The tectonic shifts that have characterised the pandemic's impact on the screen sector are laid bare in PwC’s annual media outlook, which forecasts an ongoing migration towards digital consumption in the coming years.
The streaming giants would be forced to spend on Australian content, the commercial broadcasters offered a new licence system, and the role of the ABC and SBS in producing local programming formalised, if policies outlined in a new green paper from the Federal Government are adopted.
Amanda Laing will oversee content across all of Foxtel's brands, while Brian Walsh will spearhead a new Originals division as part of a reorganisation of the Foxtel executive team.
Since launching in May, Foxtel's streaming service Binge has signed up more than 217,000 subscribers, targeting the younger generation who never subscribed to Foxtel.
Foxtel's low-cost entertainment streaming service Binge offers 10,000 hours of content, rising to 20,000 hours by the end of the year - but no exclusives and relatively few Australian shows.
SoHo’s programming, including Australian dramas Wentworth and A Place to Call Home and international series Outlander, The Americans, Nashville, Shameless and Bates Motel, will be seen on Showcase from October 1.