Spending by subscription video on demand providers

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) providers voluntarily report to us about their investment in Australian content in terms of spending and availability. 

SVOD providers Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, and Stan have reported to us each financial year since 2019–20. Paramount+ commenced reporting in 2021–22.

The interactive report below provides insight into the information we collected about SVOD providers. The data collected includes expenditure on commissioned and acquired Australian programs/titles, broken down by genre. It also includes the total number of titles and hours of Australian content on Australian services and rest-of-the-world services, as well as expenditure on Australian related programs. 

The report provides aggregated expenditure data and program information for SVOD providers for the 2019–20 financial year onwards. This year, we have also published some information about the discoverability of Australian programs on SVOD services.  

View the interactive report for SVOD spending on Australian content below.

View the data quality statement and access the data file for the SVOD content in Australia: Spending on Australian programs by SVOD providers report below. 

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Spending by subscription video on demand: Data file 2024–25 financial year

Five SVOD providers – Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, Stan and Paramount+ – spent almost $414.0 million in the 2024–25 financial year on 4,500 commissioned, co-commissioned or acquired Australian programs.

'Australian programs' are programs that meet minimum requirements for key creative roles, including producers, directors, writers and cast. SVOD reporting adopts the definitions of Australian program, commissioned, co-commissioned and acquired programs, as well as genre definitions from the Broadcasting Services (Australian Content and Children’s Television) Standards 2020 (ACCTS).

From 2023–24, total expenditure on Australian programs increased by $72.4 million to $414.0 million, the highest level since reporting began in 2019–2020.

• Expenditure on commissioned and co-commissioned programs increased by $91.4 million to $316.6 million.
• Expenditure on acquired programs decreased by $18.9 million to $97.5 million.

The table below details changes in combined expenditure toward Australian programs by genre for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 financial years:

• Expenditure on adult drama is at its highest level since reporting began in 2019–20.
• Expenditure on children’s drama increased very slightly from its lowest level to the second lowest level since reporting began.
• Expenditure on children’s non-drama has increased to its second-highest level since reporting began but remains small compared to other genres.
• Expenditure on documentary programs is at its lowest level since reporting began.
• Expenditure on light entertainment programs increased slightly, to its highest level since reporting began.
• Expenditure on sport decreased to its second-highest level since reporting began.

Expenditure on commissioned or co-commissioned programs

In 2024–25 financial year, SVOD providers spent $316.6 million on 41 commissioned or co-commissioned Australian programs.

Commissioned and co-commissioned programs/titles made up 76% of total SVOD provider expenditure on Australian programs. New Australian programs included:

• The Artful Dodger S2 (Disney+)
• War Machine (Netflix)
• Last King of The Cross S2 (Paramount+)
• Deadloch S2 (Prime Video)
• Black Snow S2 (Stan)

A list of non-confidential commissioned or co-commissioned Australian programs reported to us for the 2024–25 financial year is in the table below.

Table 1: Titles of commissioned/co-commissioned Australian programs on SVODs’ Australian services with expenditure incurred during the 2024–25 financial year

Expenditure on acquired programs

At 30 June 2025, there were 3,919 Australian program titles (11,881 hours) available on the 5 SVOD services. This is an increase from the 3,776 Australian titles (11,383 hours) available on SVOD libraries at 30 June 2024.

Table 2 shows the number of titles and hours by all SVOD providers by genre as of 30 June each year.

Table 2: Australian programs made available on services in Australia at 30 June 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 by genre

Notes on Table 2: 

• Durations are rounded to the nearest hour.
• SVOD providers reported acquired Australian sports programming for the first time in the 2020–21 financial year.
• For sports programs, some SVODs report entire seasons as a single title while others report individual matches/games as a single title.
• For confidentiality, the 'Sport' and 'Other' genres were combined for the 2020–21 financial year.
• The genre 'Light entertainment' is a combination of reporting categories 'Light entertainment - other' and 'Light entertainment - variety'.
• Where SVOD providers were unable to provide a detailed breakdown of genres of some Australian programs, they have used the 'No genre provided' categorisation.
• The genres of some programs reported in previous years have been recategorised and changes reflected in previous years’ reporting. 

Some SVOD providers also reported the number of Australian programs made available on services outside Australia (Table 3). The data was aggregated into continental regions and reported on in those regions.

SVOD providers reported making Australian programs available to international audiences in nearly 50 countries throughout the world. The largest number of Australian program titles and hours are available in North and South American countries.

Table 3: Average number of Australian program hours and titles available across countries within each continent, by financial year

Notes on Table 3: 

• The figures are the number of titles or hours across the reported countries in each continent. Continental figures are reported where 2 or more SVODs reported for countries within a continent.
• The decrease in the number of and hours of Australian program in the 2021–22 financial year can be attributed to one SVOD’s shift in their reporting framework.

You can find previous financial year reporting below:

Spending by SVOD providers: 2023–24

Spending by SVOD providers 2022–23

Spending by SVOD providers 2021–22

Spending by SVOD providers 2020–21

Spending by SVOD providers 2019–20

1. Prime Video, Disney, Netflix and Stan have been reporting on their investment in Australian programs since the 2019–20 financial year. Paramount+ reported for the first time in the 2021–22 financial year.
2. The reports present aggregated expenditure and program information reported by SVOD providers in Australia. All information published is consistent with SVOD providers’ confidentiality requests.
3. SVOD providers have voluntarily reported this information. We cannot confirm its accuracy, however where possible, we have verified the information based on publicly available information, data reported under Australian content requirements for commercial and subscription television broadcasters, and additional material provided by SVOD providers.
4. We have standardised the reports where possible to allow for consistency with information reported by TV broadcasters and Screen Australia. Due to differences between SVOD services and TV broadcasters, there are some areas where direct comparison is not possible.
5. SVOD providers reported total hours and numbers of distinct Australian programs available on their Australian services. ‘Distinct programs’ can include series or seasons of programs, or matches or episodes of programs. We requested this data include only Australian programs and official co-productions.
6. If the provider does not have its own services outside Australia, commissioned Australian programs distributed to foreign-owned services are reported on an aggregated basis for the number and hours of Australian programs on services outside Australia.