All Australian screen industry guilds, Screen Producers Australia (Spa) and bodies including Women in Film and Television (Wift) Australia have made a joint submission to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options review.
Broadly the submission endorses the media reforms outlined in Spa’s paper, which would require all delivery platforms to invest a minimum percentage of their Australian revenues into local scripted content, with annual sub-quotas for drama, documentary and children’s programs.
The Producer Offset would be harmonised at 40 per cent, the noncompetitive 16.5 per cent Location Offset raised to 30 per cent and there would be additional funding for national broadcasters and screen agencies and government support for the Acma to administer the scheme.
By speaking with one voice and representing the #makeitaustralian campaign, the screen sector – with the notable exceptions of the SVOD services, commercial free-to-air networks and the public broadcasters – is responding to Communications...
Broadly the submission endorses the media reforms outlined in Spa’s paper, which would require all delivery platforms to invest a minimum percentage of their Australian revenues into local scripted content, with annual sub-quotas for drama, documentary and children’s programs.
The Producer Offset would be harmonised at 40 per cent, the noncompetitive 16.5 per cent Location Offset raised to 30 per cent and there would be additional funding for national broadcasters and screen agencies and government support for the Acma to administer the scheme.
By speaking with one voice and representing the #makeitaustralian campaign, the screen sector – with the notable exceptions of the SVOD services, commercial free-to-air networks and the public broadcasters – is responding to Communications...
- 7/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Antony Partos.
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) has urged the Federal Government to impose a levy of at least 1 per cent on the combined advertising revenues generated in Australia by the tech giants including Facebook and Google/YouTube.
The levy would raise an estimated $60 million annually, which would go to a cultural screen production fund for creating Australian content, the guild says. This regime would be similar to proposals being considered by the Accc to compensate media companies for news content.
Backed by the Australasian Performing Rights Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited (Apra Amcos), which has 103,000 members in Australasia, its submission to the government’s options paper also calls for streaming services to contribute 10 per cent of their Australian revenues to a new Australian production fund.
The SVOD players would retain the right to invest in or commission Oz projects as they wish, and any...
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) has urged the Federal Government to impose a levy of at least 1 per cent on the combined advertising revenues generated in Australia by the tech giants including Facebook and Google/YouTube.
The levy would raise an estimated $60 million annually, which would go to a cultural screen production fund for creating Australian content, the guild says. This regime would be similar to proposals being considered by the Accc to compensate media companies for news content.
Backed by the Australasian Performing Rights Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited (Apra Amcos), which has 103,000 members in Australasia, its submission to the government’s options paper also calls for streaming services to contribute 10 per cent of their Australian revenues to a new Australian production fund.
The SVOD players would retain the right to invest in or commission Oz projects as they wish, and any...
- 7/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nfsa CEO Jan Müller.
The Federal Government will give the National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) $5.5 million over the next four years to support its digitisation efforts, including the creation of a new hub where audiovisual artefacts will be preserved and shared with audiences.
The Nfsa has more than 3 million items in its collection. Around 400,000 items are in original analogue formats, such as magnetic tape, and are at risk of deterioration and permanent loss.
The institution has made digitisation its key priority for the last few years. In 2015, it published Deadline 2025: Collections at Risk, warning that cultural heritage held on magnetic tape will in most cases be lost forever unless it is digitised by 2025. The government’s funding designed to speed up efforts so that this date can be met.
The funding will also support the modernisation of the Nfsa’s existing digitisation technology and ongoing storage of the increasing volume of digitised material,...
The Federal Government will give the National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) $5.5 million over the next four years to support its digitisation efforts, including the creation of a new hub where audiovisual artefacts will be preserved and shared with audiences.
The Nfsa has more than 3 million items in its collection. Around 400,000 items are in original analogue formats, such as magnetic tape, and are at risk of deterioration and permanent loss.
The institution has made digitisation its key priority for the last few years. In 2015, it published Deadline 2025: Collections at Risk, warning that cultural heritage held on magnetic tape will in most cases be lost forever unless it is digitised by 2025. The government’s funding designed to speed up efforts so that this date can be met.
The funding will also support the modernisation of the Nfsa’s existing digitisation technology and ongoing storage of the increasing volume of digitised material,...
- 6/30/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
As promised, the creative minds at Ninja Theory have pulled back the curtain on the maiden gameplay clip for the studio’s new IP, Hellblade, which introduces us to badass Celtic warrior Senua.
Long before today’s trailer reveal, we understood that Nt’s latest project would incorporate supernatural elements and project them across a mythic setting, but today is our first tangible look at the title’s core storyline, which will largely revolve around our protagonist’s mental affliction. This illness will manifest itself in Senua’s journey into the depths of Hell, with Hellblade’s leading lady battling her own demons as much as the physical, towering monstrosities standing in front of her.
By placing psychosis front and center in the game’s plot, Ninja Theory has earned the backing of mental health charity Wellcome Trust, and it’s this tenet that has us all the more excited for Senua’s mythical journey.
Long before today’s trailer reveal, we understood that Nt’s latest project would incorporate supernatural elements and project them across a mythic setting, but today is our first tangible look at the title’s core storyline, which will largely revolve around our protagonist’s mental affliction. This illness will manifest itself in Senua’s journey into the depths of Hell, with Hellblade’s leading lady battling her own demons as much as the physical, towering monstrosities standing in front of her.
By placing psychosis front and center in the game’s plot, Ninja Theory has earned the backing of mental health charity Wellcome Trust, and it’s this tenet that has us all the more excited for Senua’s mythical journey.
- 6/10/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
BBC Two has confirmed a new series investigating personalised diets.
Given the working title Diet Tribes, the three 60-minute episodes are presented by Dr Chris Van Tulleken and clinical psychologist Professor Tanya Byron.
In the study from the Science Unit in BBC Scotland, 75 overweight people from across the country will be put on a three-month diet tailored to their biological profile
Executive Producer Mark Hedgecoe said: "What's so exciting about this approach to dieting is it can potentially help us lose weight more easily.
"By knowing why we put on weight, we can help discover which diet should be best for us."
Oxford University professor of diet and population Susan Jebb added: "This series is trying to understand more about the causes of overeating and to see whether, if we understand more about the causes of obesity, we can use this information to identify a specific diet or boost adherence...
Given the working title Diet Tribes, the three 60-minute episodes are presented by Dr Chris Van Tulleken and clinical psychologist Professor Tanya Byron.
In the study from the Science Unit in BBC Scotland, 75 overweight people from across the country will be put on a three-month diet tailored to their biological profile
Executive Producer Mark Hedgecoe said: "What's so exciting about this approach to dieting is it can potentially help us lose weight more easily.
"By knowing why we put on weight, we can help discover which diet should be best for us."
Oxford University professor of diet and population Susan Jebb added: "This series is trying to understand more about the causes of overeating and to see whether, if we understand more about the causes of obesity, we can use this information to identify a specific diet or boost adherence...
- 10/29/2014
- Digital Spy
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