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 2023/24, 13 Australian general AVOD, TVOD and other online drama titles generated $3 million in expenditure and 16 hours of content. The number of titles that entered production in 2023/24 was 46% down on the previous year, and 10% below the 5-year average. The number of hours fell by 47%, and was 9% below the 5-year average. The cost-per-hour fell by 19%. 8 of the 13 titles that entered production in 2023/24 were  supported by Screen Australia, with the agency providing 78% 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.