Industry bodies label government funding for streaming services ‘inexplicable’ and ‘outrageous’
The federal government’s choice to expand rebates for locally-produced content to include streaming platforms has been slammed by industry bodies Free TV and members of the Make It Australian campaign.
The announcement was released last week from communications minister Mitch Fifield, declaring that the policy would be changed to allow streaming platforms to access the tax breaks. The rebates can be applied to location, post production, digital and VFX costs for locally-produced content.
Free TV CEO Bridget Fair said the decision ignored the growing issues that affect Australian content creators.
Expecting streaming services to have the same % of Australian content as FTA is ridiculous.
There’s a finite number of hours in each day’s broadcast whereas there’s a potentially infinite number of hours of content on any streaming service.
See, that’s what happens when you back-stab the bloke who virtually invented the Internet.