Arts Minister Tony Burke hopes to answer the question of how best to regulate streaming services before the end of this year as he ramps up consultation on the government's National Cultural Policy.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner pulled no punches in his opening address at Screen Forever on Monday, taking aim at the Federal Government for reconfiguring content quotas and providing "slow, protracted and largely ineffective proposals" to ensure global streamers commission Australian titles.
After several years of screen industry inquiries which went nowhere, the options paper being prepared by Screen Australia and ACMA should set out clear parameters for a regulatory model that safeguards Australian content.
Two "massive moveables" - that is, COVID-19 and the delay in legislative changes to the offsets - mean Screen Australia has been scenario planning.
The past four years have seen the ABC’s commissioning budgets for adult drama and children’s content drop around 20 per cent each, according to new data released via Senate Estimates.
Lawyer James Cheatley has been appointed government relations and policy manager at Screen Producers Australia.
It's no secret that Australia experienced a significant production boom during the 2020-21 financial year, but Screen Australia has finally crunched the numbers to reveal a record $1.9 billion was spent on drama production across the period.
Opening on 250-plus screens on August 27, the day after its CinefestOZ premiere at Orana Cinemas in Busselton, Jeremy Sims' 'RAMS' will be the first Australian wide release since cinemas re-opened.