Foxtel has announced it will progressively double its investment in Australian scripted, factual, lifestyle and entertainment programming by 2018, boosting funding to record levels.
Werner Film Productions' Joanna Werner is appealing to creatives to pitch ideas for original TV dramas series for the Screen Australia-funded development initiative The Story Lab.
The Australian Directors Guild, Matchbox Pictures and Screen Australia are calling for applications for the ADG director's attachment on Secret City.
The new political thriller, produced by Matchbox Pictures, begins shooting in Canberra this month.
Niasari has been named as an attachment to Emma Freeman on the Matchbox Pictures TV series Secret City for Foxtel.
Foxtel is supremely confident subscribers won't desert the full-service pay TV model in favour of the far cheaper streaming services.
Foxtel has revealed its 2016 slate, which includes a raft of new Australian commissions and programming across drama, lifestyle and factual.
Former publicist for Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios Kate Ledger joins the board, and Ausfilm’s EVP of international production Kate Marks become president.