Film

ABC - yes, the TV output is shrinking, and here is the proof
The ABC's production and broadcast figures are in free fall, having gone down for the last four years.

National Ratings from Sunday 9 July 2017 - the full batch
Nine pips Seven after its overwhelming tide of carnage driven by hugely muscled gym beasts. Cleverman is looking pretty poorly.

Surprise! Arts sector to challenge screen world in Hive #4
The Hive program which combines practicing artists and filmmakers and funds the result has returned from the bureaucratic grave. There…

What's On - Breaking Bad, Revelations, Aardman and Grace Waits up north
A flurry of festivals, some television genius at ACMI, and Adelaide's Media Resource Centre all glow with possibilities.

In loving memory of the wonderful Jenny Barty
ABC Production Manager Jenny Barty died suddenly, so close to retirement, leaving us to realise just how much she is…

New NFSA head to bring Euro-nous to Canberra
History has a new head of the National Film and Sound Archive.

Screenwriting & TV Writing Online, Feature Docos + Open Day
Lots of great online courses start in this month: SCREENWRITING FOR FILM plus WRITING FOR TV (enrolments close this Thursday)…

National Ratings from Sunday 2 July 17 - the whole batch
Surely Cleverman deserves more than this.

Melbourne Webfest - classy winners hammer message of change
Freed from the constraints of long form, creativity on the small screen is exploding with web series. Here's another excellent…

Starving broadcasters given handout from government limos
Fifield gives the media owners a bone and then discovers the bag is empty when the sector lines up too.