10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 05/10/2024

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV and streaming stories that should be on your radar for Friday, May 10th, 2024:

Parrot Analytics: Amazon Prime Video And Netflix shows Dominate In Russia (Digital TV Europe)
Amazon Prime Video and Netflix dominates Parrot Analytics’ top ten originals in Russia for the week running April 24-30, despite not being available legally in the country. Parrot Analytics analyses the demand for recent popular digital titles across international markets, based on the application of artificial intelligence to expressions of demand across social media, fan sites, peer-to-peer protocols and file-sharing platforms.

Taliban Warn Journalists And Experts Against Cooperating With Afghanistan International TV (Arab News)
The Taliban on Thursday warned journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV, saying they would be committing a crime if they cooperated with the station. It’s the first time they have told people not to cooperate with a specific outlet. Afghanistan International TV, which is headquartered in London, is accessible through satellite, cable and social media.

Korea’s CJ ENM Unveils Three-Year Co-Production Deal With Japanese Broadcaster TBS (Deadline)
Korean media conglomerate CJ ENM announced that it will co-produce films and television series with Japanese broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) for the next three years. Previously, CJ ENM and TBS Group had signed a business agreement for joint production in 2021, which included scripted and non-scripted shows, films, and animation.

Data: Channel 4 Streaming Audience Up 22% In April (Advanced-Television)
Channel 4 streaming grew 22 per cent year-on-year in April – with a total of 6.5 billion viewer minutes – according to BARB data. The figures show viewing among 16-34s was up 15 per cent year on year to 1.7 billion viewer minutes, as Channel 4 streaming reached more young viewers (16-34) than any other commercially funded broadcaster.

F1 Maintains Financial Strength As Q1 Revenue Climbs To Over $550m (Sportcal)
The Formula 1 (F1) motor racing series generated increased revenue of $553 million for the first quarter of 2024, up significantly from the same period in 2023. In financial results now released by the series' owner Liberty Media, F1 revenues jumped 45% from $381 million last year. Primary F1 revenue - race promotion, media rights, and sponsorship fees - came in at $463 million, up 47% from $314 million last year.

Warner Bros. Discovery Sets Once Upon A Time And BigSmall As Creative Partners For European Launch Of Max (Variety)
Once Upon a Time and BigSmall will be jointly responsible for delivering creative assets into 22 European markets across the Nordics, Iberia, Benelux and Central and Eastern Europe. The campaign will be fully integrated, ranging from anthem TV and cinema creative to promotional content-driven spots, out-of-home, audio, digital and social.

Spain: Free Movistar Plus+ On Samsung TVs (Advanced-Television)
Spanish pay-TV platform Movistar hopes to gain new subscribers for its streaming service Movistar Plus+ through a deal with electronics manufacturer Samsung. From May 15th, the South Korean brand will offer Movistar’s OTT service for free for three months to all buyers of its smart TVs in Spain.

Produce More Local Content, Explore Streaming Option, Showmax To Content Creators (KBC Kenya)
“Other than the ground-breaking Showmax Premier League in your pocket and global blockbusters from the world’s best studios, we are equally committed to our African content slate. This year, there will be more than 1300 hours of Showmax Originals produced, representing a significant 150pc increase in production output compared to the year before,” said Showmax GM Gichonge in her speech.

TV4 Retain Extreme E Rights In Sweden And Finland (Digital TV Europe)
Off-road racing series Extreme E calendar has renewed its broadcast deal with Nordic broadcaster TV4 Play in Swede and Finland. The motorsport championship will be shown on both linear and digital platforms TV4 Play in Sweden and MTV Katsomo in Finland.

QVC Extends SES Carriage Deals (Advanced-Television)
Home shoppers across the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Republic of Ireland will continue to receive an immersive, in-home shopping experience as QVC Germany and QVC UK have extended their partnerships with SES in multi-year agreements.