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17/11/2022

Sunrise's Natalie Barr and David Koch are set to co-host the 2022 Woolworths Carols in the Domain, airing on Seven and 7plus.

18/07/2022

GREAT NEWS!

Lorelle Yee joins as Director of Marketing for the iconic Woolworths Carols In The Domain.

In a career spanning 25 years, Lorelle is a senior leader in marketing and communications, having worked in a diverse range of industries spanning media and entertainment, retail, property and hospitality.

"I'm really excited to work with the team at activeTV and all the partners who help make Woolworths Carols in the Domain such an incredible event for family, friends and the community" Lorelle said before adding "this 40th Anniversary year, in particular, feels so important to bring everyone together and celebrate, united by the spirit of Christmas".

Her major stints have included Chief Executive Women, Screen Producers Australia, Australian Association of National Advertisers, World Wrestling Entertainment, Foxtel Group, UKTV and more recently, at NIDA as Director Partnerships and Engagement.

The appointment follows on from the announcement that Lisa Fitzpatrick has joined the team in the key Co-Executive Producer role along with James Avery as Event Manager and Christopher Horsey as Director of Choreography.

Michael McKay will EP for a 34th year.

17/06/2022

Acclaimed choreographer Christopher Horsey steps up as Director of Choreography for the 40th Anniversary Edition.

Recently, Chris was the choreographer and casting associate for the ABC series "Wakefield" and will create, direct and choreograph the upcoming national tour of Lucy Durack's RomConcert.

Chris will oversee all the big production numbers as well as helping solo artists to use the large stage area to maximum effect and work closely with producers Michael McKay, Lisa Fitzpatrick and musical director Graeme Press to create a big, 'outdoor event' presence.

"That's one of the great challenges of 'Carols' because you're in this massive park, you've got a huge stage, thousands of people, much more like a stadium show than a theatre or studio" he said, obviously relishing the task for 2022.

27/05/2022

In something of a homecoming, former Seven Network production exec, Lisa Fitzpatrick, is returning to The Domain to take up the role of Co-Executive Producer for the 40th Anniversary Edition of Woolworths Carols in the Domain.

Lisa has previously served as the Network Production Executive on behalf of host broadcaster Channel 7 for five years and now steps into the Co-EP for producers activeTV.

The role was vacated by industry veteran Shauna Kane, who had served as producer and Co-Ep for a remarkable 20 years.

“We thank Shauna so much for her extraordinary contribution to ‘Carols’ over two decades and wish her nothing but the very best” activeTV President and Executive Producer Michael McKay said, before adding “and I also want to welcome back Lisa Fitzpatrick who has returned to The Domain to oversee our biggest celebration yet”.

“I’m delighted to be working with activeTV again and ‘Carols’ was always a highlight each year and one of my favourite productions, so to be here for the 40th Anniversary is really very special” said Lisa.

She was previously with Seven for some 17 years and commissions under her watch (as Head of Program Development) included Beauty and the Geek, World’s Strictest Parents, Four Weddings, Minute To Win It, Australia’s Amazing Race and The X Factor. Lisa and her team were also instrumental in Seven’s culinary juggernaut My Kitchen Rules.

As Executive Producer Entertainment, Lisa served on Better Homes & Gardens, Dancing With The Stars, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and, of course, Carols in the Domain.

15/03/2022

Achieving Growth in Challenging Times:

There's no question Woolworths Carols In The Domain is a rare Premium Event, that continues to deliver, even during hard lockdowns.

These past two years have been challenging to say the least, but we've actually found ways to expand audiences, build up our digital presence and deliver for our loyal fans and wonderful supporters.

We've had to:
Communicate well (and often) with our stakeholders;
Develop new online strategies (that deliver expanded reach for our corporate supporters);
Create an even stronger sense of belonging

activeTV was established in 1988 and has built a reputation in live event television, reality series production, high level sports production and event management in both entertainment and sports.

20/12/2021

19/12/2021

What a magical night! What was your favourite performance at the Domain on Saturday?

And if you didn't get the chance to come to the Domain, tune in on Thursday 23rd December at 7.30 to watch Carrie Underwood, The Wiggles, Phil Burton, Samantha Jade and many, many more fabulous artists on Channel 7.

17/12/2021

We can’t wait to see this talented bunch sing our favourite Christmas songs at Carols tomorrow.

Who are you most excited to see this year?

Tickets are still available. Don't miss out!
https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/events/27686

11/11/2021

09/11/2021

ActiveTV President, Michael McKay, calls for more Asia-Pac co-pro engagement
reports David Knox, TV Tonight

Veteran producer Michael McKay argues Australia needs to consider more drama co-productions with Asia.

27/10/2021

Carols is coming home!

We’re thrilled to announce that we are back where we belong in 2021, at the Domain in Sydney.
Celebrate Christmas with Nat Barr and David Koch at Woolworths Carols in the Domain on Saturday 18th December. Spots are strictly limited. Register your interest here to attend.

https://bit.ly/3ClaKQr

27/10/2021

We have a big announcement we can’t wait to share with you!

Tune in tomorrow.

12/10/2021

We love Christmas and so does Channel 7
They announced during their "upfronts" that the annual festive spectacular 'Woolworths Carols in the Domain' will again take centre stage across the network.

Channel 7 has been a wonderful broadcast partner, going way back to 1988, and we're thrilled to see this long-standing association still going strong over 30 years later.

“Special event TV is a key part of our content and next year will be no different, with more remarkable 7NEWS Spotlight specials, Carols In The Domain, the 94th Annual Academy Awards and – new to Seven in 2022 – the 64th GRAMMY Awards,” said Seven Network director of programming, Angus Ross.

02/05/2021

Great to see Celebrity Car Wars picked up by Ignition TV in South Africa.
Thanks to TVF for repping the series.

30/03/2021

Peter Mitchell, Jane Bunn, Natalie Barr, Larry Emdur joined by Kate Ceberano, Guy Sebastian, Human Nature & Effie for GFA this Friday.

01/03/2021

We've finished crunching the numbers for the 2020 Woolworths Carols in the Domain, and despite all of the challenges, we delivered 2,372,000 viewers for our long time broadcaster Channel 7 (plus a whopping 4.166m streaming minutes).
We continued to increase our reach on FB with another 2,662,896 people plus 1,160,318 on Insta.

We launched The Christmas Network channel, continued our longstanding support of The Salvation Army and delivered a great Christmas show for Australia.