10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 08/01/2024
Here are the stories that should be on your radar
Here are the global TV stories that should be on your radar for Thursday, August 1st, 2024:
Banijay Production & Distribution Revenues Dip In H1 But Group Keeps Faith In Full-Year Profits Growth (Deadline)
Revenue within Banijay’s production and distribution arms fell by 7% and 20% respectively in the first half of this year, with the group putting this down to big scripted shows set to launch in Q4. The Big Brother and SAS Rogue Heroes super-indie’s content production revenue dipped to around €1.1B ($1.2B), while distribution fell by the sharper 20.2% to €147M.
Serie A In Lengthy Russian Broadcast Rights Extension With Match TV (Sportcal)
Italian soccer’s top-tier Serie A has secured a five-year media rights extension in Russia with Gazprom Media-owned sports broadcaster Match TV. The exclusive extension comes as Serie A scrambles to complete its international broadcast partner portfolio before the 2024-25 season gets underway in mid-August.
BBC Accused Of Double Standards Over Huw Edwards’ Pay As Pressure Grows To Reveal Findings Of Internal Investigation (Deadline)
The BBC has been accused by insiders of double standards over Huw Edwards' salary after it emerged that the British broadcaster's freelance presenters are not paid if suspended and under police investigation.
Japan: BBC News Channel On U-NEXT (Advanced-Television)
Audiences across Japan can now watch the BBC News channel on U-NEXT, the first international news brand offered to U-NEXT customers. The channel will be available 24 hours a day in both English and Japanese (via simultaneous translation).
Blackpink's Jisoo, Park Jeong-min To Star In Coupang Play Zombie Series (Korea Joongang Daily)
Blackpink’s Jisoo and actor Park Jeong-min will lead Coupang Play's 2025 original zombie series "Newtopia," the streaming platform said Thursday. "Newtopia" will take place in a Seoul plagued by an unknown zombie virus. Park will play Jae-yoon, a character completing his mandatory military service, and Jisoo as Young-ju, Jae-yoon's girlfriend. The series follows the two youngsters trying to meet during the zombie outbreak.
BBC Studios Forms New U.K. Entertainment Unit To House ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ Glastonbury Coverage (Variety)
The new unit comes after Studios, the BBC’s commercial arm which produces content sold around the world, merged its entertainment/music and factual entertainment/events divisions, which produced content including the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, King Charles III’s coronation party and shows such as “Strictly Come Dancing” and “The Weakest Link.”
Virgin Media Offers Free Premier Sports Amid TNT Shakeup (Cordbusters UK)
Starting today, all Virgin Media TV subscribers can watch Premier Sports 1 HD and Premier Sports 2 HD at no extra cost, for a full month. These channels, the latest incarnation of the now-defunct Viaplay Sports, offer a variety of sports, including Spanish football matches, Scottish football games, rugby, and more.
DAZN & BeIN Sports Secure Ligue 1 Soccer Rights In France Through Eleventh-Hour Deal Worth A Reported $540M (Advanced-Television)
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has acquired exclusive live rights, replay, near live highlights and clips to Ligue 1 football in France for the next five seasons. DAZN will become the new home of Ligue 1 McDonald’s football, offering French fans all 306 matches in one place: eight Ligue 1 matches live and exclusively, on all kick-off times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – the Saturday 5pm match will be available on beIN Sports, and then on DAZN via a delayed basis from midnight the same night. beIN Sports will hold the rights for one live game per game week for an initial three year period. The deals are worth a reported €500 million a year to France’s top flight football league.
’Wonder If Sports Channels Only Showing Cricket Make Any Money’ (Live Mint)
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is building a sports network without relying on marquee cricketing events, as it aims to reach a wider audience and avoid the high cost and commoditization associated with major cricket leagues. It has announced a three-year agreement with MotoGP until 2026 with Dorna Sports, the exclusive media rights holder of the event globally, and offers a variety of sports content like boxing, wrestling, and badminton in its bid to carve an identity that is distinct from channels that mainly broadcast cricket