10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 04/03/2025

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV and streaming television stories you should know for Thursday, April 3rd, 2025:

‘Bad Boy’ & Shira Haas Win Israeli Television Academy Awards (Deadline)
Ron Leshem and Hagar Ben-Asher’s Bad Boy won seven gongs at the Israeli Television Academy Awards last night, while Shira Haas took home Best Supporting Actress. The Israeli version of the Emmys rewarded Bad Boy, which is made by Sipur and was North Road’s first international co-pro, as it landed big wins including Best Drama, Best Directing and Best Writing. Both Euphoria creator Leshem and Ben-Asher took home prizes.

Trump Tariffs: Australia Holds Firm On Local Content Quotas Despite U.S. Trade Pressures (Variety)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on the government’s commitment to implement local content quotas for streaming platforms, despite mounting pressure from the U.S. amid escalating trade tensions.

Can Netflix Chill Despite The Trump Tariffs? (Hollywood Reporter)
Is the world's biggest streaming platform more exposed to the U.S. trade war? One Wall Street analyst has been pondering this question repeatedly in recent weeks. “There’s been some noise around the impact of tariffs, churn post the X-Mas NFL games, and declining engagement,” Bernstein’s Netflix analyst Laurent Yoon wrote in a report in mid-March, possibly referencing the streaming giant’s multiday stock slide after a rival analyst suggested that a gain from turning password-borrowers into paying customers had possibly run its course.

‘The Capture’ Renewed For Season 3 At BBC (Deadline)
BBC surveillance thriller The Capture is returning for a third season. The Heyday Television-produced series will take up the story 12 months after Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service's clandestine video manipulation programme known as Correction.

Austrian Bundesliga Launching All-Encompassing Media Rights Tender (Sportcal)
Austrian men's soccer’s top-tier Bundesliga (ÖFBL) is launching an invitation to tender the domestic and international media rights for the league's next three-campaign cycle. The league announced an “open, transparent, and non-discriminatory” process will take place this month, covering both Austrian and worldwide media rights to the 2026-27, 2027-28, and 2028-29 Bundesliga seasons.

WBD Sports Europe Expands Climbing Rights (Advanced-Television)
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) have signed a new four-year agreement that will see all IFSC Climbing and Para Climbing World Cup and World Championship events continue to air to fans across Europe exclusively on Max and discovery+.

Netflix Supports Brazilian Cinematheque Restoration With $875,000 Cash Donation (Variety)
In a significant move for Brazilian cultural preservation, Netflix has announced a BRL 5 million ($875,000) donation to the Brazilian Cinematheque as part of its architectural restoration, modernization and expansion initiative. The streaming giant becomes the first private company to join the revitalization effort of this historic institution since its reopening in 2022.

Russia Bans The Elton John Aids Foundation, Citing LGBTQ+ Support (Deadline)
The Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF) has been declared “undesirable” by Russian authorities, who have banned the organization in their country. According to a statement posted to its website, Russia’s prosecutor general’s office made the decision to ban both the U.S.- and British-registered branches over support for LGBTQ+ rights. This means the EJAF cannot operate in the country and its staff and associates are liable for prosecution.

Pakistan Super League Strikes Streaming Deal With Begin, Walee (Variety)
U.A.E.-based streamer Begin has scored exclusive digital rights to Pakistan’s premier cricket tournament, partnering with local tech company Walee to deliver HBL PSL X (Pakistan Super League 10) to the cricket-mad nation’s rapidly growing mobile audience.