ViacomCBS has appointed Network 10 CEO Paul Anderson to additionally lead its operations in Australia and New Zealand.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
An ensemble cast that includes Stephen Curry, Robbie Magasiva, Rowan Witt, Katrina Milosevic, Ryan Shelton, Zahra Newman, Tina Bursill and Richard Piper will join English actress Katherine Parkinson in comedy series Spreadsheet, now shooting in Melbourne for Paramount+.
Network 10 parent ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has appointed Jarrod Villani to co-lead its operations in Australia and New Zealand with Beverley McGarvey.
Network 10 parent ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand has promoted Liz Baldwin to senior vice president, head of streaming.
ViacomCBS is calling for the scrapping of the drama quota, pointing to the steep decline in commercial free-to-air viewing of Australian dramas in the past 10 years, which is worse than the overall drop in FTA levels.
Yeesum Lo is set to join ViacomCBS's Network 10 in the newly-created role of head of development.