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Screen Australia & Dynamic TV prep scripted funding scheme
Screen Australia has partnered with Savage River prodco Dynamic Television to launch a scheme that…
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ABC Australia partners with Brendan Cowell to adapt his novel ‘Plum’
Australian broadcaster ABC has ordered Plum, a six-part drama series based on Brendan Cowell’s novel…
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‘Bluey’ expands in Middle East with Spacetoon Kids broadcast & licensing deal
Spacetoon Kids, the pan-Arab kids FTA channel, has acquired the first season of Australian animated…
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ABC Australia & Disney+ pick up half-hour ‘Bluey’ special
Australian broadcaster ABC has commissioned a special half-hour instalment of animated kids hit Bluey to…
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Wildbrain & BBCS alum Deirdre Brennan joins Screen Australia as CEO
Wildbrain’s COO Deirdre Brennan is leaving the company to head up funding body Screen Australia….
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See-Saw & Samantha Strauss’s Picking Scabs prodco hires Screen Australia head of production
Slow Horses producer See-Saw Films and Samantha Strauss’s joint venture prodco, Picking Scabs, has expanded…
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Screen Australia appoints Screen NSW boss as content chief, following Sally Caplan exit
Australian government funding body Screen Australia has appointed Grainne Brunsdon as head of content, following…
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Screen Australia alum Richard Harris to head Minderoo’s new $7.5m fund
Former Screen Australia executive Richard Harris has been appointed to head up a new A$10m…
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Australian gov’t injects $34m to support screen production
The Australian screen industry is to be given a A$34m ($50m) funding injection to support…
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Australian screen industry releases Covid-19 guidelines to aid return to work
The Australian screen production industry has released a set of “Covid-safe guidelines” to help get…