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Skip Ahead: groups announced for Youtube-Scroz digital co-pro
Screen Australia has announced the five online production groups who will share in the $400,000 production pot, and work in…

Ratings: Monday, 24th March 2014
Ten slides even further down the gurgled. Under thirteen percent is beyond humiliating.

Ratings: Sunday, 23rd March 2014
Big crocs do well, as The Block defeats My Kitchen Rules, but the small fry are really suffering.

Movements: Barbara Uecker and Karen Standal on the move
Barbara Uecker, the Head of Programming & Acquisitions for ABC TV Children’s is about to leave. Karen Standal, a familiar…

Hot Docs: Four in the mix, one in the mix for money
A good year for Australian docs as an engaging bunch of different topics and approaches jostles for attention in Toronto,…
Recruitment: the secret journey to your next job
Patricia Powell-Hughes presides over EP, which has mastered the fine, secret art of placing senior executives and professionals in the…

SAFC: constructs distribution initiative, brings mainstream over the border
SAFC treats distribution like the complex thing it actually is, by building a six month two stage development process focused…
Ratings: Tuesday, 18th March 2014
NCIS lines up for Ten against Big Bang Theory on Nine, and Winners and Losers on Seven. Does the plucky…

Mark Morrissey: some reflections on the craft of managing actors
Having restructured his business, Mark Morrissey is out in public, so we asked him to reflect on the broader implications…

ABC: Auntie knuckles white over Figures of Doom for independent sector
Michael Bodey in the Australian did the heavy lifting in the independent screen community to argue that the ABC is…