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‘It’s local audiences first’: Australia’s new Netflix content boss unveils vision for the streamer
In her first interview since taking the reins at Netflix Australia and New Zealand, Amanda Duthie declares she’s ready for fresh ideas.
- Karl Quinn
Latest
Netflix could face $1 billion fine if it falls short on Australian content
Legislation expected to be tabled next week includes huge fines for failing to hit local content quotas.
- Karl Quinn
- Updated
- Media & marketing
50 jobs to go at Nine amid restructure
Staff were informed of the proposed changes on Monday morning, with some to be informed their roles will be made redundant across the day, according to an internal memo seen by this masthead.
- Calum Jaspan
- Updated
- Earnings season
Nine in no rush to spend Domain money as Stan adds subscribers
Nine’s new English Premier League broadcast deal has helped add more than 200,000 subscribers to Stan, building on a record result for the streaming service as investors cheered the full-year results from the media company.
- Calum Jaspan
Dragons, dynasties and The White Lotus. Inside the HBO hit machine
There are plenty more White Lotus ideas to come, says the boss of award-winning television studio HBO.
- Calum Jaspan
A Keanu Reeves comedy set on a long-haul flight to Australia leads Stan’s new line-up
A Russell Crowe film, a Bump Christmas movie and a drama starring Brooke Satchwell were among the 14 original Australian titles announced.
- Karl Quinn
Actor Travis Fimmel tackles subject close to his heart in latest series
In the second season of Stan’s cold-case crime thriller, the Vikings actor is producer and director as well as star.
- Karl Quinn
‘What matters is we did it’: Captain Nemo’s long journey to the screen
The biggest TV show made in Australia, Nautilus appeared to be sunk even before it was launched. But that was just a blip on the sonar, say its makers.
- Karl Quinn
Jean Smart on her biggest fear while filming Hacks’ latest, critically acclaimed, season
Like the character she plays in Hacks, the 72-year-old actor is enjoying a late-career surge, but nothing will stop her from hitting the supermarket.
- Michael Idato
- Exclusive
- Water
Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate
Twenty-year-old Amara Strande’s deathbed crusade pushed the US to slash the levels of cancer-linked forever chemicals considered safe in drinking water.
- Carrie Fellner