10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 02/18/2025

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 Tuesday, February 18th, 2025:

Popstars Noa Kirel & Agustin Bernasconi Teaming On Global Romcom Series ‘NOA’ (Deadline)
Pop superstars in Israel and Argentina are coming together for a global romcom series. Noa Kirel and Agustín Bernasconi are starring in NOA, a fun, playful series in which, after months of a long-distance relationship, Noa travels to Argentina to meet her boyfriend. She then meets Tomy (Bernasconi), a young man trying to reconcile with his past and forge a new life away from music, all while Noa begins a journey of discovery in search of her musical identity, while dealing with the pressure of her parents and her new reality in Buenos Aires.

Study: Streaming Ads Drive Higher Trust, Recall, Purchase Intent (Deadline)
Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, has unveiled the results of its latest study, Why Streaming TV Is a Must-Buy, which highlights how UK audiences engage with streaming TV and the effectiveness of ads within premium content environments.

Seoul On Screen: More Overseas Productions Choose Korea As Setting (Korea Joongang Daily)
Many drama series produced by over-the-top (OTT) platforms choose Korea as their main location. In the past, drama series based on Korean works such as “Pachinko” (2022-24) on Apple TV+ have been filmed here, but the latest trend is different. Overseas productions are willing to pick Korea as a main setting to perk up their stories.

‘Peaky Blinders’ World Will Continue After Netflix Film, Creator Steven Knight Says (Variety)
Speaking on the “BBC Breakfast” show on Tuesday, Knight said that the highly anticipated Netflix feature film continuation of the hit series has wrapped filming and is shaping up to be a fitting sendoff – though he hinted the story is far from over.

Research: British Humour Draws Young Europeans To UK Content (Broadband TV News)
The British sense of humour is a key reason why young Europeans watch UK-made television shows and films, research has revealed. A report, led by researchers at King’s College London, found that ‘humour’ was the word most associated with UK television shows and films when 16–34-year-olds in Denmark, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands were asked to describe them in a few words.

NBCUniversal Formats Takes Global On Audience Playalong Show ‘Win Win!’ Ahead Of London TV Screenings (Deadline)
NBCUniversal Formats has taken on a new show in which audiences can win a cash prize by playing at home via an app. Ahead of the London TV Screenings and MIP London, the formats seller has secured global rights (bar UK) for Win Win!, which comes from British Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win producer Hello Dolly.

Data: Linear TV Consumption Continues To Decline Globally (Advanced-Television)
Data drawn from Kantar’s annual international Global Quick View report, covering 37 countries and more than 80,000 respondents (from 2021 to 2025), reveals that the proportion of adults globally who say that nearly all of their TV/video watching is through TV channels has fallen from 12 per cent in 2021 to 7 per cent today.

‘Billionaire Island’’s Norwegian Location Frøya Voted Best European Filming Spot At The EUFCN Location Awards In Berlin (Variety)
For the first time, Norway has scooped the coveted Jury Prize for Best Film Location at the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) Location Awards 2024, which was handed out in Berlin Feb. 17. The award was given out to the location Frøya and the Midgard Film Commission in central Norway, for the filming location of Netflix’s “Billionaire Island” produced by Rubicon.

‘Come Dine With Me’: Why Enduring 20-Year-Old Format Is “The Quickest Way To Understand The Brits” & How Narrator Dave Lamb Prepares (Deadline)
“Someone once said the quickest way to understand the Brits is by watching episodes of Come Dine With Me,” says the series editor behind the beloved UK format, which turned 20 last month. Henry Hainault, who has worked on more than 1000 episodes of Channel 4’s food-cum-relationships-cum-lifestyle show, says Come Dine With Me celebrates British diversity in all its forms.