Are the big US media platforms swallowing our culture?
Global media players now dominate the entertainment business and hold the whip-hand when it comes to accessing local news content. In this program we get an update on Meta's ban on Canadian news content, specifically how it's impacted production of serious news and what's been the public reaction. We also get a reality check on just how interested the giant US steaming services are in Australian content. Guests Aengus Bridgman – Director, Media Ecosystem Observatory (Canada) Matthew Deaner – CEO, Screen Producers Association Professor Anna Potter – Digital Media and Cultural Studies, Queensland University of Technology Further information When journalism is turned off: Preliminary findings on the effects of Meta’s news ban in Canada Australian Television Drama’s Uncertain Future: How Cultural Policy is Failing Australians
Future Tense · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Show Notes
Global media players now dominate the entertainment business and hold the whip-hand when it comes to accessing local news content. In this program we get an update on Meta's ban on Canadian news content, specifically how it's impacted production of serious news and what's been the public reaction. We also get a reality check on just how interested the giant US steaming services are in Australian content.
Guests
Aengus Bridgman – Director, Media Ecosystem Observatory (Canada)
Matthew Deaner – CEO, Screen Producers Association
Professor Anna Potter – Digital Media and Cultural Studies, Queensland University of Technology
Further information
When journalism is turned off: Preliminary findings on the effects of Meta’s news ban in Canada
Australian Television Drama’s Uncertain Future: How Cultural Policy is Failing Australians