Foxtel is supremely confident subscribers won't desert the full-service pay TV model in favour of the far cheaper streaming services.
Niasari has been named as an attachment to Emma Freeman on the Matchbox Pictures TV series Secret City for Foxtel.
The new political thriller, produced by Matchbox Pictures, begins shooting in Canberra this month.
The Australian Directors Guild, Matchbox Pictures and Screen Australia are calling for applications for the ADG director's attachment on Secret City.
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.
Foxtel has announced it will progressively double its investment in Australian scripted, factual, lifestyle and entertainment programming by 2018, boosting funding to record levels.