ACMA data showing five of the major SVODs – Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+, and Stan – spent $335.1 million in 2021/22 on Australian programming demonstrates the viability of 20 per cent local content obligation for streamers, SPA says.
Up to six mid-career screenwriters will have the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles to undergo specialised training and participate in industry events as part of a new initiative from the Australian Writers' Guild and Screen Australia.
Screen Australia, NZ On Air and TikTok have announced the eight teams that will receive funding via the second round of the Every Voice initiative, which aims to support a new generation of Australian and New Zealand storytellers.
Pounce, Neville, Frizzy, and Gemma are back for an action-packed Christmas adventure full of sun, sand, and surf in 'Kangaroo Beach’s Hoppy Christmas Special'.
'Game of Thrones' star John Bradley and fellow Brit Joanne Froggatt are joined by Kirsty Sturgess, Dan Spielman, Rob Carlton, and Matt Passmore in Beach Road Pictures' 'North Shore', with production on the six-part crime thriller underway in Sydney.
Digital Original 'Latecomers' will premiere on International Day of Disability, December 3, on SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand.
The production boom shows no sign of slowing down: More money is being spent on drama in Australia than ever before, and significantly, the majority of spend is occurring on local projects.
Mike Greaney's online anthology The Future of Everything features the stories of a forty-something guy named Keith who’s determined to fight God, a Government-funded resort built to encourage intergalactic tourism, and internet-radicalised ducks at war with socialist seagulls.