West Australian funding agency Screenwest has appointed Ingrid Longley as its head of industry development. 

Long-serving WFTN Group exec Roger Vanderspikken has stepped down from his role as head of operations and acquisitions and left the company after nearly 13 years.

Australia's Foxtel Group is resurrecting one of its most successful series, women's prison drama Wentworth, with a newly commissioned reboot set outside of the penitentiary.

Australia's ABC has acquired Amazon-owned Prime Video's recently launched comedy series Top End Bub, produced by Sydney-based Goalpost Pictures, alongside forthcoming Kiwi and British comedies.

Sky New Zealand has renewed its distribution agreement with ESPN in a multi-year agreement.

ABC International has secured a raft of new and revised memorandums of understanding with regional broadcasting partners, following on from a revised deal with Canadian pubcaster CBC/Radio-Canada, finalised in December.

Australia’s Nine network has renewed its exclusive broadcast rights to the Wimbledon championship, extending its agreement with The All England Lawn Tennis Club to 2029.

Australian broadcaster SBS and producer Wooden Horse have revealed the cast of upcoming eight-part drama The Airport Chaplain will be led by Hugo Weaving (Slow Horses, Love Me) and Shabana Azeez (The Pitt, Apple Cider Vinegar).

New Zealand’s Auckland Film Studios (AFS) has been sold to local screen industry supplier and studio operator the Xytech Group for an undisclosed sum.

Paramount-owned Network Ten has confirmed it has pulled the scheduled new season of the Amazing Race Australia, despite being in pre-production.