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Seven’s long serving production head resigns

Brad Lyons, Seven Network’s director of production, has resigned after 20 years at the company. Lyons will depart the Australian broadcaster at the end of the year. The Australian first reported that the exec will take voluntary redundancy. The exec joined Australia’s Seven Network in 1997 as head of infotainment, and took on a range […]

Presto closure costs Foxtel $21m

Folding SVOD service Presto into Foxtel’s existing subscription on-demand service has cost the Australian pay TV operator US$21 million, numbers released this week reveal. Foxtel’s net income for the three months to September 31 fell from US$42 million last year to US$16 million, primarily due to the decision to close Presto in January 2017. “Equity […]

News brief: Endemol sells My Kitchen Rules

Endemol’s distribution arm has sold cooking series My Kitchen Rules into Belgium. VMMA/VTM have acquired all five seasons of the finished cooking competition show and six seasons of its predecessor My Restaurant Rules are being made locally. The format was created by free-to-air Australian network Seven. The finished version and format are distributed by Endemol […]

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 for their distribution partners to take to market, but the popularity and lower cost of formats and reality shows poses a threat to the sector, report Dan Barrett and Stewart Clarke. Expectation. Its shadow carries considerable weight across Australia and […]

Seven Network buys Woodlies special

Australian free-to-air network Seven has acquired a feature-length instalment of animated property The Woodlies. Seven Network has already aired the regular The Woodlies animated series. It will air the The Woodlies Movie in late February. The animated property, about a group of trolls and based on the Cornelia Funke novel No Cookies for Troll, is […]