Fred Media has acquired ITV Studios Australia’s documentary series Inside Central Station: Australia’s Busiest Railway and Australia Behind Bars as part of a new partnership between the two companies.
Set to premiere on Sbs on September 12, Inside Central Station: Australia’s Busiest Railway is a 10-hour journey into the operation of Sydney’s rail system as seen through cameras inside the 2000 trains and 175 stations in the network. Itvsa has also secured access to all footage caught on the 12,000 CCTV cameras the company operates.
It’s razor wire, not railways, that is at the centre of Australia Behind Bars, an eight-hour series that goes beyond the walls of three of the country’s toughest prisons to reveal what life is like for the prison officers and inmates that occupy them.
Fred Media general manager Roger Vanderspikken said the company was “very excited” to be partnering with Itvsa to launch the two new series.
Set to premiere on Sbs on September 12, Inside Central Station: Australia’s Busiest Railway is a 10-hour journey into the operation of Sydney’s rail system as seen through cameras inside the 2000 trains and 175 stations in the network. Itvsa has also secured access to all footage caught on the 12,000 CCTV cameras the company operates.
It’s razor wire, not railways, that is at the centre of Australia Behind Bars, an eight-hour series that goes beyond the walls of three of the country’s toughest prisons to reveal what life is like for the prison officers and inmates that occupy them.
Fred Media general manager Roger Vanderspikken said the company was “very excited” to be partnering with Itvsa to launch the two new series.
- 9/9/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
David Mott.
ITV Studios Australia MD David Mott is encouraged to see the Aussie networks are still looking to commission shows despite the slump in advertising revenues.
He praises the JobKeeper initiative, addresses the challenges of working remotely and expresses concern if the suspension of the local content quotas continues next year.
Q: The Voice premieres on Nine on May 24. Are safe distancing restrictions impacting the production?
A: We had already shot the Blinds and Battles in February and early March so these were unaffected. Of the remaining episodes we have applied the government’s Covid-19 protocols and our own ITV Studios protocols to ensure the safety and well being of all coaches, hosts, contestants and, equally important, our crew.
I could not be happier with the workarounds The Voice team have worked tirelessly on. Whilst the production of these episodes will clearly look a little different the team have...
ITV Studios Australia MD David Mott is encouraged to see the Aussie networks are still looking to commission shows despite the slump in advertising revenues.
He praises the JobKeeper initiative, addresses the challenges of working remotely and expresses concern if the suspension of the local content quotas continues next year.
Q: The Voice premieres on Nine on May 24. Are safe distancing restrictions impacting the production?
A: We had already shot the Blinds and Battles in February and early March so these were unaffected. Of the remaining episodes we have applied the government’s Covid-19 protocols and our own ITV Studios protocols to ensure the safety and well being of all coaches, hosts, contestants and, equally important, our crew.
I could not be happier with the workarounds The Voice team have worked tirelessly on. Whilst the production of these episodes will clearly look a little different the team have...
- 5/11/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sigrid Thornton.
Sigrid Thornton will be presented with the Chauvel Award tonight at a screen industry gala event held as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival.
The award recognises the prolific actress’ significant contribution to the Australian screen industry. Her long career includes films such The Man From Snowy River and The Lighthorsemen, and TV series SeaChange, All The Rivers Run, Prisoner and recently, The Code and Wentworth. Established in 1992, previous winners of the Chauvel Award include Fred Schepisi, Gillian Armstrong, George Miller, Jan Chapman, Heath Ledger and Deborah Mailman.
“This recognition is a wonderful and very humbling acknowledgement of essentially what’s been a lot of hard work,” Thornton tells If.
“It’s a career that’s been full, rich and enormously joyful, but it’s also had a lot of ups and downs as well.”
Thronton will soon return to one of her most notable roles, that of Laura Gibson,...
Sigrid Thornton will be presented with the Chauvel Award tonight at a screen industry gala event held as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival.
The award recognises the prolific actress’ significant contribution to the Australian screen industry. Her long career includes films such The Man From Snowy River and The Lighthorsemen, and TV series SeaChange, All The Rivers Run, Prisoner and recently, The Code and Wentworth. Established in 1992, previous winners of the Chauvel Award include Fred Schepisi, Gillian Armstrong, George Miller, Jan Chapman, Heath Ledger and Deborah Mailman.
“This recognition is a wonderful and very humbling acknowledgement of essentially what’s been a lot of hard work,” Thornton tells If.
“It’s a career that’s been full, rich and enormously joyful, but it’s also had a lot of ups and downs as well.”
Thronton will soon return to one of her most notable roles, that of Laura Gibson,...
- 4/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Love Island Australia.’
New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks’ flagship channel Three has commissioned a local version of the Love Island format – the first commission across the Tasman for ITV Studios Australia.
In addition, Three has acquired the rights to the second series of Love Island Australia, series 5 of the UK version and the first series of Love Island Us, which CBS ordered last August.
Last year Television New Zealand aired Love Island Australia as well as Love Island UK on TV2 and Tvnz OnDemand.
The Nine Network commissioned a second series for its main network after the first premiered on 9Go! and broke viewing records for its catch-up service 9Now.
This will be a record year for production for ITV Studios Australia (Itvsa) with a slate which includes its first scripted project, Seachange – Paradise Reclaimed, a co-production with Every Cloud Productions, plus Operation Live, Sunday Night Takeaway, The Voice, I’m A Celebrity…...
New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks’ flagship channel Three has commissioned a local version of the Love Island format – the first commission across the Tasman for ITV Studios Australia.
In addition, Three has acquired the rights to the second series of Love Island Australia, series 5 of the UK version and the first series of Love Island Us, which CBS ordered last August.
Last year Television New Zealand aired Love Island Australia as well as Love Island UK on TV2 and Tvnz OnDemand.
The Nine Network commissioned a second series for its main network after the first premiered on 9Go! and broke viewing records for its catch-up service 9Now.
This will be a record year for production for ITV Studios Australia (Itvsa) with a slate which includes its first scripted project, Seachange – Paradise Reclaimed, a co-production with Every Cloud Productions, plus Operation Live, Sunday Night Takeaway, The Voice, I’m A Celebrity…...
- 3/3/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sigrid Thornton and Aaron Pedersen.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series Mystery Road; Nine’s Seachange reboot; and Roborovski, a Vr project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.
Penguin Bloom, to be directed by Glendyn Ivin, is based on the book by Bradley Trevor Greive and has been adapted for the screen by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps. It follows the true story of a family from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Watts is Sam Bloom, a young mother who has a near-fatal accident that leaves her unable to walk. As her family struggles to come to terms with their new situation, an injured magpie chick dubbed “Penguin” enters their lives and helps them to cope.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series Mystery Road; Nine’s Seachange reboot; and Roborovski, a Vr project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.
Penguin Bloom, to be directed by Glendyn Ivin, is based on the book by Bradley Trevor Greive and has been adapted for the screen by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps. It follows the true story of a family from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Watts is Sam Bloom, a young mother who has a near-fatal accident that leaves her unable to walk. As her family struggles to come to terms with their new situation, an injured magpie chick dubbed “Penguin” enters their lives and helps them to cope.
- 2/27/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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