ITV Studios Australia MD David Mott is encouraged to see the Aussie networks are still looking to commission shows despite the slump in advertising revenues.
Sydney-based actor, writer and comedian Jane Watt is the inaugural winner of the Equity Comedy Scholarship, allowing her to undertake The Second City's conservatory program.
Sydney may have lost the AACTA Awards to the Sunshine State but it will soon welcome back TV's night of nights from the north.
Eighteen years since 'SeaChange' ended its 39-episodes run on the ABC, Sigrid Thornton and John Howard will be back on screen in 2019 in a new version of the show created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox.
In this wrap: Beth Hart joins ITV Studios Australia as head of content; ACMI appoints Paul Bowers as director of exhibitions & collections; Infinity Squared adds director Nicholas Reynolds to its roster.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book 'Penguin Bloom', starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series 'Mystery Road'; Nine's 'Seachange' reboot; and 'Roborovski', a VR project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.
The Seven Network has commissioned 'Beat the Chasers', a spin-off of game show 'The Chase' that will see contestants taking on four Chasers at once - The Supernerd, Goliath, The Tiger Mum and The Shark - for a prize pool of over $500,000.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the industry leaders that will make up the two advisory boards for next year's Screen Forever conference.