The impact of Streaming on on Australian film and TV industries and audiences will be discussed at an Australian Content in the Streaming Era Symposium to be held next week at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
RMIT Streaming Industries and Genres Network (SIGN) will feature discussion panels including with the ABC, SBS, Seven West Media, Screen Australia, and Aunty Donna at a public event on Thursday 12 September.
ACMI Director and CEO Seb Chan said, “Through our ongoing partnership with RMIT University, ACMI is working collaboratively with our major academic partner to deliver the Australian Content in the Streaming Era Symposium.
“As a hub for the Australian screen sector, our museum recognises the importance of developing a more sophisticated and future focused understanding of how the screen content we see is shaped by global platforms and their algorithms – which shapes how Australia is reflected back to our communities.”
Key symposium panels include:
Australian TV drama/comedy: Industry leaders from Screen Producers Australia, Screen Australia, the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network, and Aunty Donna (Haven’t You Done Well Productions) discuss how the backbone of Australia’s screen sector – drama and comedy – has evolved and what the future holds.
Australian unscripted/reality TV: SBS’s Head of Unscripted, the creator of Prepping Australia, and See Also podcast co-host and reality TV aficionado Brodie Lancaster discuss how audience habits have transformed to prioritise on-demand streaming of reality TV.
Australian sport: Free TV, Seven’s Head of Sport, and JAM TV speak about the implications of streaming on the availability, affordability and personalisation of Australian sport.
Australian kids/youth media: Nick Verso (Crazy Fun Park, Invisible Boys), the head of ABC Children’s Content and Screen Australia’s Head of Investment and Development (Online) tackle the question: what is kids’ content in the age of streaming, which also includes user-generated content across platforms like YouTube and TikTok?
Australian film: Umbrella Entertainment – who’ve just launched a new streaming service, Brollie – and film producers including Steve Jaggi discuss the implications of vast movie catalogues on streaming for local filmmakers and distributors, and what the future is looking like for Australian film.
Speakers include:
Andy Barclay – Screen Producers Australia, Manager of Business & Legal Affairs
Louise Cocks – Screen Australia, Investment and Development Manager (Online)
Joseph Maxwell – SBS, Head of Unscripted
Brodie Lancaster – Author, essayist, culture critic and co-host of the See Also podcast
Lauren Rose Beck – Producer, Prepping Australia (other credits include Farmer Wants a Wife and Hunted)
Bridget Fair – Free TV, CEO
Renée Quirk – Seven West Media, Head of Sport Business Affairs
Nick Verso – Writer/director, Crazy Fun Park, Invisible Boys, Lost in the Trees
Margaret Ross – Screen Australia, Investment and Development Manager (Online)
Hudson Sowada – Umbrella Entertainment, National Sales Manager and Fantastic Film Festival Australia, Artistic Director and Lead Programmer
Sam Lingham – Aunty Donna Head Writer, Executive Producer, Haven’t You Done Well Productions (credits include Aunty Donna’s Big Ole House of Fun, Hug the Sun, Aunty Donna’s Glennridge Secondary College).
Mary-Ellen Mullane – ABC, Acting Head of Children’s and Family
Steve Jaggi – Jaggi Entertainment (Dive Club, Love is in the Air)
https://events.humanitix.com/securing-australian-content-in-the-streaming-era-summit
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