As the Make it Australian campaign for local content obligations to be imposed on streaming services intensifies, Netflix is talking up its growing investment in Australian film and TV productions and again rejecting the need for a quota.
The 2017 calendar year saw the independent screen production sector generate $1.2 billion in production revenue, export $163 million and support around 20,000 jobs. However, more than one in five companies reported a loss and another half only small profit. Almost one in 10 businesses report they are worried about staying afloat over the next five years.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the 20 emerging producers who will participate in its Ones to Watch mentoring program for this year.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has hit back at the commercial broadcasters for continuing to use second-run New Zealand content to help meet local content quotas, and made a renewed call for government to put an end to the practice.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has launched an annual industry survey of production companies designed to deliver an insight into the health of the screen production sector and track trends with regards to employment, trade and investment.
Alliance seeks to improve mental health outcomes for those working across the entertainment industry
The recent parliamentary inquiry into the screen industry recommended that the Minister for Small Business consult with businesses to address mental health outcomes. That's a positive step forward for mental health charity Entertainment Assist, which recently developed the Australian Alliance for Wellness in Entertainment (AAWE).
Actors who lend their voices to TV and online animation programs will now be paid per-episode and character rather than a day rate.
Elle Curran has been appointed director, legal and business affairs at Screen Producers Australia.