Love on the Spectrum is a four-part documentary series that chronicles seven young adults on the autism spectrum as they take their first steps into the world of dating.
"It's extremely concerning these cuts are going to come from factual because it's one of the few places you can still pitch meaningful long-form programs," he said. ABC managing director David Anderson said the $5 million a year reduction would not impact shows already commissioned but will affect others in development.
Drama series, comedy, family and children's shows have been prioritised over factual because they are key drivers for video-on-demand globally, an ABC spokesman said.
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So: no more stories on nudist skidmarks? NOOOOOOO! No more hit jobs on George Pell making dubious and far-fetched claims? NOOOOOOOO! War on waste: OK I'm with you there Cut Paul Barry's snide and wasteful dross
'reduce funding to factual programs' Shouldn't hurt, reporting facts is already an endangered activity at our ABC.
$336,000 each for 250 employees of ABC employee's FAT CAT SALARIES ($84,000,000÷250). Shows there is more that they can cut! The private sector who pays your wages is bleeding.
It's heart-warming to see how people are upset about ABC's budget cut.😂😂
...go on...
Cannot wait for the RUBBISH ABC to be dumped in the trash, never to be seen again
The ABCTV is in an abusive relationship with the LNP Government; no matter how much they try to change their looks, try to appease, try to break the cycle of death-by-1000-cuts there’s no escaping the onslaught of vicious smears, public humiliations and financial dependency.
Awesome. Hopefully more cuts coming, if not total abolishment.
If you can’t make $1.06b today and $1.07b next year work for ya then you’re wasting your money
The ratings speak for themselves, you whining losers. You can't attract more than a 15% share of the prime time audience. The vast majority of the country couldn't care less about the ABC.
If there was a real war on waste all but fire alerts and regional local news would go at the ABC
Keep going, keep going... 👏
Not enough. We wont rest until ALL ABC city operations cease. Regional ABC News & Weather is all we need.
Excellent and hopefully more to come.
War on Waste was by far one of the most eye opening shows on the ABC. It changed some of my purchasing habits. I hope when this disaster of a government is ousted, funding will be returned to all the amazing journalists at the ABC.
Oh and another suggestion.. get the f out of bed with farce book.
You need to axe Landline because all the hayseeds love it. Make them suffer the consequences of their electoral choices. Their squeals would be music to me.
It would be great if abc cut all the god loving crap out.
It doesn't matter. I'm sure there will be another program telling people how to suck eggs.
ABC has been wasting taxpayers money for years, welcome to real word where every business is effected by the state of the economy which worldwide has gone south. How many TV stations, media pages , radio stations etc does 1 broadcaster need?
FANTASTIC NEWS
Can the cut the Twitter account budget please
Well, they can't complain, Communism requires everyone to tighten their belts!
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Aunty cancels controversial ABC Life website and comedy division | Sky News AustraliaThe ABC will axe up to 250 jobs from across the country in a bid to save money after going millions of dollars over budget.\n\nAunty’s controversial ABC Life website and ABC Comedy division will be rebranded and face job cuts after facing sustained criticism for its content.\n\nManaging director David Anderson told staff ABC Life would be rebranded ABC Local and instead of providing tips for how to cook tofu, it will shift its focus to suburban and regional news coverage.\n\nABC Comedy will be reworked to focus on science, education and religion.\n\nMr Anderson also revealed 75 per cent of content makers would be based outside of Sydney by 2025 – a response to criticism that the ABC is too saturated through inner-city regions.\n\nThe move is expected to save $40 million.\n\nThe budget 'shortfall', as the ABC describes it, came from an indexation freeze which stopped Aunty from getting funding increases. Excellent news. Good start Defund Surprised they did not go after Bluey Best news today! No mention of addressing their Blatant left wing bias but, It’s a start!
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