10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 06/07/2024
Here are the stories that should be on your radar
Here are the global TV stories that should be on your radar for Friday, June 7th, 2024:
Survey: Live Events Top Choice For 40% of TV Viewers (Advanced-Television)
Live events are the preferred type of broadcast content for 40 per cent of TV viewers around the world, proving more popular than any other type of programming. This is according to a survey of consumers in the UK, US, Spain, Germany, France and the Nordics.
How ‘Neighbours’ Came Back From The Dead: Inside The Cult Australian Soap’s Remarkable Journey From Emotional Farewell To The Emmys (Variety)
While the producer describes the remarkable turn of events as “really unexpected and amazing,” the story of how “Neighbours” was effectively brought back from the dead parodies the sort of wild plotline generally only conceived in a daytime drama writers’ room. Usually, it’s soap characters who are killed off only to miraculously return years later. This time, it’s the show itself, and in a far more dramatic timeframe.
Copa America To Air On Amazon Prime Video In Japan (Sportcal)
Through the tie-up, Prime Video Japan will exclusively cover all group-stage games featuring heavyweights Argentina and Brazil at this year’s tournament, which will run between June 20 and July 14 in the US. In addition, all knockout matches from the 16-team tournament will be shown live.
‘Big Blue’ Sails For Latin America As WBD Acquires Animation For Cartoon Network & Max (TBI Vision)
Big Blue was originally commissioned by CBC Kids in Canada and has been sold to multiple partners including Nickelodeon in the UK, ABC Kids in Australia, EBS in South Korea, RTS in Switzerland, RTVE/Clan in Spain, MBC Group in the Middle East and Cartoon Network in Africa.
Sunny Deol’s ‘Gadar 2,’ Manoj Bajpayee’s ‘Silence 2’ Popular As ZEE5 Global Audiences Choose Sequels (Variety)
Sequels such as “Sunflower 2,” “Duranga 2,” “The Broken News 2,” “Gadar 2,” “Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout,” “Abar Proloy,” “Khichdi 2,” “Taj 2,” and “Kashmir Files Unreported” have dominated South Asian-focused streamer ZEE5 Global. And with good reason.
Premier Sports And BBC Renew Scottish Cup Deals (Sportcal)
BBC Scotland, the regional arm of the UK public-service broadcaster, and pay-TV operator Premier Sports will continue to show soccer's Scottish Cup after agreeing new five-year deals. The new agreements with the Scottish Football Association will run until the end of the 2028-29 season.
Sony France Sales Exec Noemie Weisse Retiring After Three Decades With U.S. Outfit (Deadline)
Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) long-serving French sales exec Noemie Weisse is retiring after three decades at the U.S. outfit, with SPT expanding Zelda Stewart’s role. Weisse worked across distribution in various EMEA regions including Greece, Turkey, Middle East and Africa to eventually managing the French distribution office as SVP and Country Manager for France.
No More Champions League On Mediaset (Digital TV Europe)
Mediaset in Italy will not be airing Champions League football, CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi told attendees at a press conference organised by the company this week. Confirming news already revealed by on-screen presented Alberto Brandi at the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, Berlusconi said that the decision not to acquire rights reflected the fact that sport had become mostly a pay TV affair.
TV Biopic ‘Fortún’ By ‘Skam’ Spain Writer Among Seven Hot TV Projects To Watch At Madrid’s ECAM Forum (Variety)
Six projects from emerging writing talents were picked out of more than 150 submissions by a team of writing experts, including Int’l Emmy nominated Luis Gamboa (“Promesas de Campaña”, “Control Z”), Estibaliz Burgaleta (“You’re Nothing Special,” “Cable Girls”), Gorka Magallón (“Los hombres de Paco,” “Tad, The Last Explorer”) and Susana López Rubio (“The Time in Between,” “Presumed Guilty”).
M6+ Boosts Streaming By Over A Quarter (Broadband TV News)
The RTL-owned channel is replacing the former 6play, in the process doubling the amount of free content to 30,000 hours, a third of which is exclusive to the platform. In addition to video, the multimedia platform is also offering a selection of podcasts taken from audio content produced by the M6 Group.