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January 24th, 2010 9:00 pm

Check out our new ‘Vampire Diaries’ blog

For all the latest on ‘The Vampire Diaries’, visit our new show blog at tvauscast.com/vampirediaries

For all the latest on ‘The Vampire Diaries’, visit our new show blog at tvauscast.com/vampirediaries

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January 11th, 2010 12:30 am

Feedback: How can we improve TVAUSCAST?

We’re always looking for ways to improve the site. Let us know what we can do to make TVAUSCAST even better in the new year.

With the new year officially underway, we thought it would be a great time get some feedback on ways we can improve the site.

Are there anything things you like to see more of on TVAUSCAST? News, reviews, opinion blogs, specific show blogs, videos, podcasts, polls?

Are there any specific parts of the site that need improvement?

Are you happy with the current site layout? Or do you prefer the blog style layout (numerous posts on one page)?

Would you be interested in reading/participating in community generated content/articles (content written by you and other readers of the site)?

Is there something new you’d like to see on TVAUSCAST that we currently don’t do?

Any feedback you’re willing to share with us would be truly appreciated. Just leave a comment below and vote in the polls.

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December 10th, 2009 1:02 am

TVAUSCAST Live: The season finale

Join us for the final episode of TVAUSCAST Live for 2009.

TVAUSCAST LiveWe’ll be broadcasting the final episode of the TVAUSCAST podcast for 2009 live!

Drop by the live podcast room at 10.30pm AEDST tonight to listen to the stream and chat with fellow podcast listeners.

We’ll be discussing all the latest TV news, gossip and summer programming, plus look back out some of our 2009 predications.

If there are any topics or shows you’d like us to discuss, leave us a message below, or visit the TVAUSCAST forums.

UPDATE: Thanks for those who listened live. We’ll be posting the episode to our podcast feed soon.

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November 27th, 2009 5:19 pm

Amazon.com holiday season sales

Amazon.com have huge discounts on hundreds of DVD and Blu-ray titles this week, including ‘Gossip Girl’, ‘Dexter’, ‘The Office’, ‘One Tree Hill, ‘Supernatural’ and many more under US$12.99.

Cyber Monday

It couldn’t be a better time to buy from Amazon.com — with our strong Aussie dollar, plus the huge discounts on offer this week. It’s the perfect time to stock up on those much craved DVD and Blu-ray titles.

TV Series

New Release Movies


Didn’t see something you were interested in? Try searching for other titles below. Or visit Amazon.com for more amazing holiday season deals.

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November 6th, 2009 3:15 pm

Giveaway: Win the soundtrack ‘Glee: The Music, Volume 1’

We’ve got 10 copies of ‘Glee: The Music, Volume 1’ to give away. Keep reading for your chance to win!

Glee Giveaway

Thanks to Sony Music, we have 10 copies of ‘Glee: The Music, Volume 1’ to giveaway.

The hot new soundtrack features 17 hit songs from Season 1, including “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Take  Bow” and ‘Somebody To Love”.

Win the brand spanking new soundtrack 'Glee: The Music, Volume 1'.

Win the brand spanking new soundtrack 'Glee: The Music, Volume 1'.

For you chance to win a copy of the soundtrack*, head over to our forums and tell us:

What makes you such a Gleek?

Log in using your existing TVAUSCAST username or sign up for a new account.

Enter Now

Winning entries will be chosen at random.

Competition closes: 11.59pm Monday, November 30 2009 — so make sure you get your entry in before then. Good luck!

*Open to residents of Australia only.


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November 4th, 2009 3:17 pm

The forums are now open

We’d like to invite you to join our new forums. A new place to connect with your fellow TVAUSCASTERS.

The Forums Are Now Open

The TVAUSCAST forums are now open. A new place to connect with fellow television fans.

We’ve built the forums form the ground up, so that they’ll be 100% integrated with our site.

They’re are in basic beta mode at the moment. But we hope to introduce lots more features in the future.

If you’re already a member, log in here. Otherwise register a new account to start posting.

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October 20th, 2009 12:19 am

WIN: “Heroes: An Insider’s Guide to the Award Winning Show”

Win a copy of “Heroes: An Insider’s Guide to the Award Winning Show”, the official companion book for the hit series.

Heroes: An Insider’s Guide to the Award Winning Show

Heroes: An Insider’s Guide to the Award Winning Show

UPDATE: This competition has now closed. We will be contacting the winner directly via email. Thanks to everyone who entered. Stay tuned for more giveaways and competitions in the future.

Rather than letting it collect dust on our shelf, we thought it’d be nice to give one lucky reader the chance to win our review copy of “Heroes: An Insider’s Guide to the Award Winning Show”.

All you have to do is leave a comment below answering the following question — in 25 words or less:

If you could have one extraordinary ability, what would it be and why?

The winner will be selected at random. Competition closes 12am Sunday, November 1, 2009 (AEDST). Open to residents of Australia only.

Make sure you enter your real email address when posting or register an account, so we can contact the winner.

Also, keep an eye out for our upcoming review and competition for “Stargate SG-1 : Dialing Up”, the new companion book for the popular sci-fi series.

June 16th, 2009 8:21 pm

The podcast returns Monday

The podcast finally returns Monday, so come listen, join in on the live chat and hear our take on the latest television news.

Episode 24 LiveThe podcast finally returns tonight. You will be able to to tune in live at:

http://www.tvauscast.com/podcast/live/

We’ll commence recording at 10.30pm AEST (10.00pm CST / 8.30pm WST), so come listen and join in on the live chat.

If you have any news or stories you’d like us to discuss, send us a message or a link to the article here.

