The past four years have seen the ABC’s commissioning budgets for adult drama and children’s content drop around 20 per cent each, according to new data released via Senate Estimates.
'The Letdown' was one of six pilots aired last year on the ABC via the Comedy Showroom initiative, and the episode went on to pick up an AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television.
Releasing on a respectable 80 screens around the country this week is the Australian court room drama 'Don’t Tell', about a young Toowoomba woman who took the Anglican church to court in 2001 for the sexual abuse she suffered at one of their schools.
In 2012, filmmaker Mike Nayna uploaded a video, shaming racists on a Melbourne bus, which sparked international media attention and resulted in two jail terms.
The ABC’s new medical drama, Clandestine Beyond’s ‘Pulse’, goes into production in Sydney today.
The changing screen landscape means broadcasters are looking for creative ways to draw audiences to factual content, and looking for bold “cut through†commissions that help build brand identity.
In partnership with News Corp's new female content platform, the With Her in Mind Network, Screen Australia has launched Doco180 - a new initiative for emerging female documentary directors.
"Each creative team is to imagine the episode is like an open letter to their 12-year-old self that explores the hopes, the dreams, the challenges, the hardships and the belly laughs that drive today’s girls," the ABC said in a statement.