Film
Brief: Slap through for American gold
NBC has bathed its version of The Slap in the unearthly green glow of success by green lighting the full…
Trade Policy: lawyers swarm over net neutrality, pin it to the floor
That odd phrase 'net neutrality' is crucial to all our choices about what we download and how we experience it.…
ABC: internal shuffle after death of channel controller system
Mop-topped Edwina Waddy, a continuing face of ABC documentaries since 2006, lasted less than two months after becoming a full…
Asian Media Future: shifting the screen centre of gravity
From the emerging production and exhibition hub around Singapore and Malaysia, the media landscape seems completely different. For Australians, it…
Brief: AIDC solves a small mystery
Who is offering the unspecified 'overseas mentorship' which has now been properly contracted? Jamie Oliver and Fresh One Productions. Managing…
Screen Forever 2013: Beau Willimon, showrunner on House of Cards
What more can we ask for a final session? Mark Poole was inspired and fascinated. After all, producers aim for…
Viskatoons: screwed into a jar, floating across the world [repost]
Peter Viska's Viskatoons is a long term player in chlidren's animation, now marching across the Ten schedule with a little…
AACTA: Reflections on the 3rd AACTA nominations from a former insider, part two
Rochelle Siemienowicz reflects on the industry's passion for criticising its awards system, the tricky problem of honour television, and asserts…
Post Production: crucial questions to define our future, part 1
Post production is crucial - we all agree about that. is the sector going extinct? being sucked to death by…
Television Funding: NZ puts Australian system into turmoil
The NZ government has announced that its television industry will receive a 40% rebate, while the Australian industry is stuck…