Screen Producers Australia, among others, have lambasted its recommendations as both “reckless†and a threat to local content.
Screenrights distributed a record $25.59 million to rights holders in the film and television industry last financial year
Writer and former president of both the Australian Writers’ Guild and Australian Writers’ Foundation, Geoffrey Atherden, has been appointed a director of Screenrights.
After more than two and a half years, the Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS), Australian Writers’ Guild and Screenrights have settled their Federal Court dispute.
Foxtel and Screenrights today confirmed the terms of a new five-year deal, which covers payment of royalties for Foxtel’s retransmission of free to air (FTA) broadcasts.
The pay TV player now pays 26.95 cents per subscriber per month for some channels and will have to pay 10 cents for others.
Screenrights has announced the first three projects it will back via the cultural fund it established earlier this year, which aims to support projects which foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand.
Screenrights has collected $42 million in licensing revenue and other income for the film and television industries during 2013/14, with expenses at 14.91% of collections.