The initial impetus behind Closer Productions' six-part ABC series 'Fucking Adelaide' was to create a show for the web that could be written quickly in between feature work and made with actors the company enjoys working with.
Executive producer Julian Morrow regards 'The Letdown' as Australian TV's first comedy to deal with a young mothers’ group, and is surprised it’s taken so long to tackle the subject.
The ABC has strongly rejected the commercial free-to-air broadcasters’ demands that it restrict its role to providing programming which they cannot or will not provide.
By creating and distributing live action drama for a teenage audience, Netflix is targeting a demographic that Australian broadcasters have almost entirely abandoned.
Filming has begun in Brisbane on Hoodlum Entertainment’s 10-part crime drama, 'Harrow', a co-production for ABCTV and the Disney-owned ABC Studios International.
Key organisations from across the screen industry have made a united and formal commitment to work towards building a more inclusive sector.
The ABC should be mandated to commission minimum levels of new Australian children’s content each year, according to Australian Children’s Television Foundation CEO Jenny Buckland.
Netflix has beefed up its Australian programming by acquiring international rights to all three series of Matchbox Pictures’ 'Nowhere Boys'.