International producers are being invited to apply to participate in MIPTV’s first pitching competition dedicated to programming targeted at kids aged from 6-12.
A Stark Production's animated children's series 'The Deep' continues to sell overseas, with distributor and producing partner Wildbrain recently securing a range of new deals.
The emerging crisis around local content results from repeated inaction by government to develop 21st century policy frameworks, write University of the Sunshine Coast's Anna Potter and Queensland University of Technology's Amanda Lotz. Here, they recommend three ways government can encourage local production and break the policy inertia
Almost everyone accepts that it’s time to re-visit the current C and P regulations and come up with a system that is fit for purpose – but just getting rid of them and doing nothing is not the solution either.
Amid ongoing debate over local content quotas, the Seven Network has threatened to halt the production of children's programs and to scrap plans for new adult drama, raising the ire of producers.