Digital

Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…

Veronica Fury resurrects Peter Brock for broad Australian audience
In Australia, making a film about a true blue motor racing hero will inevitably become an obsession. As Veronica Fury…

New cultural precinct for Tassie, valued at $90 million
Revitalising a CBD carpark, the Launceston Creative Precinct centres around an education facility for a next generation of digital creators,…

Screen News in Brief: A new vision from SPA, plus rescues, reprieves and cuts
Festivals, film openings and awards continue. This fortnight's eclectic roundup shows an industry pivoting painfully, but still alive and planning…

Parliamentary Inquiry recommends federal tax offset for games development
The Inquiry Report pinpointed videogame development as a ‘new and emerging industry,' recommending federal support to increase co-investment opportunities, tax…

Russel Howcroft's recipe for success: keep laughing and stay tough
Imbued with the spirit of competition, one of our favourite larrikins sees the fight over revenue and regulation in TV…

How artificial intelligence can save journalism
As the opportunities and burdens of digitally driven research grow, artificial intelligence becomes a tool in its own right.

Community TV saved by the bell, on national TV
For the umpteenth time, the government stages another cliffhanger before giving community TV an extra year to do what it…

ABC: how to say pull the other leg politely on cuts
Here's a few wrinkles in the latest cuts fight, from the prospects for the indy sector to the long term…

Online film series profiles groundbreaking child safety activists
'Citizen Activism: Reclaiming Childhood Rights' honours three women whose activism helped bring about the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…