As SBS's golden anniversary year gathers momentum, IF speaks with SBS television director Kathryn Fink about the place of public broadcasting in the fast-evolving screen landscape.
Rachel Griffiths, Jacki Weaver, Claudia Karvan, and Steph Tisdell will appear on SBS next year, albeit in a factual capacity, as the broadcaster unveiled a host of new documentary series at its upfronts today.
The unique cultural perspective of Australian screen stories can be a sales asset in the global marketplace but only when content strikes universal themes, according to speakers at a Screen Forever conference panel.
SBS will seek to drive its point of difference as a public broadcaster to audiences in the coming year, with director of television Kathryn Fink encouraging prospective collaborators to be “bold and ambitious” in their ideas.
Blackfella Films' 'The Australian Wars' and Aussie start-up Lumi.Media won MIPCOM Content Innovation Awards overnight in France.
As SBS looks to ramp up its local content offering, it's promoted John Godfrey to the newly-created role of head of commissioning.
SBS has appointed media executive Kathryn Fink as director of television, taking over the position left vacant by Marshall Heald.