Marc C-Scott is a lecturer in screen media and coordinator for both the Bachelor of Screen Media at Victoria University (https://www.vu.edu.au/courses/bachelor-of-screen-media-absn).
Prior to his position, Marc taught at many institutions in the areas of digital media, video production, motion graphics, visual effects, web technologies along with project and research methodologies.
He has been active in the area of digital media since 1996, completing a Bachelor of Design (Multimedia) with Honors at Swinburne’s National School of Design in 2004.
Marc is currently completing a PhD, which uses a historical comparative approach, in investigating the changes of the television industries within Australia, United Kingdom and United States.
His research interests are within television (history, institutions and new broadcast methods), cross-media, cross-platform media and the use of new digital media services.
With the rise of subscription and online TV, we need to rethink local content rules
Jun 16, 2017 05:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The newly released Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report on Film, Television and Digital Games 2015-16 offers fascinating insights into how our screen media landscape has changed over the past four years. A key...
Amazon's new Grand Tour series could be the next illegal download victim
Nov 17, 2016 23:22 pm UTC| Technology
The much awaited new car show, The Grand Tour, launches on Amazon Prime today, Friday November 18. The show is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, all former presenters of the BBCs popular Top Gear...
Please rewind: a final farewell to the VCR
Aug 01, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
I grew up with video cassette recorders (VCRs). I still remember rushing off to the the video store to hire the latest movie, hoping that there was at least one copy still on the shelf that didnt have the Sorry Im Out tag...
Google wants to tap the second golden age of television
Jun 08, 2016 04:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Traditional pay-television providers, already under pressure from consumers opting for streaming internet video, are facing a new threat. Google is getting into TV advertising, and a decision made earlier this year by...
YouTube Red is here, and it breaks the video-on-demand mould
May 20, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
YouTube this week launched its paid subscription service, YouTube Red, in Australia and New Zealand. These are the first two countries to gain access to the service outside of the United States. The introduction of a...
The battle for audiences as free-TV viewing contiues its decline
Apr 22, 2016 07:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Its not been a good year so far for Australias traditional television industry with reports that prime-time audiences are down almost 5% amid competition from internet streaming services. But the decline in the number...
Netflix is everywhere (almost), so what does this mean for local media?
Jan 08, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO, announced that Netflix will now be available in 130 new countries. This sees Netflix more than triple its global...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well