28 Feb 2017

When Broadcasters Cut Costs on Local Content, It's the Children Who Pay

Jenny Buckland

The Commonwealth Government is preparing to launch a wide-ranging review of the Australian Content Standards. Even before the official announcement, the commercial broadcasters wasted no time making it clear that children’s television was their preferred target.

Glenda Wilson: 35 Years at the ACTF

Glenda Wilson had been working with the ACTF’s founding director, Dr Patricia Edgar, at La Trobe University, when the ACTF was established in 1982. When Patricia asked Glenda to come and work with her at the ACTF, Glenda had no idea that she would stay for 35 years.

Lily Pavlovic
30 Jan 2017

Little Lunch and Australia’s Most Recognised School

If you showed a random group of American or British 10-year-olds a photo of the historic St. Kilda Primary School building situated in inner-city Melbourne the chances are that at least a couple would tell you, “That’s the Little Lunch school I’ve seen on Netflix!”

Peter Maggs
07 Dec 2016

World War, Y? Millennials Aren’t Here to Take Over the Screen Industry

To the attendees of the Screen Forever panel: ‘Millennials – WTF do they want and HTF do we work with them?’ we offer a simple solution. Offer us a seat at the table, and we’ll be more than happy to break bread.

Holly Tosi
27 Nov 2016

Are Commercial Broadcasters the Missing Link in Children’s TV?

Screen Forever panel ‘Children’s Of the Future’ shines a light on why locally made children’s TV is good for business.

Holly Tosi
21 Nov 2016

Kids Entertainment is Entering a New Era

The biggest international TV market MIPJunior & MIPCOM 2016 is done and dusted for another year. Despite all the seriousness surrounding the stepped up security on the streets of Cannes, the Brexit impact or the concerns surrounding the upcoming US elections, there was certainly a very positive buzz in the children’s biz.

Roberta Di Vito
04 Nov 2016

National Children’s Week Celebrates Children’s Right to Media

It’s National Children’s Week, a celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship. This year the Children’s Week Council has chosen Article 17 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – children’s right to media – as its theme.

Jenny Buckland
19 Oct 2016