Looming decisions from the Federal Government about the shape of content obligations for SVOD services have given the country's free-to-air broadcasters plenty of food for thought as they attempt to maintain momentum in an increasingly competitive market.
An animated television series based on the children's books of AFL legend Eddie Betts has commenced production in South Australia.
Tim Draxl, Matt Day, Jada Alberts, Nicholas Brown, Anna McGahan and Oscar Leal lead the ABC's upcoming 'In Our Blood', a four-part musical drama series from Hoodlum Entertainment, inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the early 1980s.
Rising Sun Pictures has appointed Phil Barrenger as head of operations.
Nine has begun production in Victoria on upcoming crime drama 'Human Error', with Leeanna Walsman set to appear alongside Rahel Romahn, Stephen Peacocke, Matt Day, Rob Collins and Steve Bisley.
Olympia Valance, Annabel Wolfe, and Josh MacQueen have joined the cast of Netflix teen drama 'Surviving Summer', as production on season two gets underway along Victoria's Great Ocean Road.
Included in the slate are documentary series 'Facing the Numbers', exploring testimonies of First Nations people; the third instalment in Luke Eve's 'Cancelled' web series; and comedy series 'Plausible Deniability' by Iain Crittenden.
Former Screen Australia head of development Louise Gough has taken up an executive producer role with Picking Scabs, the joint venture between See-Saw Films and writer/showrunner Samantha Strauss.