Pay TV forced to move from films to series: network executives

Pay TV executives told the audience at SPAA Fringe that they had to stop investing in Australian films because they didn’t feel they were reaching an audience.

“Nobody knew we were making movies, so we decided t move into TV series,” said Tony Forrest, CEO of the Movie Network Channels.

“We also felt that the films we were investing in were unsullied by human eyes, so we moved to TV,” added Peter Rose, CEO of Showtime Movie Channels.

At SPAA Fringe, both Forrest and Rose were part of a panel on what pay TV is looking for in terms of original programming.