Matchbox Pictures and Film Camp's 'Turn Up The Volume' will premiere on ABC ME March 24.
How do you make documentary and factual content for social platforms that captures and holds attention? How do you condense big topics into 60 seconds? Oh, and is there a business model for this sort of content? These questions were among the conversation at AIDC.
It's a question as old as television: What makes a hit show? The creatives behind ABC factual successes 'Muster Dogs', 'Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked', 'Magda's Big National Health Check' and 'Stuff the British Stole' shared their thoughts at ABC.
Chris Oliver-Taylor is set to depart Netflix to join the ABC in the newly-created role of chief content officer, reporting to managing director David Anderson.
"I feel really proud of representing the Latin community... I can recognise the effort of the writers, casting directors and producers that are pushing for true diversity in Australian TV. In the past I didn't really think that I would have a healthy career in Australia. That perception changed these past two years."
The second season of Cheeky Little Media's preschool comedy 'Ginger and the Vegesaurs' will begin airing on the ABC from May 29, 7.50am.
Sea Dog TV International's 'Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep?' is an investigative documentary that looks at the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through popular hand-feeding tourism programs in Australia.
In ABC factual series 'New Leash on Life', comedian Joel Creasey teams up with dog behaviourist Laura V as they try to reduce the number of dogs in pounds.