eyes. A white-ball journey that began with Gavaskar and his mighty team 40 years ago is now on the fast track. And such is the momentum that it will take some stopping. Also Read: Rohit Sharma – Intent Over Statistics The post From Gavaskar’s giants to Rohit’s reign – India’s white-ball odyssey appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

[news365times]

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma after winning the Champions Trophy 2025 (PC: ICC) RevSportz Comment On air after victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final, Sunil Gavaskar tried to put his occasional criticism of India’s cricketers into context. He compared himself to the family elder who occasionally needed to admonish the young tyros. And why not? If anyone has earned that status, it’s Gavaskar. It couldn’t be more appropriate that this is being written on March 10, 40 years to the day from India’s triumph in the World Championship of Cricket final against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. For most Indians, it was their first exposure to white-ball cricket. The World Cup wouldn’t adopt coloured clothes and the white ball until 1992, and this tournament – to celebrate 150 years of the state of Victoria – was India’s first glimpse at the Kerry Packer-led innovations that had transformed world cricket. That was a brilliant side, which won five matches on the trot to take the trophy. Kapil Dev provided the new-ball nous – “Knocked ’im over! First cherry! Great yorker” was the inimitable Richie Benaud’s response to his dismissal of Qasim Omar – while Laxman Sivaramakrishnan sprinkled the leg-spin magic. And what wizardry it was. The leg-break that saw Javed Miandad stumped deserved to be framed in a museum. Gavaskar, in his final match as India captain, affected the crucial run-out of Imran Khan, his counterpart, with a direct hit from backward point, and then watched from the dressing room as India strolled past the target of 177 with eight wickets in hand. Ravi Shastri, player of the tournament back then, never won an ICC tournament as coach, but no one would quibble at his contribution to the solid foundation that has allowed Indian cricket to bask in this era of dominance. Across the last three major tournaments, India have won 23 matches and lost one – the 2023 World Cup final to Australia. It’s a level of consistency once associated with the old Soviet Union’s Red Machine ice-hockey teams, and few others. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here Rohit Sharma with the Champions Trophy (PC: ICC) And what is truly scary is that the Champions Trophy was won without Jasprit Bumrah, the world’s most valuable cricketer by a country mile. Even without Bumrah, India were rarely even stretched. New Zealand pushed them in both games, but can anyone really say that India were ever really behind the eight-ball? Then, you look at the bench. Arshdeep Singh, who has outstanding numbers in T20 cricket, didn’t get a game. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma weren’t in the squad. Yuzvendra Chahal was watching from the stands as a spectator. Each of those men would waltz into half the international sides around. Pakistan, for example, would bite your hand off if you offered them batsmen of the quality of Jaiswal and Samson. The BCCI gets so much criticism for a variety of things, some of it justified. But there’s little doubt that India’s staggering talent pool owes much to the work done two decades ago when the likes of AC Muthiah and Jagmohan Dalmiya insisted that the game must grow beyond the big cities. Each such global success will only bring more kids to the sport, more young boys and girls with stars in their eyes. A white-ball journey that began with Gavaskar and his mighty team 40 years ago is now on the fast track. And such is the momentum that it will take some stopping. Also Read: Rohit Sharma – Intent Over Statistics The post From Gavaskar’s giants to Rohit’s reign – India’s white-ball odyssey appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

[trekbec82]

I'm Aussie, was 8ish when Kerry Packer needed defib, and I've literally never heard them referred to as Packer Whackers in the 35 years since.

It may be a regional thing specific to NSW (we do have other words with regional nicknames that aren't used nationally), or it may be a generational thing, and I was just a bit too young for it.

I'm sorry Australians call defibrillators what

[graemepark]

THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 22MAR24

THIS IS GRAEME PARK:

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 22MAR24

In this week’s Long Live House Radio Show:

Kerri Chandler feat. Christopher Gate-ah McCray

Jimpster feat. KingCrowney

Yuksek feat. Voyou & Paula

MuSol

Serge Santiago

Todd Terry & Cherrelle

Donna Summer x Green Velvet

Kelly G. x Candi Staton

Aleem feat. Leroy Burgess

Change

Mtume

Inner Life and more.

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 22MAR24

Title (Mix), Artist

Heaven, Kerri Chandler feat. Christopher Gate-ah McCray

The Messiah, Unknown Artist

Helfy Mission, A.B. Habibi

Rise, Emotive Technology

The Passion (Atjazz Remix), Jimpster feat. KingCrowney

Hyprasensorial (Club Mix), Yuksek feat. Voyou & Paula

See What I'm All About, MuSol

Limit, Serge Santiago

Affair (Remix 2.5), Todd Terry & Cherrelle

I Feel Little Pills (Super Disco Club Rework), Donna Summer x Green Velvet

Power Of One, Kelly G. x Candi Staton

Secret Sunday Lover, Ignition

New Kind Of Medicine, Ultra Naté

Get Loose, Aleem feat. Leroy Burgess

A Lover's Holiday (Jim Burgess 12" Mix), Change

So You Wanna Be a Star? (Dave Lee's Disco Reblend), Mtume     

Murphy's Law (Cosmodelica Remix), Róisín Murphy

Situation (US Dub), Yazoo

I'll Be Waiting (Red Zone Mix), Clive Griffin

Listen Up (Raw Dance Mix), Listen Up feat. Tevin Campbell, Siedah Garrett, Karen White, Ice-T, Al B. Sure!, The Winans, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Big Daddy Kane, Melle Mel & Ray Charles

