Existential threats to the screenwriting profession have been making headlines lately with the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, but Australian writers working in children's television have been facing their own less noisy, but equally momentous, disruption since the scrapping of quotas in October 2020, writes Cleon Prineas.
Community television station Channel 44 Adelaide has commended the Federal Government and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland for "finally creating stability and a long-term future" for the sector with the introduction of a new bill that would extend its licence beyond June 30.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s Cybersmart program tomorrow premieres its cybersafety videos, #GameOn, simultaneously across classrooms Australia-wide.
After several years of screen industry inquiries which went nowhere, the options paper being prepared by Screen Australia and ACMA should set out clear parameters for a regulatory model that safeguards Australian content.
The options paper being drafted by Screen Australia and the Australian Communications and Media Authority should set out funding mechanisms to support film and TV content, particularly for the most vulnerable sector, children's programming, while extending the kids quota to public broadcasters.
Channel Nine's A Current Affair is under fire from the Australian Communications and Media Authority after the organisation found the program to have breached provisions on factual accuracy, privacy and complaints handling.
The ABC is worried that the government's classification review could result in a new nationwide system that impinges on its independence and would encompass content screened on ABC iview.
The ABC’s 7.30 program has breached the ABC Code of Practice 2011 by failing to give MyBudget, a personal budgeting business, a fair opportunity to respond to allegations of mismanagement and neglect.