HBO Films feature Days of Abandonment will be filmed in Sydney and regional New South Wales in Australia, lured by grants from the federal and NSW governments.

Australian pubcaster the ABC has ordered a quiz panel show in which the co-hosts and comedians will be asked to call out fake news and misinformation.

Paramount+ and producer Invisible Republic have revealed more details about 6 Festivals, the ViacomCBS-owned streamer's first Australian feature film commission.

Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has hired former beIN Sports executive Conor Woods as head of its pay-per-view business Main Event.

Writer and director Gregor Jordan is developing a comic revenge thriller TV series inspired by his 1999 movie Two Hands, which starred 20-year-old Heath Ledger.

ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand has promoted Liz Baldwin to senior VP and head of streaming, overseeing 10 Play and Paramount+, which launches in Oz on August 11.

The former CEO of Australia’s Network 10 has joined Byron Studios, a studio and post-production facility in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

John Cornell, the long-time producer and on-screen collaborator with Australian comedian Paul (Crocodile Dundee) Hogan, has died from Parkinson’s disease, aged 80.

SCHEDULE WATCH PROFILE: Aussie pay TV net LifeStyle is on the hunt for more content across originals, copros and acquisitions to bring in Millennials.

Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis and Josh Lawson have joined the cast of True Spirit, Netflix’s film based on the true story of the Australian teenager who became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.