Television
The real cost of defunding the ABC
ABC funding cuts undervalue both the arts and contemporary stories in our multicultural Australia, argues Vyshnavee Wijekumar.
What We're Watching: Apocalypse in July
The second lockdown may have dampened the spirits of our Melbourne office, but it has had quite the opposite effect…
Anna Kaplan: You have to live and breathe your message
Greening Australia's screen industry is the goal for our best-known Impact Producer, the most recent recipient of the Natalie Miller…
Film industry heavyweights pen open letter to 'Mukbang' critics
'Something is dangerously askew in the way that we are talking about race in the arts in this country, and…
Global screen industry grinds back into gear
Big gestures are being made around the world to get the studios humming but what how is the rest of…
Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…
Screen News in Brief: A new vision from SPA, plus rescues, reprieves and cuts
Festivals, film openings and awards continue. This fortnight's eclectic roundup shows an industry pivoting painfully, but still alive and planning…
Russel Howcroft's recipe for success: keep laughing and stay tough
Imbued with the spirit of competition, one of our favourite larrikins sees the fight over revenue and regulation in TV…
This Week At The Box Office: Growing Signs of Life
This week is a promising one: we have some nice debuts, more screenings, and better numbers all around, but drive-ins…
Community TV saved by the bell, on national TV
For the umpteenth time, the government stages another cliffhanger before giving community TV an extra year to do what it…