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Updates June
- Interactive media
- Media and communications devices
- Household penetration
- Computers
- Households
by state
- Internet
- Subscribers
by speed of connection
- Broadband: Household characteristics; User characteristics
May 2009
- Fast facts
- Fast Facts has been revised. It provides a summary of key statistics
from each section of Get the Picture, as well as key related data from
other sections.
April 2009
- Cinema
- History and background
- Cinema in Australia until 1900
Cinema admissions and key events: 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; By
exhibitor
Digital projectors
- Films screened
- Number
released by country of origin; Number
classified by classification
- Box office
- Admission
prices; Admissions and
gross box office;
By state;
Australian
share of Australian box office; Distributors’
market share
- Top-grossing films
- No.
1 each year since 1972;
Top 50: 2008
- Top all time;
Top
documentaries all time
- Release of Australian productions
- Cinema box office
- Australian
share
- Australia: Top 100 all
time; Top 5 each
year; Top
documentaries all time
Overseas: Germany;
UK; US
- Retail video sales (DVD, Blu-ray and VHS)
- About the
data
- All program types: Australian
share; Top-selling
Australian titles
- Movies: Australian
share; Top-selling
Australian titles
- TV drama: Australian
share; Top-selling
Australian titles
- Documentaries: Australian
share; Top-selling
Australian titles
- Animations: Top-selling Australian titles
- Video
- About
the data
- Video product
- By
classification
- Wholesale value:
Sales;
Units sold;
Average price
per unit
- Retail value: Sales; Movies
by classification
- Top wholesale rental video titles
- Top titles shipped
- Top retail video titles
- Top-selling titles: 2008
- Top-selling titles by type: Non-animated
movies; Children’s;
Animated
movies
- Video equipment
- Sales of DVD and
Blu-ray players
- Interactive media
- Games
- Retail: Sales value;
Market share
of hardware by type;
- Number classified: By
classification
- Top-selling consoles: 1998–2008
Top-selling console games: 1998–2008
March 2009
- Employment
CREATIVE
WORKFORCE
- About
the data; Segment definitions
- Summary
- Number employed in creative workforce
- Employment patterns
- By state
- Production industry
- Updated data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Service Industry
Surveys (SIS).
- About
the data.
- Film and video production and post-production services
- Business
characteristics;
Income
and expenditure; Sources of
income;
- Employment:
Per quarter; By role;
- By
state.
- Production activity
- Value and
share by sector; By
production type.
- TV commercial production
- Activity summary: Value
- Post digital and visual effects (PDV)
- About the data; Overview and definition.
Business characteristics;
Income: By size of business; By production type and source.
Operating expenditure; Operating profit;
Employment: Per quarter; By role;
- PDV sector by state.
February 2009
- Documentary production in Australia 2009
- A summary of Get the Picture’s comprehensive statistics on
documentary production and release.
- 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 production;
Location of
company; Documentary filmmakers: Number;
Activity.
- Release of Australian productions:
- Documentaries:
- Number released: In
cinemas; On
TV.
- Cinema release titles: Documentaries
1998–2008.
- 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
1998-2007.
- Cinema industry:
- Top films: Top
documentaries of all time.
January 2009
- Audiences:
- Children:
- Media and communication devices:
- About the data.
- Household penetration and children’s
access;
- Children’s discretionary time: By activity; Change between 1995 and 2007; Multitasking;
- Children’s favourite activities.
- Employment:
- Number working in audiovisual industries.
- Free-to-air TV:
- Industry structure:
- Employment.
- Public broadcasters:
- ABC: Australian
content; Hours
broadcast.
SBS: Australian
content; Hours
broadcast.
- Ratings:
- Trends in audience
share;
By network; By network
and market.
- Subscription TV
- Industry structure:
- Employment
- Financial performance:
- Operating profit/loss
December 2008
- National feature film and TV drama survey, 2007/08
- Screen Australia's annual survey reveals the latest trends in feature
film and TV drama production in Australia.
Download
the pdf.
- Subscription TV:
- Industry structure:
- Markets
and ownership
- Subscriber numbers:
- By
operator.
- Free-to-air TV:
- Programming:
- Expenditure;
Expenditure
share.
- International comparisons:
- Cinema:
- Cinema
screens.
- Total admissions;
Admissions
per capita.
- Box office:
- Total box office.
November 2008
- Employment
- About
the data; Industry and occupation
definitions
- Summary:
- Number working
in audiovisual industries
- Employment patterns:
- Industries by state; States
by industry
Men and women by industry
Qualifications by industry;
Men’s
and women’s qualifications by industry
Hours
worked by industry
Income
by industry; Audiovisual industries: Employment
patterns: Income, by sex and industry
Country of birth by industry
- Occupations:
- By industry, number and sex;
Selected occupations, by sex
October 2008
- Release of Australian productions:
- Feature films:
- Cinema
release; Number
and proportion released in cinemas (Australia, UK and US).
Number released: In cinemas;
On free-to-air
TV; On
subscription TV; On video.
Cinema release titles: By
country 2007.
- Shorts:
- Number released: In
cinemas; On free-to-air
TV; On subscription
TV.
Cinema release titles: Shorts 1998–2007
- TV drama:
- Number released: On free-to-air
TV; On subscription
TV; On
video.
- Wholesale video release:
- Number
released and Australian share.
- Festivals and awards:
- Music
videos.
- Video:
- Video product:
- Release: Number
released and Australian share.
September 2008
- Production industry:
- 10BA projects:
- The
operation of 10BA; Key statistics,
By type
of project.
- Free-to-air TV
- Commercial broadcasters:
- Commercials.
- International comparisons:
- Feature films:
- Number
produced; Production
investment; Number
released.
- Box office:
- Domestic films’ share.
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.
- Audiences (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; Number
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
- Audiences (viewing patterns):
- By lifestyle and values.
- Subscription TV:
- Audiences (viewing patterns):
- By lifestyle and values.
- Interactive media
- Games:
- Retail sales;
- Hardware by capacity (no longer updated);
Software 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).
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- 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.
- Audiences (viewing patterns):
- TV
sets.
- Subscription TV:
- Subscriber numbers:
- By
operator.
- Drama channels:
- Program
expenditure.
- Trade in royalties:
- Total; Cinema;
Video;
Television;
Proportions
by media.
