AUSTRALIAN Children's TV and vod drama
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Number produced, hours, budgets, spend and average cost per hour

Australian children’s TV and VOD drama is drama made for child audiences, and includes all titles created for TV and online release.

Expenditure on Australian children’s TV and VOD drama was down by 41% on 2023/24, and 44% below the 5-year average, despite a 16% increase in the average cost-per-hour. The number of children's titles produced fell by 29%. 

Of the five titles that entered production in 2024/25, four were commissioned by the ABC, and one by Stan. Four titles received funding from Screen Australia and three from the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). Two Official Co-production titles entered production in 2024/25, one co-partnered with Canada, the other with Canada and Singapore.

As part of a broader package of policy changes, in late September 2020, the Australian Government announced changes to content obligations for commercial free-to-air broadcasters – see Television > Content regulation.

For a list of children's titles shot in Australia since 1995/96, see Titles produced.