Communications regulator ACMA released its latest report on commercial television production last week. Buried in the report was a dramatic factoid: commercial broadcasters have completely stopped making children’s television.
Broken down by category, ACMA showed that the commercial networks had spent the round total of $0 on children’s drama in 2022-23. Adult drama is also on the slide, down to $49 million from $65 million a year earlier. However, spending to produce sport programming rose.
The report shows the devastating consequences of the Coalition’s decision to remove local content quotas for children’s television in 2021.
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