Foxtel has proposed stripping away Screen Australia’s funding for drama and documentary and using the money to cover the costs of raising the Location and TV Producer Offsets.
The Department of Communications and the Arts, Screen Australia and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have launched a consultation paper inviting industry input towards the Australian and Children’s Screen Content Review.
Offshore producers who want to take advantage of the federal government's $20 million incentive to attract big budget productions to shoot Down Under can start preparing their applications.
The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance has called on the Federal Government to raise the Location Offset tax rebate to 30 per cent when it launches its long-awaited National Cultural Policy on March 13.
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has launched a wide-ranging review of local government compliance and enforcement practices
Extending the Producer Offset to games developers would be a positive according to The Greens
The local production offshoot of US studio Warner Bros has received $10.69 million in Australian government tax offsets since 2009
Australia's struggling post-production sector has received a boost in the 2011 Federal Budget