The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy and growing toll on the screen industry, resulting in the postponement of numerous TV shows and widespread job losses.
Season writer and script executive Anthony Ellis has joined Screentime in the newly created role of head of scripted.
Carly Heaton has resigned from Foxtel to join Fremantle in the newly created role of creative director, scripted content.
Network 10 and the UK's Channel 5 have commissioned an extra five episodes of Fremantle's Neighbours to make the show's 35th anniversary.
The government's review of local content quotas should result in a funding and regulatory framework that protects Australian stories, voices and jobs, according to Fremantle CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor.
Blake Ayshford is writing a pilot for the BBC, a comedy-drama set in the near future in which an Uber-like app provides emotional labour for time-poor people.
Seven creatives from across regional NSW and one from the Pilbara in Western Australia have been selected to participate in Screenworks 2020 Career Pathways Program, funded by Screen NSW and Screenwest.
Fremantle will produce 'Breathless', a four-part thriller created by 'Neighbours' executive producer Jason Herbison for Network 10 and the UK's Channel 5, using a production model designed as a precursor for more short-run dramas.