- 3 Feb 2023
Screenrights' 2023 Cultural Fund is now open for applications, closing 5pm AEST Wednesday 12 April.
- 17 Aug 2022
Screenrights has announced the five projects to be supported by its 2022 Cultural Fund, awarding total funding of $213,083.
- 4 Feb 2022
Screenrights' 2022 Cultural Fund is now open for applications, closing 5pm AEST Friday 15 April.
- 3 Nov 2021
Screenrights has announced that a record $47.6 million was available for distribution to members in the 2020/21 financial year, with $45.3 million distributed to 1,437 members.
- 11 Aug 2021
Screenrights has announced the seven projects to be supported by its 2021 Cultural Fund, awarding total funding of $249.6K.
- 1 Mar 2021
Screenrights is pleased to announce a new partnership with ABC Education, to expand the public broadcaster’s educational offering to teachers under the Australian Educational Licence administered by Screenrights.
- 28 Jan 2021
Screenrights' 2021 Cultural Fund is now open for applications, closing 5pm AEST Wednesday 28 April.
- 30 Oct 2020
Screenrights has announced a record $46.5 million was distributed to members in 2019/20, along with a surge in usage records for the Australian Educational Licence.
- 5 Aug 2020
Screenrights has announced a record seven projects will be supported by its 2020 Cultural Fund, awarding total funding of $295K.
- 30 Jul 2020
Screenrights has filed an application for a determination of equitable remuneration for retransmission of free-to-air television by Foxtel.
- 8 Jul 2020
Screenrights today announced that it has appointed Chris Gardoll as Director to its Board.
- 13 Jan 2020
Screenrights’ 2020 Cultural Fund is open for applications, with the announcement of this year’s focus as 'New Voices'.
- 28 Nov 2019
Screenrights today announced that it has appointed Kim Dalton as Chair of its board of directors, with Georgina Waite elected as Deputy Chair.
- 1 Nov 2019
Screenrights has announced a record $43.5 million available for distribution to members in the 2018/19 financial year.
- 29 Aug 2019
Screenrights has announced four projects to be funded in the second year of its annual Cultural Fund. The Fund was established in 2018 to support innovative projects that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand.
- 13 Aug 2019
Screenrights has today that confirmed the departure of long-standing Public Affairs Advisor Virginia Gordon.
- 31 Jul 2019
Screenrights Chair, Jill Bryant, today announced that Screenrights’ members voted overwhelmingly to ensure that the authorial sector will have a minimum of three seats at the Board table.
- 16 Jan 2019
Screenrights Chair Jill Bryant today announced that James Dickinson has been appointed as the non-profit’s new Chief Executive. Dickinson says, “I’m honoured to lead Screenrights and its people at a time of dynamic change in the screen industry."
- 6 Nov 2018
The Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS), Australian Writers’ Guild and Screenrights have settled their Federal Court dispute.
- 30 Apr 2018
Screenrights, the audio-visual copyright society for Australia and New Zealand, has announced a new Cultural Fund to support innovative new projects which will foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand. The total pool available for the 2018 Cultural Fund round is $AU200,000.
The focus of the Cultural Fund will change each year in response to trends and issues in screen content creation.
- 28 Oct 2016
Record distributions, the finalisation of agreements with all Australian Universities and the expansion of Screenrights’ Government Copying Declaration to include the downloading of audio-visual material from the internet are some of the 2015-2016 financial year highlights released at the company’s AGM held in Sydney last night.
- 28 Oct 2016
Screenrights last night announced its Board election results at its Annual General Meeting, held at the company’s office in Sydney.
Joining the Screenrights Board is writer Geoffrey Atherden, best known for his multi award winning television programs including Mother and Son, BabaKiueria and Grass Roots. He has served as President of the Australian Writers’ Guild, President of the Australian Writers’ Foundation and served two terms on the Board of Screen NSW. In 2009 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia.