SBS unveiled its 2025-2028 commissioning inclusion guidelines today, setting higher benchmarks for on and off screen representation of people with disability and non-European culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Unpacking a big topic in 3-4 one-hour parts remains the commissioning sweet spot for SBS's unscripted team as it seeks to leverage next year's World Cup audience, head of unscripted Joseph Maxwell says.
SBS has released a first-look at documentary series 'Great Australian Road Trips', which follows Claudia Karvan, Melissa Leong, Nazeem Hussain, and Steph Tisdell on six epic journeys.
SBS On Demand and DocPlay will showcase the work of nearly 40 students from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) this month as part of an ongoing partnership with the institution.
Tasma Walton and Hunter Page-Lochard will play feuding siblings forced to work together to get away with an accidental hit-and-run death in 'Reckless', a comic thriller for NITV and SBS.
Don't get it twisted: short-form doesn't mean short on ambition. SBS argues its Digital Originals slate is where it takes big swings on new talent and experiments in both genre and story. Nor does short-form mean short on cash: Each 6 x 10-minute series has a production budget of around $1.2 million.
SBS, NITV and Screen Australia have announced six series to receive further development funding via the joint Digital Originals initiative.
The ABC, SBS, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, and production company Drama Queen are among the organisations that will take on interns as part of the NSW Government’s Createability program.