Best of the Week: Foxtel’s float runs out of road as Telstra switches horses to Fetch

Welcome to Unmade, mostly written on Friday afternoon in sodden Sydney.

Happy Sock Monkey Day.

I’ve struggled more than I usually do to write this first line of today’s piece. There’s so much happening and so much complexity, that it’s hard to find a way into a topic which is as fascinating and fast moving as any I’ve written about in the 20 years I’ve been covering the media industry. I’m talking about the transforming television landscape. There’s been no point where things have moved as fast as they are right now. Consumer behaviour, deal making and investment patterns are all in flux.

It says a lot that the least unexpected development in television this week was the milestone moment of the axing of Neighbours after 37 years.