Australia
Screentime: back to WA with Hancock Saga
The House of Hancock, a Screentime creation, is now officially on the books as a development deal with Foxtel. Just…
Ratings: Sunday, 18th August 2013
Seven leads Nine consistently but the results show a huge gap of 6.4%. Squizzy must be turning in his grave.
Foxtel: TV1 and SF channels to close
Two independently owned Foxtel channels are due to close at the end of this year, with the owners having been…
Nine: appoints bankers for float
Nine Entertainment, majority-owned by U.S. hedge funds Apollo Global and Oaktree Capital, has appointed UBS, Morgan Stanley and Macquarie Group…
SBS World Movies: Sex before centipedes season
They’re the movies that changed the face of cinema. They’ve been banned around the world and have been the cause…
Cutting Edge: sets up in Melbourne, becomes a tri-city enterprise
Cutting Edge, originally from Brisbane but with a Sydney operation as well, is entering the Melbourne marketplace, and resurrecting a…
March of the Moguls: a tale of two titans
In the end, so much of Australia's production development comes down to large figures with planetary self-confidence. In the end,…
Closed Captioning: ALP commits to far-reaching disability support, but in a limited way
The ABC and SBS run closed captioning on their catch-up service. Everywhere else is very spotty. Is the sector rumbling…
The Weight of Elephants: Danish trunks hold New Zealand tails in co-pro circus
Love, an expired visa, and Lars von Trier took NZ team of Leanne Saunders and Daniel Joseph Borgman to an…
Drinking Buddies
Writer/director Joe Swanberg's drama about 'friends without benefits' may be the mumblecore genre's first mainstream hit.