27 Nov 2016

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

Holly Tosi

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.

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

Why Australian Stories Matter: From the Cast of Little J and Big Cuz

Watch Miranda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman and fellow cast talk about why it’s important to make a show like Little J and Big Cuz - that young indigenous kids can relate to - and how it might help close the education gap

ACTF
06 Oct 2016

Producer Profile: Melinda Wearne

In a Q&A interview with the ACTF, Melinda Wearne, Head of Production at The Content Agency talks about her love of film and television and how it all started with ET! The Content Agency is the production company behind the pre-school live-action series Hoopla Doopla! - an exciting co-production between the ABC and CCTV in China, and distributed internationally by the ACTF.

Roberta Di Vito
27 Sep 2016

Children’s TV in the Big, Wide World

In 2014 on a cold night in a beloved British beach town called Brighton, some friends and I were becoming exasperated by Netflix’s audacious library of options. We were almost ready for an early night. Then we found exactly what we needed - & what we needed was Round The Twist.

Holly Tosi
22 Sep 2016