ACMA has warned the industry that free-to-air broadcasters are increasingly relying on New Zealand content to bolster their minimum annual Australian content quotas
Breaking ranks with Screen Producers Australia, the Australian Directors' Guild opposes two of SPA's key policy proposals as well as making the case to rename the Producer Offset as the Creative Offset.
The Classification Review Board would be abolished and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) would oversee the classification of commercially-provided content across all platforms if the federal government accepts the ACMA's submission to the classification review.
Australian commercial free-to-air broadcasters are unhappy with the costs of complying with the Code of Practice and claim the classification zones prevent them from satisfying viewers' appetite for more PG and M-rated content.
Did you know that heavy coffee drinks love SBS program Dateline, while red wine buffs tune into World News Australia?
With two parallel yet overlapping inquiries under way into the Australian screen sector, what can the industry realistically hope will be the outcome?
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Network Ten breached accuracy and privacy provisions under the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice 2010 during a segment aired on Ten Eyewitness News on April 15.
Almost one-third of Australian households have purchased a new television set in the past 12 months