SVOD platforms have increased their spending across fewer commissions in the 2023/24 financial year, according to Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) data.
Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) chair Helen Silver reflected on a productive year in the organisation's 2023/24 annual report but acknowledged the "wicked problem" of supporting locally-made children's content moving forward.
Screen Australia and the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) have used this year's Children's Content Summit to launch a new initiative to develop Australian children's IP for digital platforms such as YouTube, Roblox, and FAST.
The Federal Government has named children's entertainer Simon Pryce Commonwealth representative to the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) Board for a three-year term.
Australian children's content and the National Film and Sound Archive both received funding boosts in last night's Federal Budget, with the government also announcing the removal of the cap on 'above the line' costs for the Producer Offset from July 1.
The health of the children's screen sector will again be on the agenda in Coffs Harbour at the end of August as the Australian Children’s Content Summit returns for a second year.
Deborah Mailman and Mark Trevorrow are part of the cast for a new-look 'Kangaroo Beach', as production on season three begins in Western Australia.
Stan and ACTF co-commission 'Windcatcher', a feature film written by Boyd Quakawoot and directed by Tanith Glynn-Maloney, will premiere March 28.