When BBC Studio’s launched its Australian production arm back in 2018, they looked to their wealth of existing IP for inspiration.
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"We wanted something that people up [in the Northern Territory] could look at and go, 'It’s not real but it's true'." - 'Territory' writer and co-creator Tim Lee on the importance of authenticity in the big-budget series.
NITV has appointed Dena Curtis, Cieron Cody, and Joseph Meldrum to its commissioning team.
Anonymous Content has partnered with Brouhaha Entertainment on a new joint venture in Australia and New Zealand with new sci-fi television series, Panopticon, set to be their first project.
Screen Queensland has launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) alongside a new 10-year Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Screen Strategy.
Previously announced dramas The Last Anniversary and Mix Tape, and returning series The Twelve and Strife will carry Binge's scripted slate next year as the Foxtel-owned streamer expands to incorporate sports and news.
Australian content made up around 0.5 per cent of all Netflix global views in the first half of this year despite the international success of Boy Swallows Universe, Love on the Spectrum, and Heartbreak High.
Music licensing organisation APRA AMCOS has posted a 7.2 per cent increase in annual group revenue to $740 million despite the live music sector still struggling to recover years after the Covid crisis shut down venues.