With their new independent streaming platform, Aunty Donna prove the future of ‘cooked’ Australian comedy is online.
- Associate Professor in Media, RMIT University
Blind boxes rely on the same mechanisms of seduction as loot boxes in video games – and so demand the same scrutiny.
The Philippou brothers have done it again. You won’t be able to watch – but you won’t be able to look away.
Research shows Australian children struggle to find and identify local content on streaming services.
Bluey’s widespread appeal can be considered a symptom of the slow decline of age-based viewing.
A wave of horror content is popping up across TikTok, carrying on a legacy that began on YouTube.
Do you remember the bizarre Salad Fingers videos from the early 2000s? They inspired a whole genre of genre-less online videos.
As artificial intelligence becomes mainstream, its infiltration into children’s lives is causing tremendous anxiety.
Our new wave of horror carries the legacy of Australia’s strong horror history – while finally signalling the shedding of some cultural biases.
The death of this iconic show warrants a health-check for the Australian TV industry.
Research shows that adults, even without kids, have used lockdown and the advent of streaming services, to revisit the shows they enjoyed as children.
Children are being exposed to aspects of Netflix’s gory and dark drama Squid Game, but it’s most likely not from the streaming service itself.
‘Bush wees’, family games, vasectomy decisions … new research considers why the Emmy award-winning animated series Bluey is so popular — and finds it can be read on many levels.
A stage musical adaptation is just the newest addition to the cottage industry which is Round The Twist nostalgia.
The pandemic pause on local children’s television content has become policy. Now what for kids’ TV?
The complex user-generated nature of YouTube content for kids is proving difficult to control for the online giant, who have been issued with a US$170 million fine for breaching children’s privacy.
Australian television viewers will soon have more than seven major league video streaming services to watch. How will they choose and will they be offered Australian-made stories?
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