Seven West Media has sold its share of 7Wonder, the UK production co-venture which makes My Kitchen Rules and factual, children’s and arts programming for British broadcasters.
Brad Lyons stepped down earlier this month as the Seven Network’s director of network production after 20 years with the broadcaster. IF asked the executive, who worked his way up the ladder from head of infotainment and oversaw some of its biggest franchises including 'My Kitchen Rules', 'House Rules', 'Little Big Shots', 'The Chase', 'Dancing With the Stars' and 'First Dates', about the changes he’s witnessed over two decades.
The return of Andrew Denton, new reality series 'The Rich House' and 'Dance Boss' and local crime drama 'Australian Gangster' are among the shows which the Seven Network is banking on to make 2018 its 12th straight year at the top of the primetime ratings.
Australia’s commercial free-to-air broadcasters have asked the government for sweeping changes to local content regulations.
Calls by the Seven, Nine and Ten networks to scrap the quotas for children’s and pre-school programming have been roundly condemned by key screen industry groups and guilds.
The chiefs of the Seven, Nine and Ten Networks today pressed their case to scrap the quotas for children’s and pre-school programming and to raise the TV producer offset to 40 per cent.
At the half-way point of the 2017 ratings year, the Seven, Nine and Ten networks all have something to crow about, and Australian-made dramas and reality shows continue to dominate.
The Federal Government has unveiled a wide-ranging media reform package, with plans to abolish broadcasting licence fees and conduct a review into Australian and children’s content.