SBS has appointed Natalie Edgar as channel manager of SBS and SBS Viceland.
The second season of ABC's 'Mystery Road', lockdown ABC comedy 'Retrograde' and SBS thriller 'Hungry Ghosts' have won the 11th annual Equity Ensemble Awards.
Aquarius Films' Sydney-set heist caper 'The Unusual Suspects' will premiere June 3 at 8:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand, with all episodes available to stream at the same time of the premiere.
"I'm always keen on working with messy, dirty characters who aren't generic."
ABC managing director David Anderson reiterated his opposition to local content obligations for the broadcaster at Senate Estimates on Tuesday, describing it as a "breach of independence".
Screen Australia's head of documentary Bernadine Lim will join SBS as commissioning editor, while Marissa McDowell has also been hired as a commissioning editor for NITV.
Stories that are "big, bold and surprising" or "provocative with a purpose" are the kinds SBS scripted acting commissioning editor Donna Chang hopes to see ushered through the new feature initiative the broadcaster has launched with Film Victoria and Arenamedia.
NITV has announced writer and journalist, Jack Latimore, as the managing editor of its digital offering.