Companies like Netflix, Disney+, Binge and Stan still spent more on Australian content than free-to-air broadcasters
Netflix has had success with Australian content such as its reboot of Heartbreak High, but the industry has rejected the idea of a quota for local content.Netflix has had success with Australian content such as its reboot of Heartbreak High, but the industry has rejected the idea of a quota for local content., Foxtel and Disney+ has fallen by 11% or $47m ahead of the federal government’s promised introduction of local content obligations in the new year.
Most of the commercial TV drama hours comes from long-running series Home and Away and Neighbours. But free-to-air titles include the ABC’s Total Control, Seven’s Royal Flying Doctor Service, Nine’s Warnie and Ten’s Paper Dolls. Seven out of 21 subscription and streaming titles had budgets in excess of $20m, in contrast to just eight out of the 30 titles in 2021-22.