Film Victoria has announced $2 million in production funding across 11 film, television and online projects, including Matchbox Pictures' upcoming SBS series 'Hungry Ghosts'.
The overnight ratings on Wednesdays for Network 10’s 'Playing for Keeps' were respectable but the catch-up numbers are so healthy the broadcaster has commissioned a second series.
The Nine Network and New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks Three have acquired 'The Gulf', a six-part thriller which follows the moral disintegration of a female detective as she investigates crimes on her home patch of Waiheke Island.
Set in the intensely secretive world of intelligence, deep within the walls of the joint defence facility in central Australia, 'Pine Gap' explores the famously strong alliance between Australia and the United States.
In the male-dominated world of a football club the real power is with the women.
Network Ten has released a trailer for Playing for Keeps, the 8-part Screentime drama which follows the wives and girlfriends of Australian Rules footballers.
There are a sprinkling of women in the casts of the eight shows which will premiere on Network Ten’s Pilot Week later this month.
Greg Haddrick is embarking on a career as a solo producer, aiming to create TV dramas, feature films and one-off programming for Australian and worldwide audiences.