10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 03/10/2025

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV and streaming television stories that should be on your radar for Monday, March 10th, 2025:

BBC News Presenters Hold Settlement Talks As Legal Battle Looms Over “Sham” Hiring Process (Deadline)
A group of four female BBC News presenters are preparing to do battle with their bosses next week over what they describe as a “rigged” recruitment process — but there remains a chance that the women could settle.

Netflix To Become Exclusive Home For WWE In India (Advanced-Television)
Netflix will become the exclusive new home for WWE in India from April 1st. As part of Netflix’s long-term partnership with the sports entertainment company, Indian fans will be able to stream all of WWE’s weekly flagship shows — Raw, SmackDown and NXT — as well as WWE’s Premium Live Events (PLEs) including SummerSlam, Money in the Bank, Royal Rumble and the upcoming WrestleMania (on April 19th-20th).

Journalist Quits Broadcaster After Comparing French Actions In Algeria To Nazi Massacre (Arab News)
A prominent French journalist on Sunday announced he was stepping down from his role as an expert analyst for broadcaster RTL after provoking an uproar by comparing French actions during colonial rule in Algeria to a World War II massacre committed by Nazi forces in France.

BBC Buys Thomas Vinterberg’s Climate Change TV Drama ‘Families Like Ours’ (Variety)
Written by Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen (“Department Q: Journal 64,” “The Art of Crying”) and having first premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival, the 7-part “Families Like Ours” is set in a near-future Denmark where rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are.

CNN Streaming Networks Land On VIDAA Connected TV Platform (The Desk)
Two streaming networks owned by Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) news channel CNN have landed on VIDAA‘s connected TV platform. The channels — CNN Fast and the streaming version of CNN International — are now accessible within the “VIDAA free” app on Hisense-branded, VIDAA-powered smart TVs.

F1 TV Launches Premium Tier (Advanced-Television)
F1 TV is launching the F1 TV Premium service – allowing fans to immerse themselves fully in the F1 weekend with a host of features. Viewers can watch every F1 Grand Prix, F1 Sprint, Qualifying and practice session live in 4K/HDR at home, with F2, F3, F1 Academy and Porsche Supercup sessions also available to watch live on the platform.

JIO Hotstar Edits ‘White Lotus’ In India (M9 News)
People are complaining about several scenes from the popular show ‘The White Lotus’ being cut out in the Indian version. For example a scene where a character hides behind an idol of Buddha and prays to him is removed from Jio Hotstar. Fans are not very happy about this incident. People have shared their concern for what censorship will take away from the Oscar Winning ‘Anora’ once it comes to Jio Hotstar as well.

Ben Wheatley’s ‘Generation Z’ Axed By Channel 4 After One Season (Deadline)
Channel 4 has axed Ben Wheately’s zombie comedy horror Generation Z after one season. The network is understood to have had high hopes for the show and it was touted at the Edinburgh TV Festival, but it garnered middling reviews and failed to break out.

SPI International Extends Collaboration With Evision (Advanced-Television)
SPI International is strengthening its presence in the United Arab Emirates having extended its partnership with evision, the media and entertainment arm of e& (previously Etisalat Group). The existing agreement, which currently covers FilmBox, FilmBox Family, FilmBox Action, DIZI and other thematic channels – DocuBox, FightBox, Fast&FunBox, Gametoon – has been extended for the next few years.

South Africa: Tracy-Ann van Rooyen Returns To MultiChoice As Executive Head Of Content Strategy For Showmax (Broadcast Media Africa)
Tracy-Ann van Rooyen, a prominent figure in the South African content sphere, is making a return to MultiChoice’s Showmax as the new executive head of content strategy, a role she stepped into in February. This move comes after her tenure at The Walt Disney Company Africa, where she served as the senior manager of programming and scheduling.