Nerida O’Loughlin will remain chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) until 2027 after being reappointed for a three-year term.
Community television station Channel 44 Adelaide has commended the Federal Government and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland for "finally creating stability and a long-term future" for the sector with the introduction of a new bill that would extend its licence beyond June 30.
Existential threats to the screenwriting profession have been making headlines lately with the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, but Australian writers working in children's television have been facing their own less noisy, but equally momentous, disruption since the scrapping of quotas in October 2020, writes Cleon Prineas.
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.
Nerida O’Loughlin will remain as chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) until 2024 after being re-appointed for a two-year term.
Both Amazon and Netflix have welcomed the prospect of consulting with the Federal Government on a formal investment obligation in their National Cultural Policy submissions, but called for a "broad and flexible" definition of Australian content.
Federal ministers Tony Burke and Michelle Rowland have decried the lack of investment in local programming, particularly children's, among commercial broadcasters following the release of ACMA data.
Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts Paul Fletcher has defended the government's proposed Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme amid industry criticism, telling IF it is "an effective model" to increase Australian content being commissioned by the streaming services.