When we blunder around the SVOD catalogues looking for Australian content, we soon discover that the international suppliers do not give an emu’s blink about the cultural origins of their programs. At the top level It is never labelled by nationality – the closest seems to be a sad category on Netflix called International.
Dr Ramon Lobato & Alexa Scarlata of RMIT have been deep diving on content for an annual survey, now called ‘Australian content in SVOD catalogs: availability and discoverability – 2019’. The conclusions are: