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Piracy: shooting sparrows with a cannon
Sue McCreadie, serious purveyor of policy explanation, takes on the horrible task of simplifying the various positions. Hallelujah!

Latest Ratings: Week 41 - October 4th-10th 2014
Wednesday saw Seven lashing out on the meat and potatoes of security, and doing well out of its factual content.

Screen Music Awards: sound drums and trumpets, its them again
Partos, Hirschfelder and Skubiszewski are back, but so are some terrific new names.

SBS Board: new chair ready, waiting - and a teeny bit secret
After six months of scrabbling, the government has found a new chair of SBS. Just not officially.

Brief: SPA rings out the old, rings in the new
Screen Producers Australia has a new President, carried by acclamation in the absence of competition.

Box Office: tatty spring with jewels in the growing corn
The Australian films now set a challenge - how to find the films we forgot to see before they blink…

Brand Funding Seminar, Writing Children’s TV, Writing Factual TV & Much More @ AFTRS Open
October course highlights include: BRAND FUNDING IS DEAD: LONG LIVE BRAND FUNDING a 1 day seminar, SHORT FILM SUCCESS in…

The Setting Sun Short Film Festival: aka The Sunnies
The Setting Sun Short Film Festival 2015 (SSSFF) is calling for entries until 6pm 31st January, 2015.

AFI/AACTA: glamour, Korean style
The AACTA Awards scores Hyundai as an automative partner. It is a useful deal.

Transmedia: from Hollywood to Bogota, a voyage of transformation
Jeff Gomez, transmedia evangelist, has taken the notion from First World entertainment to Third World activism.