UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Northern Pictures' eight-part comedy 'Spreadsheet', led by Brit Katherine Parkinson.
Northern Pictures has formed a new joint venture with First Nations creatives Benny Eggmolesse and Scott Wilson - Yoowarni Productions.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Northern Pictures is poised to continue its successful Emmys run, earning international nominations for the second seasons of ABC's 'Hardball' and 'Love on the Spectrum'.
The unique cultural perspective of Australian screen stories can be a sales asset in the global marketplace but only when content strikes universal themes, according to speakers at a Screen Forever conference panel.