More than 20 organisations from around the world, including SPA and NZ's SPADA, have signed a joint statement calling on governments to require global streamers such as Netflix and Prime Video to make "fair and proportional" contributions to local content in the markets in which they operate.
Jenji Kohan, the creator of Netflix’s most-watched original show, 'Orange is the New Black', will headline New Zealand’s SPADA (Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand) conference this year, which will also feature an international address from Lord David Puttnam.
After 51 years in TV news, current affairs and documentaries in Australia, the UK and New Zealand, Phil Wallington despairs at the state of modern journalism, the pervasive influence of spin doctors and the standard of political discourse.
Screen Producers Australia and the Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further enhance co-production opportunities between the two countries.