Published: April 07, 2019
Reality TV is a poor relation to telling Australian stories the way drama does, former ABC managing director warns
Australian stories are at risk of disappearing as local television drama is swamped by reality TV and Netflix, the former ABC managing director Mark Scott has warned.
Scott, who has headed up the New South Wales Department of Education since 2016, says the commercial broadcasters can’t make as much money from local drama as they can from reality television as hourly drama budgets are between $1.5 and $2m and the ratings are relatively low.
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