Existential threats to the screenwriting profession have been making headlines lately with the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, but Australian writers working in children's television have been facing their own less noisy, but equally momentous, disruption since the scrapping of quotas in October 2020, writes Cleon Prineas.
Screen Producers Australia executive director Matt Deaner has called on the ABC to preserve its commitments to adult and children's drama in the face of the efficiency audit ordered by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The production of children's TV in Australia has a more sustainable future than ever despite audience fragmentation and the squeeze on licence fees, according to a new book.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released important research into the television viewing patterns of children tracking back to 2001 (when the ACMA conducted its first research in this series).
Australian children's TV may have recently picked up an Emmy Kids award for the ABCME animation 'Doodles', but otherwise kids' TV in this country is in a dire state.
Calls by the Seven, Nine and Ten networks to scrap the quotas for children’s and pre-school programming have been roundly condemned by key screen industry groups and guilds.
An era in Australian children’s television comes to an end this Friday as Noel Price departs Endemol Australia after 17 years with Endemol and its predecessor Southern Star Entertainment.
Filming begins this week on BLUE ZOO, ABC3's first 13-part marine wildlife adventure documentary series.