UPDATE: We’re sorry guys, but since it’s been so long since we last recorded, we completely forgot how to set up our audio. Pretty embarrassing right?

So we’re postponing the podcast till Monday night. So make sure you come back and check out our live podcast then. Hopefully we won’t be plagued with all these technical difficulties on Monday.

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April 24th, 2009 1:58 am

Changes, Twitter and more

A few changes to the layout, live Twitter updates and more new features coming soon.

As you may have noticed, there have been a few changes around the site.

Hopefully we’ve made things a lot cleaner and easier to navigate.

We’ve also installed a new new plug-in which will automatically send updates to Twitter every time we post a new article. Follow us on Twitter to get these live updates, our Twitter name is tvauscast.

We’re going to be making even more changes on the site, so stay tuned for some new updates as they roll out over the next few weeks.

We hope you like the tweaks we’ve made to the layout so far, but if you have any concerns or any other ideas, please send us an email via our contact form.

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March 5th, 2009 2:43 am

Podcast live 05/03

We’ll be recording Episode 22 tonight. Find out how to listen LIVE.

Episode 22 LIVE tonightWe’ll be recording Episode 22 of TVAUSCAST Live tonight.

To listen, just hit the LIVE STREAM link up the top around 10.30pm AEDST, see local times below.

If you have any questions or stories for us to talk about, send us an email at contact@tvauscast.com or leave us a comment below.

10:30pm NSW/VIC/TAS
10.00pm SA/NT
9.30pm QLD
8.30pm WA

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March 2nd, 2009 10:27 pm

Some updates and fixes

We’ve made some updates and fixed a few bugs around the site.

TVAUSCASTAs you may have noticed, there have a been a couple more changes around the site.

Our homepage has had a bit of a makeover to feature more news and featured content. This should hopefully make it easier for you to keep up to date with what’s going in TV land.

We’ve also fixed the problems we’ve been having with comments not publishing properly if you weren’t a registered member.

If you notice anything else on the site that isn’t working, send us an email at contact@tvauscast.com and we’ll try to resolve things asap.

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January 26th, 2009 11:38 pm

A New Look For The New Year

With the new ratings season just around the corner, we though it’d be a good opportunity to relaunch the site with a new look.

A new look for the new year.A New Look

With the new ratings season just around the corner, we though it’d be a good opportunity to relaunch the site with a new look.

We hope  you find it even easier to navigate and to explore new sections.

What’s new?

Each category is now it’s own mini-blog with its own name.

Some of the major’s include:

The Rumour Mill – Gossip and rumours.

TV By Numbers – Views on ratings and results.

Timeslot – Programming news and scheduling changes.

Casting Couch – Casting news and updates.

In Development – Coverage of pilot season and shows in development.

Unscripted – Reality TV news and recaps.

Sports Central – Sports coverage and results.

Behind The Scenes -  The business and deals behind TV.

Television Tech –  TV online, in new media and related technology.

New Sections

We’ll be launching a new sections soon, including new TVAUSCAST Show Blogs. Which will feature in depth posts on all your favourite shows. We’ll be opening these up to the community, so interested parties should send their enquires to us here.

We’re also working on the TVAUSCAST Social, which will allow readers to interact with each other and to share their views in an open forum.

What else is new in 2009?

The podcast you know and love will return in early February, but that’s not all. We’re also putting a call out to the community for interested people to start their own podcasts. Whether you’re a huge Lost fan or you can’t live without So You Think You Can Dance, we want to hear from you. We hope to feature a larger Podcasts section with various shows covering all different shows and topics. Send your enquires to us here.

Stay Tuned

We hope you like our new look and stay tuned for more new features as they go online in the coming weeks.

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January 17th, 2009 1:35 pm

Undergoing Some Construction

We apologies for any oddities on the site you may run into over the next few weeks. We’re currently undergoing some construction to improve the site. Stay tuned for some cool new things.

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December 18th, 2008 2:59 pm

The Christmas Special LIVE Tonight

Make sure you join us LIVE for our final episode for 2008.

Visit live.tvauscast.com at 10:30pm AEDST tonight.

If you have any last minute topics for discussion, then post them in the comments, or email us at contact@tvauscast.com.

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December 16th, 2008 10:15 am

Christmas Competition

As part of our final episode for 2008, we’re running a little Christmas competition*. It’s a special edition of Mystery Voice. There are 9 voices to guess, all from different televisions shows. Some are quite easy to guess, others are a lot more difficult.

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Send your name, address and answers to competitions@tvauscast.com.

The first person to guess all 9 voices (or the most number) correctly, will win. The winner will be announced during our upcoming episode of TVAUSCAST.

The winner will receive a $50 JB HiFi gift voucher.

So start guessing!

UPDATE: Here are some clues to help you figure out some of the voices.

1. US Adaptation 
2. Caretaker 
3. Hospital 
4. Animation 
5. US Adaptation 
6. California 
7. HOMER! (Okay seriously, if you couldn’t guess this one…) 
8. Blogosphere 
9. Feline 

*Competition is only open to residents of Australia. Only emailed entries will be considered. So don’t post your answers in the comments. Both character’s name on show and actors name will be accepted.

In other competition news: enter Dell’s Christmas competition for your chance to win 2 new Dell desktops/notebooks for you and a friend. Every entry will help support TVAUSCAST. Entry is free.

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December 3rd, 2008 9:01 pm

Holiday Gift Guide 2008


Stuck on what to get the family and friends this holiday season? Every year it seems to get more and more difficult to decide on what to buy, or at least, so I find. So I threw together a quick holiday gift guide for all you TV lovers out there.

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