Australian producers are finding it increasingly tough to negotiate deals with Australian theatrical distributors, a vital element in qualifying for the producer offset.
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Australian TV's most dysfunctional family, the Moodys, are to get a US remake.
Blue Zoo, a new TV adventure documentary series, will put eight teenagers- four Aussies and four from Ireland- through a training course at an Australian marine rescue park.
Despite being the star of Channel Nine's latest instalment in the Underbelly franchise, Jarad Daperis admits to having never watched any of the previous series.
Australian comedy/mystery series The Strange Calls has been bought by Hulu, the giant US video-streaming service.
Australian publicist Peter Ritchie has joined 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, based in Los Angeles.
Foxtel has commissioned a documentary on the history of cinemas in Australia, evoking an era when audiences were entertained in giant picture palaces decades before the advent of television.
The key 16-39 age group is watching less free-to-air TV but the commercial networks are chiefly to blame for the loss of viewers.