The Federal Government has committed $4.2 billion in funding for the public broadcasters over the next three years, while concurrently outlining the next steps in its media reform agenda.
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.
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 has announced the producers whose Pitch On Demand submissions have secured them a pitch meeting with one or more of the commissioning executives from Binge, Paramount+ or Stan.
More than 20 organisations from around the world, including SPA and NZ's SPADA, have signed a joint statement calling on governments to require global streamers such as Netflix and Prime Video to make "fair and proportional" contributions to local content in the markets in which they operate.