Alicia Camphuisen

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has driven record figures for Australian home Internet use, with more people going online to seek information on the new tax system. New figures from Internet audience measurement service Nielsen//NetRatings indicate more than 3.9 million Australians surfed the Net from home in June, up […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Some of Australia’s most innovative online marketing campaigns have been recognized at the third annual Awwwards for Internet advertising and marketing, held on August 2 in Sydney. New media agencies Euro RCSG Partnership Australia and NetX Communications each received two of the night’s five awards, as the 21-judge panel of advertising industry members […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Four year old Sydney-based content management and personalization solutions developer Presence Online has gained AUS $7.5 million (US $4.4 million) in funding to speed development of its flagship product Aptrix. The multimillion dollar capital injection has come from Deutsche Asset Management (DAM), one of the country’s most prominent investors in the private equity […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Telstra and Fairfax Holdings may be pulling out of upcoming national digital television trial projects, but free-to-air broadcaster Ten Network Holdings has now committed AUD $500 million (US $300 million) to its own implementation. Ten Holdings, which controls the Ten television network, has secured the funding under a syndicated bank loan facility that […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Newer local ISP Asia Online has set out on a campaign to expand its Web design portfolio, acquiring Victorian Web services company Diezel Interactive and its sister firm Dzign VC. Diezel has built its business in developing services for national and regional businesses, with clients such as shoe manufacturer Diana Ferrari and the […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Youth-oriented multimedia entertainment property terraplanet.com has acquired Sydney-based digital imaging bureau Purescript, in a move to expand its internal capabilities. Purescript will be added to terraplanet’s existing imaging arm, and the site will use the purchase to boost its skills in manipulating digital content across print and narrowband, broadband and wireless Internet. The […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Youth-oriented entertainment and multimedia network K*Grind will move to a future in Asia through partnership, after it signed a Heads of Agreement with Union Pacific Limited (UPL) and property developer MetroLand Australia to secure funding. UPL and MetroLand will acquire 51 percent of equity in K*Grind through share placement, adding to the media […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Looksmart Australia, the local version of international directory service Looksmart, will begin charging users to gain special benefits from its service, as part of a new phase in the company’s business strategy. Looksmart will offer two new services to sites that apply to be included in its selective database of URLs. Express Submit, […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] In a move to expand its revenue base, online community Start.com.au has signed financial information site HotCopper and membership and prize site eClubOz as wholesale partners. Under the partnership, both sites integrate Start’s communication tools, which include free e-mail, chat, instant messaging and personal organizer, into their pages and customize the features to […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Portal network Yahoo! Australia & New Zealand has launched a local version of the GeoCities publishing and community service that has etched a market space with consumers in the United States. GeoCities is designed to appeal to small and personal Web publishing, providing the HTML tools for beginners or more advanced users to […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] The federal Senate has passed the digital television and datacasting bill into legislation. The bill has drawn criticism from industry groups and the federal Opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) for the past few weeks, but the legislation was passed with support from the ALP and the Democrats who hold the upper house balance […]

[Sydney, AUSTRALIA] Australian online retail network TheSpot has yielded to capital troubles, and sold its business to established physical retailer David Jones. Under the agreement, David Jones will acquire TheSpot’s technology, infrastructure, intellectual property and some of its staff. These assets will be absorbed and incorporated into David Jones’ own developing e-tailing strategy. David Jones […]