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.
The ACMA has registered a new Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice in a bid to adapt to the changing media landscape.
Free TV Australia is reviewing the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice (the Code) and seeks public comment.
Organisations from across Australia's creative industries have urged the government not to adopt the Productivity Commission’s proposed changes to copyright law.
The Federal Government has announced a seven-year, $400 million incentive to attract film and television productions to Australia.
Producers of narrative features and feature documentaries fear that reducing the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent will have a devastating impact on theatrical releases.
Arguably the most stressed players in the broadcasting sector, Foxtel, the Seven and Nine Networks and Network 10 are calling for the scrapping of local content quota obligations.
When Bridget Fair, the CEO of Free TV Australia, appeared before Senators on the Inquiry into Australian Content on Broadcast, Radio and Streaming Services in Sydney last week there was no deviation from the commercial broadcasters’ long held position that children’s television quotas should be scrapped.