Mumbrella Awards 2021 shortlist, Merrick Watts to host the gala event
May 20, 2021 10:23
The shortlist for the 2021 Mumbrella Awards has been announced, with The Monkeys and Special Group among the top nominations.
With 11 nominations, The Monkeys received two nods in the Mumbrella Award for Insight, TV Ad of the Year and Social Idea of the Year categories, as well as nominations in Best Use of Real-Time Marketing, Creative Agency of the Year and Ad Campaign of the Year.
Meanwhile, Special Group earned ten nominations across categories including TV Ad of the Year, Content Marketing Strategy of the Year, Social Idea of the Year, Best Use of Real-Time Marketing, and the Mumbrella Awards for Bravery, Insight and Innovation.
10 returns to Pilot Week in 2021
EXCLUSIVE: 10 is returning to Pilot Week in 2021 -and is now on the lookout for original unscripted shows with ‘a distinctive Aussie flair.’
2021 will mark the third Pilot Week for 10 which was held over in 2020 amid the pandemic.
2018 and 2019 Pilot Weeks marked rare showcases in television to test new ideas, with viewers invited to send feedback.
Previous events led to seasons for
Drunk History Australia, Kinne Tonight, Trial by Kyle, and briefly for
Taboo and
Saturday Night Rove.
Daniel Monaghan, Head of Programming, 10 ViacomCBS, said: “We are thrilled to see the return of Pilot Week this year. It is such a great opportunity to showcase creative projects from our talented production community, and then determine what resonates the most with our audience.
Paramount+ will launch in Australia on Wednesday, 11 August 2021 at $8.99 per month.
The new streaming service from ViacomCBS Australia & New Zealand will place 10 All Access and feature content from Showtime, BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, the Smithsonian Channel and Sony Pictures Television. Teasing over 20,000 episodes TV and movies they include
The First Lady, Dexter, Anne Boleyn, Leonardo,
The Godfather, Mission: Impossible and
PAW Patrol.
Amongst the local titles will be Season 2 of Five Bedrooms starring Kat Stewart, Stephen Peacocke, Doris Younane, Roy Joseph, Katie Robertson and Hugh Sheridan, leaping into the property market having lost their first communal home at auction. It is yet to confirm if this will be the full season at launch.
If Channel 10 boss Beverley McGarvey has her way, we ll be watching Tom Cruise leap across rooftops in Mission Impossible 7 only 45 days after his death-defying stunts wow audiences in cinemas. McGarvey is relaunching Channel 10 s subscription streaming service 10 All Access, which will now be rebranded as Paramount+ from August 11. The service will cost $8.99 a month and will feature a wide selection of TV and movies to appeal to a broad demographic, from children s series
Paw Patrol to
Spreadsheet and a second season of local drama
Five Bedrooms. The relaunch is in line with Channel 10 s American parent company ViacomCBS s global subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) strategy which saw the US SVOD service CBS All Access become Paramount+ earlier this year.
If Channel 10 boss Beverley McGarvey has her way, we ll be watching Tom Cruise leap across rooftops in Mission Impossible 7 only 45 days after his death-defying stunts wow audiences in cinemas. McGarvey is relaunching Channel 10 s subscription streaming service 10 All Access, which will now be rebranded as Paramount+ from August 11. The service will cost $8.99 a month and will feature a wide selection of TV and movies to appeal to a broad demographic, from children s series
Paw Patrol to
Spreadsheet and a second season of local drama
Five Bedrooms. The relaunch is in line with Channel 10 s American parent company ViacomCBS s global subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) strategy which saw the US SVOD service CBS All Access become Paramount+ earlier this year.