Amid ongoing debate over local content quotas, the Seven Network has threatened to halt the production of children's programs and to scrap plans for new adult drama, raising the ire of producers.
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.
While Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher is keeping mum as to whether the government will adjust the screen industry's regulatory framework, in his address to the Screen Forever conference on Tuesday he emphasised government has a role to play in supporting the industry to capture global opportunities.
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) has advised its members to be wary of signing deals which ask them to reinvest 50 per cent or more of their fees.
Screen Producers Australia would like to see a unified, singular industry strategy to help take Australian stories to the world.
Zoe Angus has quit as national director of Equity at MEAA to join SPA.
Actor, director and producer Rachel Griffiths will deliver this year's Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture at Screen Producers Australia's (SPA) Screen Forever conference.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) is calling for production companies to undertake its second annual survey of the screen production sector, to be conducted by Deloitte Access Economics.