Kids’ TV boilover continues as ACTF comes out fighting

We are betting the commercial FTA networks are learning that their assault on kids' TV is a bad mistake. Here is just one example.

26 Jul 2017 12:00

David Tiley

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Image: an explosive moment from Tomorrow When the War Began.

The Australian Children’s Television Foundation was created from a passionate bureaucratic fight, and it has never lost the keys to its box of cudgels.

The House of Representatives Inquiry into the Australia Film and Television Industry is another opportunity for the soft-spoken but determined ACTF CEO Jenny Buckland to make her case.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.