10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 02/27/2024

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV and streaming TV stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, February 27th, 2024:

Fifth Season Selling $1B Worth Of Apple TV+ Content At London TV Screenings Including Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman, M. Night Shyamalan Shows (Deadline)
Fifth Season is selling more than $1B worth of Apple TV+ content including Jason Momoa-starrer See, Nicole Kidman‘s Roar and M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant at the London TV Screenings.

New Zealand Drama ‘My Life Is Murder’ Sees Brand New Season Widely Pre-Sold by DCD Rights (Variety)
Starring Lucy Lawless (“Top of the Lake,” “Spartacus,” “Xena: Warrior Princess”), the series’ brand new season rights have been secured by YLE Finland, TV2 Denmark, Quebecor Content Canada and Yes DBS Israel. Further buyers take in Profour Media Distribution for Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, and NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer for Universal TV in Africa, 13ème Rue in France and Calle 13 in Spain.

New Thomas & Friends On Netflix, Nick Jr (Advanced-Television)
Mattel has announced that Season 27 of the animated series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go premieres March 7th on Netflix in the US as well as many international markets including Canada, Spain, South Africa, India, and Singapore. The content will also debut later this year on Milkshake and Nick Jr in the UK, Cartoonito in Italy, Treehouse in Canada, Televisa in Mexico, and SBT in Brazil.

SkyShowtime To Sell Originals As Mediawan Strikes First Pact (TBI Vision)
SkyShowtime has started selling rights to its originals by striking a distribution deal with Mediawan Rights for its Swedish-Finnish drama Codename: Annika. The show was among a package of series picked up from Warner Bros. Discovery last year, after the US studio dropped a host of programming originally destined for its HBO Max streamer.

Netflix-AFAC’s Women In Film Training Program Deemed Big Success (Arab News)
The inaugural film industry training program launched by Netflix for young Arab women has garnered praise as a “truly inspiring” success. In collaboration with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Women in Film: Introduction to the Creative Process initiative concluded with a visit to Netflix’s production hub in Tres Cantos, Madrid, following a series of workshops across the Middle East region.

UK Union Bectu Calls For Urgent Summit With Gov’t Over Freelancer Crisis & Criticizes Culture Secretary For Saying Creative Industries Are “Booming” (Deadline)
“Urgent and joined up action” has been demanded from the UK government by broadcasting union Bectu, which has called for an industry-wide summit and criticized the culture secretary for saying the creative industries are “booming.”

Disney+ EMEA Chief Departs For The Economist (Advanced-Television)
The Economist Group has announced the appointments of two senior leadership roles. Luke Bradley-Jones, Disney+ General Manager of EMEA, has been named President and Managing Director of The Economist. Bradley-Jones will will be tasked with accelerating The Economist‘s digital evolution.

Ukraine’s Volia Adds New Channels To Line-Up (Digital TV Europe)
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is to add two new channels to its programming line-up – Viasat Serial and local broadcaster Starlight Media’s Your Series. Viasat Serial brings content including Murdoch Mysteries, Malibu Rescue and Merlin to Ukrainian viewers, while Your Series airs popular female-skewed series from Ukraine alongside crime mystery series.

Two-Thirds Of Generation Z Members Watching SVOD In The Czech Republic
Millennials have emerged as the most avid users of paid VOD services in the Czech Republic, according to the latest Atmedia Index. Netflix, HBO Max and Disney+ are among the streamers favoured by Generation Z and Millennials, encompassing individuals aged 15–24 and 25–34. A combined 61% of the demographic are described as “avid viewers” of the services.

Scandinavian Streamer Viaplay Signs Labor Deal To Restart Production In Denmark (AOL)
The cameras can start rolling again in Denmark after Scandinavian Streamer Viaplay on Monday signed a temporary deal with the country’s Producers’ Association and Create Denmark, an umbrella group representing actors, writers, directors and other industry professionals, to resume production on local TV series.