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SBS Facebook Doc: gone to Goa
Digital Media Net
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

SBS, Freehand Television/Being Films and branded content agency, Dubz.tv, along with the Screen Australia brings you an online documentary only on Facebook.

BBC: Considers Maurice a Minor nuisance
The Australian
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

The BBC has responded to one part of Maurice Newman's speech to 250 astonished ABC staff on climate change. Parp parp.

ABC: shakeup on Beeb lines
The Australian
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

A "Channel Controller model" to run the ABC, with new positions, and some losses. As Kim Dalton said at the launch of ABC3, the old system only worked with one channel, and now Auntie has a whole family. Will new blood come in from outside?

The Killer Elite: has Clive Owen signed up?
Beyond Hollywood
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Reports have started appearing on the net that Clive Owen has signed on for the upcoming 'Feathermen' movie (aka. The Killer Elite). With Owen and Jason Statham now on board, Melbourne crews could soon be busy, and maybe a little starstruck.

Screen Australia: guidelines refined, train choofs along except for...
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Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Ahead of the new terms of trade agreement, Screen Australia has conducted a routine revision of the program guidelines. But even tinkering around the edges can change the world for an applicant.

Omnilab & Screen Qld: Barron finds key to treasure Mapp
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Omnilab Media and Screen Queensland have reached an out of court settlement over In Her Skin - but hush, gentle reader, it's all a really, Big, SECRET!. A $2.3 million secret. Or maybe a bit less.

Sally Riley: bold move for White Bread Auntie
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Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Sally Riley, who ran the Indigenous Branch at the AFC and now Screen Australia, has perhaps the best track record of any person in a government development role in Australia. Now she is moving to the ABC - which signals a very interesting change in a traditional culture.

Melissa Kelly: Blame in post, and looking to Broome
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Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Melissa Kelly is a very busy producer. She has a film in post, two in development, a busy TVC business and two kids aged three and six months. 'Blame', her first feature as a producer, was co-produced with husband Ryan Hodgson, and Michael Robinson. It has just entered post after shooting for four week, mainly in a house in the Roleystone area of the Perth hills.

Weight of Elephants: director packs trunks for Paris
[Screen Hub Feature]
Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

Daniel Joseph Borgman, director of the first Danish-NZ co-production, has been accepted into the The Résidence du Festival, a development program with the Cannes Film Festival. 'The Weight of Elephants' tells the story of a teenage paperboy who witnesses a horrific murder.

Guess what? Women buy more movie tickets than men
Women and Hollywood
Friday 12 March, 2010 (U.S.A.)

New research released by the Motion Picture Association of America shows that women buy more movie tickets than men, across all four audience segments. In the coveted demographic of 18-24, women make up 3.4 million filmgoers while men make up 3.1 million. It's a change, and Melisa Silverstein speculates why.

Ratings: Thursday 11th March
Oztam
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

The digital channels managed to pick up 15% of the audience last night.

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunity, Progress for All
Wellywood Woman
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

The NZFC invests far less in women writers and directors than in men. What might the NZFC Escalator/Te Whakapiki initiative do, to ensure that women participate strongly? Could the Swedish model work here, guaranteeing that women receive 40% of the funds available?

Warwick Thornton: shooting the best kind of ad
Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Lots of corporate heavies, including James Packer, behind campaign to create jobs and opportunities for Aboriginal people. Warwick Thornton is shooting the ad. Looks to us like a touching moment of civic responsibility by some legendary hard nuts.

Oscars and China: don't bet on it
China Daily
Friday 12 March, 2010 (China)

Fascinating article about the Chinese response to the Oscars, including the fact that they were "betting" on Avatar, which we think should be taken literally. Besides, they are big on spectacle.

Wellywood: not gaining favour at home, drawing legal threats from abroad
Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

The proposed Wellywood sign, on which we reported on Wednesday, now faces potentially stiffer opposition than the Facebook campaigns mounted against it.

Mathemeticians: taking the fun out of everything
Variety
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

What filmmakers achieve by art and craft, mathemeticians reduce to the 'blockbuster formula'

JVC: off to NAB with large bag of goodies
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

At NAB 2010 JVC Professional will be highlighting its complete line of HD cameras, monitors, switchers and equipment specific to the broadcast and professional industry, along with high resolution, super contrast D-ILA projectors.

ACTA: heading this way, with big European dog nipping at its heels
Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreementy (ACTA) thingymajig has been much criticised for maintaining so much secrecy around the content of its discussions. It rolls into NZ next month for its next round of behind-closed-doors discussions.

New Zealand Weekly Box Office to 10 March, 2010
Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

We have to wait a little while yet to see the Oscar night's big winner. In the meantime, business returns to normal. The also-available-in-2D blockbuster du jour takes top spot, only a couple of films make small gains on their previous week's performance, and early trailers for part three are released even while part two (of the Twilight saga) is still in cinemas.

Maurice Newman: in which the Chair of the ABC said a little too much about his world view
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Screen Hub
Thursday 11 March, 2010 (Australia)

Maurice Newman gave a speech to senior staff on Wednesday which covered the ABC's role in a changing world, and slid sideways into climate denialism and the playbook of the sceptics.

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