"Let’s make no bones about it - this is a disaster."
In the lead up to the federal election, the fight to regulate streaming services looks poised to get noisier: Australian Directors Guild executive director Alaric McAusland told Screen Forever Tuesday that the industry was currently "way too polite" to government on the issue.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner pulled no punches in his opening address at Screen Forever on Monday, taking aim at the Federal Government for reconfiguring content quotas and providing "slow, protracted and largely ineffective proposals" to ensure global streamers commission Australian titles.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner writes that Screen Forever 37 comes at critical period for industry, with robust discussion required.
Effective support for local children’s content is more critical than ever, argues ACTF CEO Jenny Buckland.
The ABC has strongly rejected the commercial free-to-air broadcasters’ demands that it restrict its role to providing programming which they cannot or will not provide.
The ABC has used its submission to the Federal Government's media reform green paper review to request an additional $90 million in funding, while at the same time joining SBS in dismissing content obligations as "unnecessary".
ABC managing director David Anderson reiterated his opposition to local content obligations for the broadcaster at Senate Estimates on Tuesday, describing it as a "breach of independence".
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has labelled the current media legislative framework as broken and under significant pressure