Foxtel is aggressively slashing its prices and repacking its content to try to boost near-stagnant subscriber levels.
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The subscription TV industry today renewed its plea to the federal government to deregulate the broadcasting sector, including lifting the anti-siphoning rules on live sports.
Foxtel has promoted Penny Win to the new role of head of drama, a reward for her work in commissioning The Kettering Incident, Devil’s Playground and Deadline Gallipoli.
The Jack Irish telemovies could be the latest Australian drama headed for a US network remake.
Matchbox Pictures has quietly launched a production offshoot in Asia and is already working on several projects.
Pioneering New Zealand TV producer Caterina de Nave, who was SBS's Commissioning Editor for Drama, Comedy and Entertainment from 2009 until her retirement earlier this year, died in Sydney on Sunday, aged 67.
BBC Worldwide's first premium drama channel isn't pulling vast numbers on Foxtel, at least measured by the average audiences in prime-time.
Mark Joffe will direct the Nine Network telemovie on the world's richest woman Gina Rinehart and the troubled Hancock/Rinehart dynasty.