The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the Google News Initiative have launched a $40,000 pitching initiative designed to bring non-fiction storytellers and journalists together with technologists and data visualisation experts to create new work.
The sixth iteration of Screen Australia and Google's Skip Ahead initiative, designed to help YouTube creators up the scale of their content, has opened for applications today.
In a world first, Bondi Rescue will connect with fans via Google .
As the old adage goes, knowledge is power. In the post-pandemic landscape, data has never been more vital for both distributors and exhibitors to understand audience behaviour, informing how to best position films to the market and both maximise box office and the bottom line. We talk to representatives from across Google and Vista Group.
If the Federal Government needed any further vindication for imposing a mandatory code which will force Google, Facebook and other international digital platforms to pay Australian media companies for sharing news content, Google Australia's latest financial results are timely.
Google's YouTube and Screen Australia are bankrolling a new $400,000 fund to support the creation of online content.
Lingo Pictures MD Helen Bowden has called on the Federal Government to adopt the model set out in the Screen Australia/ACMA options paper which would require all commercial networks, pay channels and SVOD services to invest a percentage of their revenues in new Australian content.
Public votes are now open as 50 semi-finalists compete for the $500,000 prize and the chance to work with director Ridley Scott