See-Saw Films' Emile Sherman identifies the worldwide exclusion of COVID-19 from insurance cover as the biggest issue facing the film and television industry - and that's a problem for completion bond company Film Finances Australia.
Screen Producers Australia has canvassed the pluses and minuses of two of the models set out out in the Screen Australia/ACMA options paper.
The Screen Australia and ACMA options paper sets out four potential models for how local screen content could be regulated and incentivised into the future.
The commercial free-to-air networks and Foxtel are major beneficiaries of the Federal Government's package of measures to help sustain Australian media businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Federal Government's decision to rule out extending the $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy to casual workers who had been employed for less than a year will penalise many thousands of cinema industry employees and screen sector freelancers.
Most independent production companies and thousands of freelancers in the screen industry face financial hardship as they don't qualify for the Federal Government's $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has partnered with APRA AMCOS and ARIA to launch the 'Aussie Made' campaign, which from April will rally Australians to support the local music and screen industries.
As the industry grapples with the impact of coronavirus, Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has urged the Federal Government to keep commercial broadcasters' local content obligations in place.