Australian general AVOD, TVOD and other online drama
Activity summary

Number PRODUCED, HOURS, budgets, SPEND AND AVERAGE COST PER HOUR

General AVOD, TVOD and other online drama is drama made for family and adult audiences first released on a variety of free services including AVOD (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube), TVOD (iTunes) or other emerging online services. It does not include children’s drama, which is reported separately.

In 2022/23, 24 Australian general AVOD, TVOD and other online drama titles generated $5 million in expenditure and 29 hours of content. The number of titles that entered production in 2022–23 was double the previous year, and 64% above the 5-year average. The number of hours nearly tripled, and was 78% above the 5-year average, but the cost-per-hour fell by 25%. 16 of the 24 titles that entered production in 2022/23 were  supported by Screen Australia, with the agency providing 75% of the total budgets of these titles.

For a list of Australian general AVOD, TVOD and other online titles shot in Australia since 2016/17, see Titles produced.