David Tiley
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Budget 2013: SBS gets small increase, is buoyant for other fiscal reasons
SBS has an extra $20m from the government, but the real story concerns advertising revenue and extra cash for NITV.
Neville Page: killer frogs, the ultimate fang, and the joys of designing creatures for Avatar
The imaginations of people like creature designer Neville Page are crucial to the golden age of tentpole movies, dominating world…
Essential Media and Entertainment: does business LA style with 'Vice President of Drama Development'
The Hilton-Collie imperium continues to expand in the United States as Essential Media and Entertainment hooks a well-regarded Melbourne transplant…
Screenwriters' Conference 2013:The Eclectic Writer - pleasures and pains of working in multiple genr
With Rick Kalowski in the chair, Tom Schulman, Andrew Knight, Jacquelin Perske and Keith Thompson contemplated a basic fact in…
Southern Light Alliance: Tim White's great wheel of life takes another turn, this time to Adelaide
Everyone is doing the alliance dance, but veteran Tim White's deal to create an Adelaide company will propel some primed…
Selling at Cannes: Can lightning strike twice for Australians in Cannes marketplace?
US company Lightning Entertainment is carrying a clutch of the more obviously popular Australian pictures to Cannes. You may not…
Melbourne International Film Festival: enough money to hang in
With $5.3m over four years from the State budget, the Melbourne International Film Festival can continue to run the core…
Porchlight: pushing further into television
Porchlight Films has recruited international returnee Tanya Phegan to create and occupy the post of head of television. Porchlight too…
Brief: Don Groves goes out with a bang
Industry journalist Don Groves has added a distinctive and opinionated voice to the discussions around the sector over the last…
Children's Television: hard evidence for bleak picture provoking industry campaign
Screen Australia has created a landmark report on children's television production which provides the evidence to back a growing need…