Like a Photon Creative's animated family franchise 'The Tales From Sanctuary City' continues to rack up overseas sales, ranking as one of Australia's most successful exports.
"It’s going to be a huge extension of our existing programs – we’ll be able to offer more of everything - and we’re aiming to be as nimble and flexible as possible."
"We have to fight to help the next generation so they don’t come in and get screwed from the get-go."
Australia's leading children's TV producers today called on the Federal Government to review its planned media reforms, warning that abolishish the free-to-air broadcasters' children content quotas will result in thousands of job losses.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason has acknowledged that the government's proposed media reforms may result in fewer theatrical features but said the organisation remained committed to supporting projects for which cinemas were the "perfect home".
The streaming giants would be forced to spend on Australian content, the commercial broadcasters offered a new licence system, and the role of the ABC and SBS in producing local programming formalised, if policies outlined in a new green paper from the Federal Government are adopted.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason challenges Screen Producers Australia's claims that the Federal Government's media reforms will slash TV drama and children's production by up to 50 per cent and cost thousands of jobs.
Most independent Australian distributors are doing it tough, forced to postpone releases while the exhibition business languishes with Victorian cinemas closed and seating capacity restricted in the rest of the country.