Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner has warned there is a risk small independent production businesses will suffer from a continuing shift to vertically integrated platforms that produce content in-house.
Netflix has beefed up its Australian programming by acquiring international rights to all three series of Matchbox Pictures’ 'Nowhere Boys'.
'The Letdown' was one of six pilots aired last year on the ABC via the Comedy Showroom initiative, and the episode went on to pick up an AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television.
Netflix seems unstoppable in Australia, with more than 2.7 million homes subscribed to the service at the end of March – a penetration rate of 29 per cent, according to a new survey.
With two parallel yet overlapping inquiries under way into the Australian screen sector, what can the industry realistically hope will be the outcome?
Two years after its launch in Australia, Netflix has announced its first original local series, 'Tidelands'.
The director chats to IF about shooting in Berlin and the film's chaotic Sundance premiere.
See Saw Films and Jump Film and TV have kicked off production on live action series ‘The Legend of Monkey’ for ABC, TVNZ and Netflix.