A new funding partnership between the South Australian government and the ABC will see more locally-made productions hit our screens, creating hundreds of jobs.
The South Australian Film Corporation will commit $5.2 million over three years to a partnership with the ABC to boost screen industry development.
The deal includes a matched development fund specifically to support the development of South Australian programs for the ABC.
Locally-made children's series Beep and Mort, which premiered last year, will be the first to benefit.
The second season of the Windmill Pictures series is in pre-production at the film corporation's Adelaide Studios in Glenside.
South Australian Arts Minister Andrea Michaels said Beep and Mort was a "great first step" for the partnership.
"The quality of the production that's come out of a great South Australian organisation in Windmill Pictures, going nationally and internationally as well ... means series two is going to go great guns," she said.
"And result not only in jobs here in South Australia, but great economic activity and something great for kids to watch."
Beep and Mort follows in the success of other local productions such as award-winning series Stateless and Aftertaste.
ABC managing director David Anderson said the "unique" investment would "ensure that Australian stories continue to be told".
"It's a fight for local content, it's a fight for our local stories being told by us and not having someone come in and tell them for us," he said.
The government said the partnership would create about 400 extra jobs.
SA Film Corporation chief executive Kate Croser said the partnership would allow "a significant amount" of dramas to be produced in South Australia.
"Which is the type of production that has the most number of jobs enabled for South Australians," she said.
Ms Croser said the partnership would help provide stability for the independent production sector.
"The ability to schedule productions back-to-back means greater consistency of employment for South Australians and for the workers of the screen sector," she said.
"And that enables a fantastic training ground too for skilling up new talent, the next generation of screen sector talent in South Australia.
"So that's going to grow our capacity as a state to deliver even more quality Australian content in the future."
In 2014, three television studios were closed in Adelaide after 55 years of production at the ABC's hub in Collinswood.
It followed $254 million in cuts from the federal government over a five-year period.
