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Screen Australia
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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…
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Foreign production boosts Australian drama spend to 29-year high
Record levels of foreign production in Australia have helped shatter national records around drama production,…
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Keshet, ABC team for political drama Black B*tch
Keshet International (KI) has partnered with Australia’s ABC and Screen Australia to bring Blackfella Films’…
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SVOD net Acorn coproducing comedy original with ABC
Subscription VOD service Acorn TV is pushing deeper into original programming through the coproduction of…
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Aussie drama spend passes $1.3bn but kids suffer
Australia saw its scripted production spend hit A$1.3 billion (US$1 billion) for the first time,…
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ABC Kids & BBCWW partner for animated series
ABC Kids and BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) have partnered with Ludo Studio on a new preschool…
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Factual SVOD net, Arte create Living Universe
Subscription on-demand service CuriosityStream and European cultural broadcaster Arte have co-commissioned a science-themed doc series…
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YouTube, Vice, Maker and more for MIP Digital Fronts
Digital platforms and content companies including YouTube, Vice, and Maker Studios will be in Cannes…
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Flame Distribution brings in Screen Australia exec
Australia-based distributor Flame has brought in Chris Oliver to boost its Asian sales, production and…
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New players set for MIP Digital Fronts
The second MIP Digital Fronts will include the likes of AwesomenessTV, Collective Digital Studio and…
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Discovery pre-buys Tsunami feature doc
Discovery Networks Western Europe has pre-bought feature documentary After the Wave, for a number of…
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MIPTV 2014 news brief: The Feds pursuing Zombie Boot Camp
Australia-based prodco The Feds has hired veteran producer Julia Peters ahead of heading to Cannes…
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Australia and NZ take a seat at the drama table
Producers in Australia and New Zealand are creating a new wave of international-friendly scripted series…
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Screen Australia appoints former Universal, C4 exec as CEO
TV funding body Screen Australia has appointed a former Universal Studios and Channel 4 executive…
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BBC buys Oz mystery drama
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Australian crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries for its…
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Netflix inks exclusive kids deal with ZDF
Netflix has picked up exclusive rights to kids series Mako Mermaids from ZDF Enterprises, the…
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Cineflix Rights makes first drama move
Cineflix Rights is moving into drama and has made it first acquisition, upcoming Australian crime…
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ABC explores Australia’s WWI
Australian broadcaster has hopped on the factual drama bandwagon with a fictionalised four-part series about…
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Screen Australia backs raft of TV drama
Screen Australia is investing A$11.4 million in a raft of new TV series and features….
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Fred Media looking to expand international sales team
Nascent international distributor Fred Media is to expand its sales team around the world after…
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Asian Animation Summit launches in December
The first Asian Animation Summit is set to launch in December and will present 36…