Channel Nine is set to launch a new reality series to rival Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.
The un-named show is expected to tread similar territory to the hit Channel Seven series.
Hosted by Grant Bowler the long-running documentary program is a behind-the-scenes look at Australia’s Immigration, Customs and Quarantine departments.
Executive Adrian Swift, meanwhile, announced Nine’s version during an industry conference in Queensland recently reported TV Tonight on Thursday.
Swift, who is Nine’s Head of Production and Development did not reveal any details.
Channel Nine is set to launch a new reality series to rival Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. The un-named show is expected to tread similar territory to the hit Channel Seven series. Pictured: A scene from the long-running documentary series
He indicated that the network was looking at ‘Blue Light’ services as story material: RBT, Emergency services and paramedics.
He explained: ‘We’ve got a new sort of version of a Border Security show coming… these are big universal things that we all experience: police, hospitals, airports, all those kinds of things.’
Meanwhile, he hinted that the commercial networks are facing a crisis of rising costs and falling ad revenue.
‘The amount of money I’ve got to spend on shows is getting less and less and shows are becoming more and more expensive,’ he said.
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Nine Executive Adrian Swift announced Nine’s version during an industry conference in Queensland recently reported TV Tonight on Thursday Pictured: A scene from the Seven show
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Swift indicated that the network was looking at ‘Blue Light’ services as story material: RBT, Emergency services and paramedics. Pictured: Border Security Host Grant Bowler
He did not blame the crisis on viewers for deserting free to air for streaming, but pointed the finger at Google and Facebook for siphoning off millions in advertising away from the TV industry.
Still, he said that factual entertainment remains economical and popular for Aussie networks to produce.
‘Australian factual is really easy to distribute all around the world because we make great Factual shows here, and I think certainly for us free to air types, factual works in our schedule wherever we put it.’
Border Security: Australia’s Front Line debuted on Seven in 2004 and has been a consistent ratings winner for the network ever since.
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