10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 04/29/2025

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, April 29th, 2025.

‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ & ‘Paddington In Peru’ Drive Canal+ Content Revs Up 8% In First Quarter Since London Stock Exchange Listing (Deadline)
Helped along by theatricals including Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Paddington in Peru and We Live in Time, revenues in Canal+'s content and distribution division rose by more than 8% per the French major’s first quarterly results since the London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing

BeIN Extends UEFA Club Rights Across MENA And 10 Asian Markets (Sportcal)
BeIN Sports, the major international pay-TV broadcaster, has extended its exclusive deal covering rights to UEFA European club soccer competitions in the Middle East, North Africa (MENA), and several markets in Asia. The deal extension runs for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons, and covers the men's and women's Champions League top-tier competitions, as well as the men's second-tier Europa League and third-tier Conference League.

Sharp Increase In Swedish Streaming Subscriptions (Broadband TV News)
More than two million streaming subscriptions have been added in the Swedish market over the last 12 months, according to Stockholm-based Mediavision. The consultancy says Swedish households now have over nine million streaming subscriptions with the growth being boosted by the arrival of ad supported subscriptions.

Norwegian Canneseries Contender ‘Rebound’ Back For Second Season (Deadline)
Following its Canneseries screening over the weekend, Norwegian relationship drama Rebound has been renewed for a second season. Null47, an emerging Norwegian streamer curated for youth and young adult audiences and other niche groups, has quietly greenlit Season 2 of the short-form show, which is from Melike Leblebicioglu Kaveh and stars Mathilde Storm, Björn Mosten and Arjan Nilsen.

UKTV Acquires NBCUniversal Titles For Alibi, U&W (Advanced-Television)
UKTV has acquired the UK premiers of The Hunting Party, the new crime procedural which recently debuted on NBC in the US, and Allegiance, the police drama set in British Columbia which has just aired its second season on CBC in Canada, for its dedicated crime pay channel Alibi.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sejal Shah On Challenges Of Bringing True Heroism To Screen For ZEE5 Global’s ‘Costao’ (Variety)
Director Shah, who spent almost a year researching and developing the story with the real Costao, explains that adapting a true story came with unique challenges. “Most of the things have happened. So it was not very difficult for me to dramatize it,” she says. “But when [co-writer Bhavesh] tried to dramatize it, it was not that we stayed away from what had happened to his life.”

Banijay Group Weighing Bid For ITV Studios (The Desk)
French entertainment giant Banijay Group is exploring a potential acquisition of ITV or its production division, ITV Studios. The company, which produces shows such as “Peaky Blinders” and “Big Brother,” is considering several options, including a full takeover of the broadcaster or a partial deal focusing solely on its highly successful production arm. ITV Studios, which makes content for platforms like the BBC and Netflix, is regarded as one of the world’s leading producers.

Showmax Gets R2.7-Billion Injection (My Broadband)
MultiChoice and NBCUniversal Media have provided $145 million (R2.7 billion) in funding to Showmax Africa Holdings since 27 September 2024. This comes after MultiChoice entered into an agreement with Comcast subsidiary NBCUniversal and Sky in March 2023 to evolve Showmax into a leading streaming service on the continent. In a recent statement MultiChoice explained that the funding from it and NBCUniversal was proportional to their respective shareholdings in Showmax Africa Holdings. MultiChoice owns 70% and NBCUniversal 30%.

BBC Greenlights “Real Life ‘Black Mirror'” Doc About Artificial Intelligence As Factual Chief Jack Bootle Urges Competitors To Make More Science Shows (Deadline)
The BBC's head of science and natural history has greenlit a “real life Black Mirror"-style documentary series about AI while revealing his red lines when it comes to using artificial intelligence to make TV shows. In AI Confidential, which is produced by The Man With 1000 Kids producer Curious Films, the host will “investigate extraordinary tales from the front lines of the AI revolution,” according to the BBC.

'Two Days And One Night' Team Warns Against Impersonators After Spate Of Restaurant Reservation No-Shows (Korea JoonGangDaily)
Beware of those pretending to be us, says the production team of KBS's popular variety show "Two Days and One Night" (2007-) franchise. "Recently, there have been cases where individuals impersonated the 'Two Days and One Night' production team, made group reservations at restaurants in certain areas, and then failed to show up,” the show's production team said Tuesday.