Film
SBS: next year's commissions, laid out for study
Formats are the key, familiarity is the game as SBS develops a same but shinier year for 2014.
Ratings: Tuesday, 29th October 2013
In bad news for arts doco tragics, the ABC slipped with The Art of Australia. Seven continues to dominate, having…
March of the Moguls: drones, courts and Twitter, and a slow motion tide of change
Known also to the industry as a professional pilot, Dr O'D takes a helicopter view across some nasty clashes which…
MIPCOM 2013: in which Jeffrey Katzenberg becomes a short form evangelist, sups at the Youtube table,
Earlier this year, DreamWorks acquired the You Tube t(w)een channel AwesomenessTV for $33 million, marking the first buy of a…
Ratings: Sunday, 27th October 2013
Almost Grand Final Night for The X-Factor and Seven almost pushed Nine under the 20% barrier as it took 41%…
Ratings: Monday, 28th October 2013
Actual Grand Final night for The X-Factor, and poor Ten is under the 13% bar in the nightly shares. Carnage…
BIFF 2013: Nine little Audis all in a row
The Brisbane International Film Festival has announced its platinum sponsors, just two week out from the event. Audi is a…
Screen Australia: documentary production tranche, October 2013
Of the 5.5 hours in the latest documentary investment announcement, 2.5 is for one off programs, which gives Screen Australia…
Brief: SBS celebrates the ratings power of an old dead king
We beat the ABC to the slot, says SBS, as Richard 111: The King in the Car Park took a…
The View from Outside: agents, remake deals, and the sales game
For Australians, who have lived through the decline in Australian drama, the occasional excitement of an international remake, the ABC’s…