Screen Australia reviews TV funding, pushes cross-platform
Screen Australia has released Funding Australian content on ‘small screens’: a draft blueprint, proposing a number of changes for the television sector – including the creation of two funds: Convergent Television ($30-35m) and All Media ($2-5m).
The proposed changes also included an increase of licence fee minimums; funding only the first two series of any production, and making foreign formats ineligible for funding.
The announcement was made by CEO Ruth Harley at the Screen Producers Association of Australia Conference in Sydney. The draft blueprint aims to support production of television content of “national significance”, as well as support cross-platform storytelling in a “borderless” media environment that goes beyond the traditional television screen.
In the draft blueprint, funding is broken into two funds:
