Screen Producers Australia will hold its 31st Annual Conference from November 15-17 at the Crown Conference Centre in Melbourne. SPA CEO Matthew Deaner tells IF what to expect.
Lawyer James Cheatley has been appointed government relations and policy manager at Screen Producers Australia.
Australian TV dramas are achieving consistently high ratings and Secrets & Lies, Rake and Wentworth are being remade for international audiences.
Screen Producers Australia executive director Matt Deaner has called on the ABC to preserve its commitments to adult and children's drama in the face of the efficiency audit ordered by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Screen producers are hopeful an incoming Coalition Government will agree to their pleas to lift the producer offset for TV drama from 20% to 40% and to raise the uncompetitive 16.5% location rebate to 30%.