Contributions
of various types of investor to Australian and co-production TV drama,
1995/96–2007/08
Next update November 2009
Since 1995/96, around half the finance
for the combined Australian and co-production TV drama slate has come
from the Australian film/TV industry, mainly commercial broadcasters.
Foreign investors are also a significant source of finance, with contributions
peaking at 49.3 per cent in 1999/00. A substantial proportion of foreign
contributions are for co-productions.
Australian government sources provide around
15 per cent of finance for the combined Australian and co-production
TV drama slate. Up until the end of 2007/08, most of this finance came
from the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC), which invested in
both Australian and co-production TV dramas. In July 2008, the FFC became
part of Screen Australia.
The increases in contributions from private sources
in 2001/02 and 2002/03 were due principally to the investment of funds
raised by the Macquarie Nine Film & TV Funds.
Australian
and co-production
Australian
only
Contribution $m
% of total finance
No. films invested in
Contribution $m
% of total finance
No. films invested in
Australian government sources1
1995/96
60.4
27.6%
29
52.9
26.1%
27
1996/97
35.0
13.8%
20
23.3
11.8%
17
1997/98
36.6
13.2%
24
36.2
15.0%
23
1998/99
20.0
6.1%
16
20.0
10.9%
16
1999/00
28.2
7.5%
1
28.2
11.9%
15
5-year average
36.0
12.4%
18
32.1
15.1%
20
2000/01
35.4
10.1%
15
32.0
13.3%
13
2001/02
31.5
10.1%
19
30.9
14.6%
18
2002/03
41.2
16.6%
20
40.9
18.4%
19
2003/04
34.7
16.0%
19
34.0
17.3%
17
2004/05
32.1
14.7%
17
28.1
14.3%
15
5-year average
35.0
13.0%
18
33.2
15.5%
16
2005/06
39.7
17.6%
20
36.2
19.3%
16
2006/07
39.3
14.4%
24
38.9
15.7%
23
2007/08
33.1
10.9%
19
27.5
11.4%
17
Australian private investors2
1995/96
0.0
0.0%
0
0.0
0.0%
0
1996/97
40.7
16.1%
3
38.7
19.5%
1
1997/98
23.8
8.5%
13
20.2
8.4%
11
1998/99
11.9
3.7%
3
11.9
6.5%
3
1999/00
17.6
4.7%
7
12.3
5.2%
4
5-year average
18.8
6.5%
5
16.6
7.8%
4
2000/01
7.8
2.2%
4
6.8
2.8%
3
2001/02
28.1
9.0%
6
27.8
13.1%
5
2002/03
14.7
5.9%
4
13.9
6.3%
3
2003/04
9.6
4.5%
2
7.5
3.8%
1
2004/05
4.6
2.1%
4
4.6
2.3%
4
5-year average
12.9
4.8%
4
12.1
5.7%
3
2005/06
14.7
6.5%
4
11.4
6.1%
3
2006/07
10.2
3.8%
3
6.3
2.5%
2
2007/08
7.6
2.5%
2
4.2
1.7%
1
Australian
film/TV industry3
1995/96
122.9
56.0%
43
120.1
59.2%
42
1996/97
118.0
46.6%
39
100.2
50.6%
36
1997/98
141.8
51.0%
42
134.1
55.5%
41
1998/99
148.6
45.7%
33
118.6
64.8%
31
1999/00
144.0
38.4%
43
133.2
56.5%
43
5-year average
135.1
47.6%
40
121.3
57.3%
39
2000/01
151.6
43.3%
43
143.4
59.7%
40
2001/02
137.8
44.0%
43
127.8
60.3%
36
2002/03
136.4
55.0%
40
129.8
58.6%
36
2003/04
135.0
62.5%
39
129.7
65.9%
36
2004/05
137.6
62.9%
40
130.0
66.3%
29
5-year average
139.7
53.5%
41
132.2
62.2%
35
2005/06
125.0
55.4%
36
112.7
60.1%
32
2006/07
192.0
70.7%
44
184.3
74.3%
40
2007/08
189.8
62.7%
42
171.9
71.4%
35
Foreign investors
1995/96
36.0
16.4%
26
29.9
14.8%
24
1996/97
59.3
23.4%
24
35.7
18.0%
19
1997/98
75.9
27.3%
24
51.0
21.1%
21
1998/99
144.9
44.5%
30
32.5
17.8%
23
1999/00
184.9
49.3%
29
62.1
26.3%
23
5-year average
100.2
34.5%
27
42.3
19.9%
22
2000/01
155.4
44.4%
25
58.0
24.1%
20
2001/02
115.4
36.9%
19
25.4
12.0%
13
2002/03
56.0
22.6%
22
36.9
16.7%
19
2003/04
36.8
17.0%
16
25.8
13.1%
13
2004/05
44.4
20.3%
18
33.4
17.0%
14
5-year average
81.6
30.3%
20
35.9
16.8%
16
2005/06
46.2
20.5%
20
27.3
14.6%
14
2006/07
30.2
11.1%
12
18.7
7.5%
8
2007/08
72.0
23.8%
17
37.1
15.4%
10
Source: Screen Australia.
Notes:
1. Includes Australian state and federal agencies and funding bodies.
2. Includes private non-industry sources such as FLICs and 10B and 10BA
investors.
3. Includes Australian-based film and TV production companies, distribution
companies, commercial free-to-air broadcasters, the ABC and SBS and subscription
TV channels.
