LaNCE TV Ballarat’s Lance DeBoyle & Gabriella Labucci To Host Channel 31 Antenna Awards
Image: LaNCE TV Ballarat's Gabriella Labucci and Lance DeBoyle
LaNCE TV Ballarat has bagged four nominations at the Channel 31 Antenna Awards. That is not the only good news for the community television network. LaNCE TV Ballarat’s Lance DeBoyle and Gabriella Labucci will be hosting the awards ceremony from Deakin Edge in Melbourne.
The awards ceremony, originally scheduled for May 29, was postponed due to Melbourne’s circuit-breaker lockdown. The event is now scheduled to be held on June 19.
“Gabriella and I are absolutely frothing over being invited to host this year’s Antenna Awards at Deakin Edge. As Ballarat-based producers on C31 Melbourne, we are truly honoured to be part of community television’s ‘Night of Nights’ in this manner,” said DeBoyle in a statement.
“Community television is such an important part of our broader community fabric. The representation of culture, language and overall diversity which comes with community television, is something which will never be seen on mainstream television and remember, we cannot be what we cannot see,” said DeBoyle.
LaNCE TV Ballarat started broadcasting four years ago and this year has been nominated in four categories – Factual, Current Affairs or Interview Program, Live and/or Outside Broadcast Program, Outstanding Technical & Creative Ingenuity During Lockdown and Personality of the Year (DeBoyle).
Channel 31 To Be Shut Down In June
The awards come at a tough time as Channel 31 and other community stations are due to be shut down later this year. The channel has been the launching pad for many of today’s television personalities, including Hamish and Andy, Rove McManus and Waleed Aly.
“The remaining Community TV stations are set to be switched off by the Federal Government on June 30 this year. We have written to the Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher asking for an opportunity to discuss our broadcast licence deadline and our upcoming submissions as part of his Media Reform Green Paper process,” said Shane Dunlop, C31 Managing Director.
“The Minister’s Green Paper confirms that the spectrum (part of the bandwidth) currently used by Community TV is not required for several years. The paper also outlines a potential pathway that could exist for Community TV, enabling long-term stability and access to free-to-air spectrum. We believe Community TV belongs on free-to-air and we will be making our case over the upcoming weeks. In the meantime we look forward to Community TV’s ‘night-of-nights’ and are excited to have Lance and Gabriella hosting,” added Dunlop.
Hi there I have recently endured this KFC TV add, which has this girl storming away from some fractured amorous boy friend scene, and turning to him as he pursues her says “And I’ve been faking it”, leaving the boy propped waiting in the doorway, whereby the boy says lamely “Any one for KFC” … It seems obvious to me that this tragic mono-attempt at humour is set up for lampooning the same scene that might work for your programs at BEnt or Lance who are uncontactable because it is really CH9 who owns it. Thanks NEWS LTD for only one truth, where would we be without you.. oh that’s right.. it is only one voice in AUST..
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The camera pulls back with a girl coming towards us, loose flowing hair bouncing around her scowling face as she escapes with intent through the open bedroom door behind which a boy sits upright upon a red velvet, silken sheeted bed. He then takes chase, pursuing her with passioned intent, and catching up, finds the girl who tuns upon him saying viciously “and I’ve been faking it!”
The props boys pouted lipped hesitation, his temptress eyes shine sinister from within his voluptuous face. He reaches with his strong silken arm raising forming the beginnings of a fist to then lean forward his glistening eyes smiles as he grabs his forelock, tossing away the wig revealing a gorgeous woman and her satisfied smile. Fade: thanks, David Verrall, Melbourne. 31. may. 2021 at the email