Culture
HOYTS and Pacific Lantern Open a New Route for Chinese-Language Cinema
HOYTS is teaming with Pacific Lantern to distribute more Chinese-language films across Australia and New Zealand, signaling a more structured diasporic cinema economy.
Tag: Australia
Culture
At TIFF, Indigenous Co-Production Becomes a New Power in Global Cinema
New Zealand is preparing with Australia and Canada an Indigenous co-production initiative that turns TIFF into a platform for cultural sovereignty.
World
Australia Takes on Algorithms: The Button That Could Transform Social Media
Australia is preparing a law that will require social media platforms to offer a sustainable choice between algorithmic recommendations and a feed composed of the accounts users have chosen to follow. A decision likely to inspire Europe and the rest of the world.
Culture
Radiohead Reawakens the World: The 2027 Tour Fans Barely Dared to Expect
Radiohead will play 21 concerts in Australia and Japan in spring 2027, a landmark return to two markets deprived of the band for more than a decade.
Sport
Ben Simmons Returns to the NBA: The $3.5 Million Bet That Could Change Everything
After missing an entire season, Ben Simmons is joining Sacramento on a one-year, $3.5 million deal. The Kings are buying enormous upside at a small price, but the era of promises is over.
Business
DAZN Media Swallows Foxtel: Sport Becomes the New Advertising Lab
In Australia, Foxtel Media is becoming DAZN Media+, pushing advertising into a new model built on sports data, premium video, commercial AI and unified measurement.
Culture
Jonas Brothers at NFL Melbourne Turn Global Sport Into a Netflix Concert
With the Jonas Brothers headlining halftime at the NFL's first regular-season game in Australia, Melbourne, Netflix and the league are turning sport into global pop spectacle.
World
19 Hours Non-Stop: The France-Australia Flight That Signals a Revolution in the Skies
Followed live by tens of thousands of enthusiasts, a Qantas Airbus A350-1000ULR flew nearly 17,000 km between Toulouse and Melbourne non-stop. This test paves the way for Qantas's 22-hour commercial flights.