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MIPCOM 2014: Australian kid's content roundup
Our European correspondent assembles the Australian children's content on offer at MIP Jnr, and is impressed..

MIPCOM 2014: James Murdoch pontificates
To James Murdoch, the 21st century is an IP owner's playground, in the same old moral vacuum.

Brief: Film Vic project support Oct 2014
Six projects, $760,000, including four dox and two returning TV series. And two VFX packages.

Box Office: inching forward, bowing to Gone Girl
The week ending 13 October 2014 will not go down as the moment when anyone in exhibition got suddenly rich.…

Brief: International Emmies brush Australia
The 2014 International Emmies decide to like Australians, once. A pretty rare moment.

Writing Children’s TV, Corporate Presentation, Intro To Docos, Brand Funding & More @ AFTRS Open
Grab the last spots in all-new CORPORATE PRESENTATION one-dayer this Friday and WRITING FOR CHILDREN’S TV starting this weekend. October…

Brief: Screen Australia drama development funding, October 2014
$560,000 and 17 projects, of which eight are funded for the first time.

Deluxe: cold logic behind the Heartbeat Fund
Alaric McAusland has committed Deluxe Australia to a clearer investment and sponsorship strategy. Vision in a Heartbeat.

Box Office: Babadook ploughs ahead, escaping Australian genre woes
While Babadook continues to scare overseas, the US release of Addicted provides a salutary comparison.

Children's TV: Tectonic shifts as grown-ups protect their inner child
Tough, uncertain times in chlldren's drama as the producers head to MIP Junior in the endless search for the finance…