Nine Entertainment expects to save spending on drama and children's programming as part of a radical plan to slash costs by $266 million this year.
Amid production shutdowns and job losses, the ADG, AWG, MEAA and SPA have penned a joint letter to the Federal Government to seek urgent support for the screen industry.
Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content's search for a second showrunner to work on the Apple TV+ drama 'Shantaram' has taken on added urgency following the exit of the creator/showrunner Eric Warren Singer.
The Make it Australian campaign is heading back to Canberra for the first time since the federal election, restating its case for local content requirements to be placed on digital platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Tony Ayres and Christian White are co-creating Clickbait, an eight-episode thriller for Netflix, the streaming giant’s first original series to be produced in Melbourne.
The MEAA has warned its members that a sophisticated scam targeting performers and crew has reached Australia and that at least one Australian stunt performer has been defrauded of thousands of dollars.
Industry guilds and the free-to-air broadcasters alike have expressed dismay over the Federal Government's move late last week to extend the Post, Digital and Visual (PDV) and Location Offsets to online platforms, arguing the government has missed an opportunity to introduce further policies that could benefit the local industry.
"We have to find a better way to support people and change the practices of how people enter the industry.”