10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 03/07/2024
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 Thursday, March 7th, 2024:
Netflix’s Nuha El Tayeb To Lead Streamer’s Arabic Content Following Exit Of Ahmed Sharkawi (Deadline)
Netflix has handed control to its Arabic content slate to long-serving exec Nuha El Tayeb following the exit of Ahmed Sharkawi. El Tayeb has been with Netflix since 2018 and rose to her current role as Content Director for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region and Turkey in December.
Israel Should Be Dropped From Eurovision If Gaza War Continues, Say Belgian Ministers (Arab News)
Controversy over the conflict has hit various cultural events, with organizer The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) resisting calls from some artists and activists for Israel to be dropped from Europe’s May 7-11 annual song competition.
German Television, Streaming Group ProSiebenSat.1 Sees Revenues Fall by 7%, but Ramps Up Spending on Local Shows (Variety)
ProSiebenSat.1 Group, which owns one of Germany’s leading broadcasters and one of its top streaming platforms, continues to feel the effects of a “challenging” economic environment, but, nevertheless, has pledged to ramp up investment in local shows.
Forecast: LatAm To Add 55m SVoD Subs (Advanced-Television)
Latin America will have 165 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, up from 110 million at end-2023, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Brazil will provide 59 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, with Mexico bringing in a further 43 million.
Deutsche Telekom Group Expands Partnership With Netflix (Broadband TV News)
Starting with Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia and Magyar Telekom in Hungary, Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiaries in multiple European countries will be able to integrate Netflix in a number of new ways including bundling or set-up features on their TV interface.
Equity Says It Wants Self-Tape Rules In New UK Film & TV Deals Amid Concerns Over Fake Auditions (Deadline)
Equity has said that it wants guidelines on self-tape auditions to be inserted into collective film and TV agreements with producer trade body Pact. The union is preparing to start landmark negotiations with Pact in late April over new contracts for actors across the vast majority of UK television series and indie films.
Bedrock To Launch M6+ platform In France (Advanced-Television)
Bedrock, the European streaming tech company, has announced the upcoming release of M6+ in France, a new AVoD platform from Groupe M6. Powered by Bedrock’s technology, M6+ aims to reshape the French entertainment landscape by transforming the way audiences engage with M6 content through more immersive features, more engaging TV experiences, and dozens of devices.
‘Mr Bates Vs The Post Office’ Has Sold To A Dozen Territories, ITV Execs Reveal (Deadline)
Despite its “particularly British” nature, Mr Bates vs the Post Office has now sold to a dozen territories around the world, ITV bosses revealed this morning. The show, which is the network’s biggest hit since Downton Abbey, has sold to PBS Masterpiece in the U.S., four BritBox Nordics territories, Benelux pubcaster NPO for Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Australia’s Seven, New Zealand’s TVNZ, PCCW in Hong Kong and Virgin Media Ireland.
Nuuday Presses Pause On Content Production (Broadband TV News)
Danish telco Nuuday, which runs the Yousee cable brand, has suspended its investment in original content production. The company is blaming increased production costs and an increasingly saturated market.
France’s M6 Lands Prime Video Show, Spins ‘The Traitors’ For Soon-To-Launch Streamer (TBI Vision)
French broadcaster M6 has lined up Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, an original MMA contest format and an additional version of The Traitors for its soon-to-launch streaming service, M6+. M6 presented its plans for the new, mostly AVoD, platform to press and advertisers last night, ahead of a launch date set for mid-May.