Already the Melbourne Screen Hub - a newly-opened collective of service companies located in Yarraville - is a "thriving little 24/7 business", according to general manager Ian Anderson.
Freeview Australia has unveiled its HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) service, providing access to a library of more than 50,000 individual programs and episodes.
"Looking at how VR had been working so far, what I thought was missing were synchronised mass audience experiences, where everyone gets to have a shared viewing."
Sweetshop & Green has promoted Ester Harding to head of drama, and appointed former AIDC CEO and conference director Alice Burgin as a documentary and factual executive.
A comedy-drama about a teen boy's quest to take part in his rural home town's debutante ball as his drag queen persona will receive development support via the AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative.
What it means to return home has proven to be a central theme for producer Lucinda Bruce across the past couple of years.
After almost four years with Women in Film & Television (WIFT), Megan Riakos, the driving force behind the nationalisation of the organisation in 2018, will depart the board this month to focus on her slate of projects as an independent producer with Hemlock & Cedar Films.
A group of animation and visual effects trainees have been given the opportunity to fast-track their careers in the industry after being selected for the Screen NSW Animation and VFX Trainee Placement Pilot Program.