National
Sue Maslin: All dressed up and ready to go
Sue Maslin's latest film, The Dressmaker, is now fully financed and slated to shoot in early 2014 with Kate Winslet…
Brief: Google knows film's box office before it is even shown
Google still owns the enticement process for film audiences, much more than Twitter or Facebook, or probably word of mouth.…
Keshet Australia: Alan Harris appointed head of scripted
Alan Harris has been appointed head of scripted entertainment, the local joint venture between David Haslingden's RACAT and Israeli production…
Screen Australia: documentary production for August 2013
$3.2m invested, total budget of $10m, on ten documentaries, adding up to 20 hours, with only four one offs.
Ratings: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Nothing really broke through though Offspring at 1.07m gave Ten a surprisingly high 23.4%.
Ratings: Thursday, 8th August 2013
SBS on 8.3%. Maybe the boys were ugly because Seven only took 619,000 out of the prospect of marrying them.
Brief: a generation quivers as Melbourne Demon rises for one night only
Hayden Keenan and Gai Steele have created a truly remarkable moment to celebrate the presentation of their four part documentary,…
Satire on trial as judge rejects motion to strike
Comedians will watch with interest when the satire defence is tested in court in a defamation suit against the 'Chaser…
Film Victoria: some new shows and a horse that refuses to die
In the first production round, Film Victoria has put $3.2m into eight projects, one of which is pretty close to…
Spectrum sell-off to leave some silent
From 31 December about 150,000 wireless devices will become illegal to use because of a frequency sell-off.