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.
Publishing and media doyenne Ita Buttrose has been confirmed as the new chair of the ABC.
A delegation of actors, crew, writers, and producers converged on Canberra this week to push for local content requirements for SVOD and AVOD platforms, as well as other reforms relating to the screen sector.
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.
"The announcement by ABC management yesterday afternoon of fourteen positions to be cut from the Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne newsrooms has been made more painful by yet another deplorable use of targeted redundancies", the MEAA said in a statem
APN announced it intends to sell its Australian Regional Media arm after the company reported a seven percent slide in profit. The regional media division consists of twelve daily newspapers, sixty community and non-weekly publications and thirty regional
This New Zealand dramatic comedy, directed by Paul Murphy, begins its Aussie run July 29