Film in the Age of Digital Distribution

Australian audiovisual production faces an uncertain future. The recent proliferation of new forms of digital delivery is both a promise and a threat to the screen content business and poses challenges to established forms of government intervention. Many ambitious predictions have been made about the impact on the Australian media landscape and the explosion of sites like 'You Tube' and the investment of media moguls like Murdoch and Packer suggest profound change is taking place. But...
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Australian audiovisual production faces an uncertain future. The recent proliferation of new forms of digital delivery is both a promise and a threat to the screen content business and poses challenges to established forms of government intervention. Many ambitious predictions have been made about the impact on the Australian media landscape and the explosion of sites like 'You Tube' and the investment of media moguls like Murdoch and Packer suggest profound change is taking place. But where does Australian content-our stories-stand? This book offers a major and much needed statement by the film industry's chief spokesman on the promises and threats of the new media landscape.