In the not-too-distant future consumers around the world including Australia will be able to buy content direct from the US studios and indie producers, bypassing TV broadcasters.
Executives from Paramount, Amazon and the ABC will share their commissioning priorities at Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum later this month, alongside those previously announced from Stan, Netflix and SBS.
Production workflow solutions provider The Rebel Fleet has appointed Stephen Ceci as managing director for Australia.
Both Amazon and Netflix have welcomed the prospect of consulting with the Federal Government on a formal investment obligation in their National Cultural Policy submissions, but called for a "broad and flexible" definition of Australian content.
Netflix seems unstoppable in Australia, with more than 2.7 million homes subscribed to the service at the end of March – a penetration rate of 29 per cent, according to a new survey.