Film
SPAA: announces conference with major revamps
The Screen Producers Association of Australia has announced the date and venue of their annual conference, but the program for…
Keshet Australia: Alan Harris appointed head of scripted
Alan Harris has been appointed head of scripted entertainment, the local joint venture between David Haslingden's RACAT and Israeli production…
Screen Australia: documentary production for August 2013
$3.2m invested, total budget of $10m, on ten documentaries, adding up to 20 hours, with only four one offs.
Ratings: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Nothing really broke through though Offspring at 1.07m gave Ten a surprisingly high 23.4%.
Ratings: Thursday, 8th August 2013
SBS on 8.3%. Maybe the boys were ugly because Seven only took 619,000 out of the prospect of marrying them.
Film Victoria: some new shows and a horse that refuses to die
In the first production round, Film Victoria has put $3.2m into eight projects, one of which is pretty close to…
Open Channel: launched into permanence, pumped up with training money
Open Channel, the Melbourne Screen Resource Centre, officially opened its new premises on the Docklands Studio site, with a federal…
Amanda Higgs: getting Lost With The Boys
Amanda Higgs (Time Of Our Lives, Secret Life Of Us) thinks that broadcasters are wrong about the appeal of teenage…
Brief: ASTRA ad figures continue to grow in otherwise dreary landscape
ASTRA has published the advertising growth figures for the last six months, during which it simply brings to our attention…
Ratings: Tuesday, 6th August 2013
The X-Factor comes through for Seven while Under the Dome just pips Big Brother.