Screen Producers Australia (SPA) will welcome back representatives from Apple TV+, Foxtel Group, and Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ for this year's Pitch On Demand initiative.
'Colin From Accounts' co-creator and star Patrick Brammall will lead a new crime thriller series being produced by 60Forty Films and Werner Film Productions for AppleTV+.
Former Triple J presenter Alex Dyson and Gold Logie winner Lisa McCune are among the Screen Producer Australia members that have secured a pitch with commissioning executives from Apple TV+, Foxtel, and Warner Bros. Discovery as part of Pitch on Demand.
While the Federal Government has outlined plans for content obligations on streaming services, the office of Arts Minister Tony Burke has dismissed a media report of a 20 per cent revenue requirement as "totally speculative".
When it was announced in April last year that Kit Connor and newcomer Joe Locke would star opposite each other in See-Saw Films’ coming-of-age Netflix series 'Heartstopper', executive producer Patrick Walters said it felt like they were creating "something very special".
Apple will launch its streaming service in Australia on November 1, stealing Disney+'s thunder by a matter of weeks.
Streaming service Tubi launches in Australia on September 1, initially offering nearly 7,000 movies and TV series for free for anyone who is prepared to watch 2-4 minutes of ads per hour.
Starting today, Network Ten's industry-leading digital platform, tenplay, will be available on Apple TV, giving viewers a brand new way to enjoy their favourite shows from TEN, ELEVEN and ONE on-demand.