Coronavirus TV ‘support’ package leaves screen writers and directors even less certain than before
Suspending local content quotas will hurt the arts sector, argues Kay Nankervis in this crossposting from The Conversation. Would a show like Bluey be made if it weren’t for quotas viewed as nothing more than ‘red tape’ to break through?
Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher announced three measures last week to help commercial TV broadcasters deal with COVID-19 financial stress.
First, the spectrum tax broadcasters pay the government for access to audiences will be waived for 12 months.
Second, the government has released an options paper on how to make Australian storytelling on our screens fair across new and old platforms.
Bluey is funded by the ABC, which does not operate under any of the local content quota obligations. So the answer to your question is yes it would be.