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Updates August 2008

Video industry:: Analysis by Sandy George.; The video industry in Australia.
Subscription TV:: Analysis by Bob Peters.; Subscription television in Australia.
Drama channels:: Program expenditure.
Interactive media:: About the data.
Media and communications devices:: Household technology.
Computers:: Number installed; Households by state.;
Internet:: Subscribers by speed of connection.; Broadband: Household characteristics; User characteristics.; Children’s use; Accessing online audio and video; Online advertising expenditure.

July 2008

Production industry:
Game development:: Income and expenditure; Sources of income; Employment; By state.
Release of Australian Productions:
TV ratings:: Movies 2007, All time (1980–2007);
Documentaries 1998–2007;
Telemovies 2007;
Drama series 2004–2007;
Comedy series 2004–2007;
Mini-series 1998–2007, All time (1978–2007);
Animations.
Free-to-air TV:
Industry structure:: Advertising revenues, markets and ownership.
Financial performance:: Revenues; Costs; Profit margins.
Top-rating programs:: All programs 2007;
Documentaries 1998-2007;
Movies 2007;
Telemovies 2007;
Drama series 2007;
Comedy series 2007;
Mini-series 2002–2007;
Animations 2007.

May/June 2008

Release of Australian Productions:
Festivals and awards:: Games.
Cinema industry:
Cinema exhibition and distribution in Australia:: Analysis by Sandy George.
Structure and key players, Trends in cinema-going.
Screens and theatres: Digital projectors.
Free-to-air TV:: Analysis by Bob Peters.
Free-to-air television in Australia.
Viewing patterns:: TV sets;
Audiovisual trade:: Export Market Development Grants.

April 2008

Release of Australian Productions:
Retail video (DVD and VHS):: Methodology notes.
All genre: Australian share; Top 20 titles.
Movies: Australian share; Top 20 titles.; Adult TV drama: Australian share; Top 20 titles.
Cinema industry:
Cinema audiences (Roy Morgan data):: Attendance patterns: By city; By age; Age profile: Age profile by gender;
By lifestyle and values.
Video industry:
Video product:: Wholesale value: Revenue; Units sold; Average price per unit.; Retail value: Sales; Sales by type; Movies by genre; Value by classification; Numbers by classification.; Top wholesale rental video titles:
Top 20 titles shipped (DVD): 2007.; Top retail video titles:; Top 25 (DVD): 2007.
Top 10 by type (DVD): Non-animated movies; Children’s; Animated movies; Animated series; Video equipment: DVD players.
Free-to-air TV:
Ratings:: Trends in audience share for free-to-air TV
Viewing patterns:: By lifestyle and values.
Subscription TV:
Viewing patterns:: By lifestyle and values.
Interactive media
Games:: Retail sales;; Hardware by capacity (no longer updated);
Software by genre; By classification.
Top games:: Top-selling hardware (replaced by Top 10 consoles);
Top-selling titles: 2007.

March 2008

Release of Australian Productions
Cinema box office:: Australian share.
Australia: Top all time, Top 5 each year.
Overseas: Germany; UK; UK number one; US.
Cinema industry
Historical data:: Since 1901: 1975 to present .
Screens and theatres:: Totals, By type of location, By state, Capacity by state,
By exhibitor, By state and exhibitor.
Multiplexes by state, Multiplexes by exhibitor.
Films screened:: By country of origin; By classification.
Box office:: Admission prices; Number of admissions and gross box office; By state; By type of location;
Australian share of Australian box office; Distributors’ market share.
Top films:: No. 1 each year since 1972;
Top 50 films: 2007, All time.
Free-to-air TV: Public broadcasters: ABC: Australian content; Hours broadcast.
SBS: Australian content; Hours broadcast.

Updates February 2008

Special data collection:
Audiovisual Production in Australia: Designed to complement the detailed data available online, this publication provides a ready reference for anyone interested in Australia’s audiovisual production industry – including production activity, employment, government funding, release and awards across feature film, television drama, documentaries, animation, commercials, new media and PDV (post, digital and visual effects).
Documentary production in Australia 2008: A summary of Get the Picture’s comprehensive statistics on documentary production and release, with links to detailed data in Get the Picture noted throughout.

Production industry
Documentary production:: Overview; About the data;
Documentary production activity;
Budget ranges; Cost per title by budget range; Cost per hour;
Sources of finance; Government funding; FFC finance; Film Australia productions;
Location of company;
Documentary filmmakers: Numbers; Activity.
Release of Australian productions:
Documentaries:: Number released: In cinemas; On TV.; Cinema release titles: Documentaries 1998–2007.
FFC-supported productions:: Overseas sales: Documentaries.
Cinema box office:: Top documentaries all time.
Retail video (DVD and VHS):: Documentaries: Australian share; Top 20 titles.
Free-to-air TV:: Top-rating programs: Documentaries 1998-2006.
Cinema industry:: Top films: Top documentaries of all time.

December 2007–January 2008

Production industry
Feature film production:: Overview; Activity summary; Australian feature production since 1970.
Spending in Australia; Spending by state; Budget ranges; Genres;
Production duration; Production costs – 2001 case study;
Sources of finance for Australian and co-production features; Investor contribution;
Focus: Trends in the core Australian feature slate.
Titles produced: 2006/07
TV drama production:: Overview; Activity summary; Spending in Australia; Spending by state;
Sources of finance for Australian and co-production TV drama;
Total production budgets by format;
Hours produced and costs per hour by format.
Telemovie production: Overview; Activity summary;: Australian production since 1970; Budget ranges.
Titles produced: 2006/07.
Mini-series production: Overview; Activity summary;: Australian production since 1980; Budget ranges.
Titles produced: 1997/98–2006/07.; Series and serial production: Overview; Activity summary; Budget ranges; Genres.
Titles produced: 2006/07
Children’s TV drama: Overview; Activity summary;: Australian children’s mini-series since 1980; Budget ranges.
Titles produced: 2006/07.
All drama production:: Activity summary; State share of spending; Total production budgets by company location.
Focus: Foreign drama production in Australia.
Focus: Feature and TV drama co-productions in Australia.
Animation:: Animated drama; Activity summary;
Animated drama (titles); Animated documentaries; Documentary titles.

December 2007

National feature film and TV drama survey: The AFC's annual survey reveals the latest trends in feature film and TV drama production in Australia.; Go to www.afc.gov.au/nps to view online or download the pdf.
Free-to-air TV
Ratings:: By network; By network and market.
Video industry
About the data.
Top wholesale rental video titles:: Top 20 titles shipped (DVD): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

November 2007

Release of Australian productions:
FFC-supported productions:
Overseas sales:: Feature films; Documentaries;
Adult mini-series and telemovies, 2003–2007; Children’s mini-series.
Festivals and awards:: Music videos.
International comparisons:: Cinema screens; Cinema admissions; Admissions per capita; Box office.

October 2007

Release of Australian productions:
Feature films:: Cinema release; Proportion released in cinemas (Australia, UK and the US).;
Number released: In cinemas; On TV; On video.
Cinema release titles: By country 2006.
Shorts:: Number released: In cinemas; On TV.
TV drama:: Number released: On TV, On video.
Free-to-air TV:
Programming:: Expenditure; Expenditure share.
Viewing patterns:: TV sets.
Subscription TV:
Subscriber numbers:: By operator.
Drama channels:: Program expenditure.
Trade in royalties:: Total; Cinema; Video; Television; Proportions by media.