006 - April 2025 Industry News: Content Quotas, Screen Australia Survey & Series Mania Wrap-Up

In this episode of We Interrupt This Broadcast we look at the global state of the screen industry after Series Mania, check in on content quotas in the lead-up to the federal election, look at the results of Screen Australia’s recent industry survey, and discuss 10 years of Netflix in Australia.Plus: Chris Oliver-Taylor to Totem Global, Matt Vitins to Northern Pictures, the most popular job in Australia, and more...00:00 Intro00:58 Reflecting on our first Deep Dive episodes02:25 Content quotas and the federal election03:51 Screen Australia industry survey results06:27 Series Mania wrap-up & a global downturn in production08:47 A change in genres towards comedy & cozy crime10:13 Ten years since Netflix arrived in Australia11:55 Industry movements & the most popular job in the country12:41 What’s in production around the country13:50 What we’re watching this month16:26 What we’re looking forward to at Screen Forever18:20 Episode wrap-up & our Streaming Quotas bonus episode18:34 Acknowledgement of Country & Podcast Credits---Hosted by ⁠⁠Julie Eckersley⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Kirsty Stark⁠⁠.Produced & edited by ⁠⁠Leonie Marsh⁠⁠.---This episode is proudly brought to you by ⁠⁠Screen Vixens⁠⁠, ⁠⁠CrewHQ⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Expanding Media⁠⁠.Join the conversation about Episode 1 on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠.---Have industry news, upcoming events or productions to share? Let us know at [email protected] remember to subscribe at ⁠⁠http://www.weinterruptthisbroadcast.com.au⁠⁠ to get future episodes in your inbox each month, along with our show notes, links and bonus content.