Features
Fear of the Dark: some desires will haunt you forever
Chris Fitchett, long term producer and agency official, has never given up on his original hunger to direct. The picture…
Youtube Funding: Google invests in Australian production
For the first time, Google has put money into an Australian production initiative, via Youtube. The amount is modest, and…
DCN v Omnilab: Omni tactics becoming clear
After four days, it is becoming clear that Omnilab has two primary aims in the case: to attack Digital Cinema…
Ratings: Thursday, 31st October 2013
The ABC's loss of 1.8% seems to have flowed mostly to Seven, then Nine, then SBS, while Ten dropped a…
Disability Media: launched (again, still with grit)
On Tuesday the 23rd October 2013, Disability Media was launched at RMIT in Melbourne. Or relaunched, to be precise. The…
Ratings: Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
A textbook night for the ABC as a cult hit drags the preceding show upwards. Not a good night for…
Ratings: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Some substantial losses tonight, though the relative figures are very stable. Take a headline show away from Seven and it…
Brief: SBS Commissioning
John Godfrey, Senior Commissioning Editor of Documentaries, confirmed that the slate is still open for new productions in the 2013-14…
Brief: new twists in Digital Domain saga
Digital Domain is known in Australia as the American VFX company which was very nearly subsidised to set up in…
AIDC: scores coup with Alex Gibney, with a side order of erotic insects
Let's face it - the Australian International Documentary Conference has turned Docweek into a lovely way of extracting much, much…