Screen Producers Australia (SPA) CEO Matthew Deaner didn't mince words at Tuesday's public hearing into the National Cultural Policy in Canberra, telling a Senate Committee that some streaming businesses had been promoting misleading information about the policy to Parliament.
There is confidence within the documentary sector that its concerns about the genre's omission from last year's streaming regulation models have been heard ahead of the legislation's introduction to parliament.
Remaining flexible and adapting to the needs of practitioners amid broader industry changes are among the chief concerns for Screen Australia when it comes to ongoing capacity building, industry development head Ken Crouch says.
Free TV CEO Bridget Fair has identified free and easy access to free local services on connected TVs and updates to anti-siphoning legislation as the two most pressing issues for commercial broadcasting in 2024, calling on the government to implement a modernised regulatory framework that allows broadcasters to compete with "cashed up streaming services".
The Australian games sector has built some solid momentum over the past couple of years, but developers should be wary of increased economic challenges before stepping up their operations in 2024, according to IGEA CEO Ron Curry.
The Federal Government has announced it will alter the threshold for the TV Producer Offset, meaning serials like 'Home and Away' will now be able to qualify for the 30 per cent rebate.
The NSW Government has vowed to give the state's screen agency greater independence and develop a business case for a second major film studio as part of its new ten-year cultural policy unveiled this week.
Industry stakeholders are seeking clarification from the Federal Government about the place of documentary in the incoming streaming regulation, after the genre was omitted in the models proposed in the Targeted Consultation Paper.