AFTRS has announced the 14 participants in its expanded Graduate Program, which this year incorporates ABC, BBC Studios, Endemol Shine Australia, Eureka Productions, Fremantle, ITV Studios Australia, SBS, Sky News Australia, Warner Bros., and WildBear Entertainment.
After losing her job in Africa, former magistrate Laura Gibson returns to Pearl Bay to visit her daughter. But after two decades, Pearl Bay has changed in ways that will challenge everything Laura believes about life, love and family.
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.
For Australia's commercial free-to-air networks, arguably the biggest threat to losing eyeballs is not each other but the seemingly inexorable rise of streaming services led by Netflix, Stan, Disney+ and Amazon.
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.
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.
SBS will bring more new voices to the forefront in its upcoming drama slate, which includes four short-form productions from its Digital Originals initiative, as well as the upcoming series 'Safe Home', from producer Imogen Banks.
New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks' flagship channel Three has commissioned a local version of the Love Island format - the first commission across the Tasman for ITV Studios Australia.