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AIDC: scores coup with Alex Gibney, with a side order of erotic insects
Let's face it - the Australian International Documentary Conference has turned Docweek into a lovely way of extracting much, much…
SBS: next year's commissions, laid out for study
Formats are the key, familiarity is the game as SBS develops a same but shinier year for 2014.
Ratings: Tuesday, 29th October 2013
In bad news for arts doco tragics, the ABC slipped with The Art of Australia. Seven continues to dominate, having…
March of the Moguls: drones, courts and Twitter, and a slow motion tide of change
Known also to the industry as a professional pilot, Dr O'D takes a helicopter view across some nasty clashes which…
MIPCOM 2013: in which Jeffrey Katzenberg becomes a short form evangelist, sups at the Youtube table,
Earlier this year, DreamWorks acquired the You Tube t(w)een channel AwesomenessTV for $33 million, marking the first buy of a…
Ratings: Sunday, 27th October 2013
Almost Grand Final Night for The X-Factor and Seven almost pushed Nine under the 20% barrier as it took 41%…
Antipodes Film Festival Saint Tropez: winners announced
The endearing celebration of antipodean cinema run each year in St Tropez has announced its favourite films.
Ratings: Monday, 28th October 2013
Actual Grand Final night for The X-Factor, and poor Ten is under the 13% bar in the nightly shares. Carnage…
Fly Me to the Moon (Un plan parfait)
The film falls prey to romantic comedy cliches, but its silly slapstick humour is bound to make even the grumpiest…
Brief: minimal changes in Screenrights board
Screenrights had its Annual General Meeting, and elected Ben Grant to replace the retiring Alison Weston.