Moment Of My Life (Dimitri From Paris DJ Friendly Classic Re-Edit), Inner Life

Let No Man Put Asunder (Dr Packer Rework), First Choice

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Packer and James Packer were well aware of the ramifications of such a move.

"Westpac: The Bank That Broke the Bank" - Edna Carew

[georgefairbrother]

Remembering Sir Michael Parkinson, who passed away August 16th, 2023, aged 88.

From his Australian series, one of Parky's more interesting and intense encounters was with media mogul Kerry Packer, who had bankrolled the rebel Word Series Cricket competition in the late 70s. Packer was famously intimidating and, despite earning a large portion of his massive wealth from news and media, generally could not abide journalists and often made that very clear. It was rare that he spoke candidly and publicly as he did during this extended interview.

The battle to establish World Series Cricket had been bruising for everyone involved, and Parky clearly felt strongly about what he saw as Tony Greig’s betrayal, actively signing players for the rebel competition while still England captain, while Packer unsurprisingly had the opposite point of view. What followed was a masterclass in how to disagree robustly and remain courteous, and might have been Parky’s best interview of all on television.

[patricksmorch]

Indian spin great Bishan Bedi dies aged 77 | Cricket

Indian spin great Bishan Bedi dies aged 77 | Cricket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLR5VAib5OI Bishan Bedi, the India cricket great whose dazzling left-arm spin claimed 266 test wickets, has died. He was 77. The death of Bedi, who underwent multiple surgeries over the last two years that included a knee operation a month ago, was confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday. Bedi was part of the famous Indian spin quartet with Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan in the 1970s. He grabbed his 266 wickets in 67 test matches, but played only 10 ODIs between 1974-79, picking up seven wickets. He took 1,560 first-class wickets — the most by any Indian bowler ever — playing for various teams including Delhi and Northern Punjab in India and Northamptonshire in England. He is survived by his wife and two children. Bedi made an impressive test debut in a series against Australia in 1969-70 when he picked up 21 wickets. He kept on troubling other major test playing nations like West Indies and England before eventually succeeding Mansoor Ali Khan as India skipper in 1976. His first win as test captain came at Port-of-Spain when India chased down a historic 406. He led India 22 times in total, winning six of them. Known for wearing colorful patkas and a graceful delivery hiding devastating variety, Bedi was outspoken on the field and often got embroiled in controversies. In 1976 he declared India’s second innings early at Kingston to protest intimidatory bowling by Caribbean fast bowlers. With three Indian batters already out of the game after being hit by West Indies pacers, Bedi claimed there weren’t enough fit players available to come out and bat. West Indies eventually won the test match by 10 wickets. Bedi also criticized Sri Lanka spin great Muttiah Muralitharan for his bowling action. He refused to compete in Kerry Packer’s lucrative World Series Cricket in 1978 and claimed that he was approached by the rebel cricket league. Visit the WeShow Football store: https://www.youtube.com/weshowfootball/store LIKE our videos? Please SUBSCRIBE here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/weshowfootball?sub_confirmation=1 to support our Channel 👍 #WeShowFootball features previews, reactions and behind-the-scenes footage from Europe's elite football competitions. For more international sports news content, visit SNTV at http://www.sntv.com via WeShow Sports https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5yB3mDwRyLNeRvfCSdKMeg October 26, 2023 at 04:26AM

[workersbushtelegraph]

Markets wars in Meanjin

“You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime.” – Kerry ‘the Goanna’ Packer. Mark Power (Goodwill Projects Pty Ltd) owns the licence from the Brisbane City Council for the West End Markets adding this to his portfolio of farmers market licences: Red Hill, Kuraby, Nundah, Carseldine, and Milton. Mark Power (who was educated at Bond Uni, sic) is the youngest son of Bernie Power who sold Powers…

[showbiznews]

[littletroubledgrrrl]

In 1992, Australia aired a television special known as "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" which was basically these home videos of vulgar content.

It was like a more vulgar "America's Funniest Home Videos".

When Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer saw "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" after being informed of it, he was infuriated, called the studio operators and demanded the show get off the air, which it surprisingly did and was replaced with "Cheers" reruns.

"The Jerry Springer Show" was popular enough to be aired in foreign countries--including in Australia--and it aired content not that much different from "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" if not worse.

I wonder how Kerry felt about "The Jerry Springer Show" since that show was really gross, trashy and vulgar?

Sydney Australia