It's Hardball Time!
Live-action comedy-drama, Hardball (13 x 24 min) premiered in Australia on ABC TV in April, and has proven to be wildly popular ever since, with over a million plays to date on ABC's VOD platform iView.
Get Ready to Play: It's Hardball Time!
Northern Pictures' first foray into live-action drama for the 7-11 audience – Hardball (13 x 24 min) - will premiere on the ABC Me App on April 1. Distributed internationally by the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Hardball is the brainchild of creators Guy Edmonds and Matt Zermes.
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Follow the ACTF on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with our latest news, relevant trending topics and industry-related insights on kids' TV in Australia and internationally.
Coming in 2019: The InBESTigators and Hardball
Teachers and students can look forward to plenty of exciting new #OzKidsTV content next year!
Our Top Picks for MIPJunior 2018
In between scheduling meetings, polishing pitches and strategising new series, don't forget to fit a few conferences into your MIPJunior diary.
One Award After Another for Little J and Big Cuz
Australia's first Indigenous animated series, Little J and Big Cuz, has won a Writers' Guild AWGIE Award and a 2018 TV Week Logie Award this year.
ACTF Projects Slated for MIPCOM 2018
The ACTF's Head of Development & Production, Bernadette O'Mahony, as well as International Sales Managers, Roberta Di Vito and Tim Hegarty, will be attending MIPCOM in Cannes from October 15th to 18th.
Get Ready to Play Hardball!
A new 13 x half-hour comedy series has commenced shooting in Western Sydney.
ACTF on Track with EasyTrack
In a recent visit to the ACTF's Fitzroy office, Easytrack introduced an updated software system to facilitate rights management, acquisitions, sales and financial reporting for the ACTF.
Kids' Live Action Shines at MIPTV
Despite days of rain descending on Cannes' MIPTV international trade market, children's live action programming had serious time in the sun.