10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 06/26/2024

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV stories that should be on your radar for Wednesday, June 26th, 2024:

Programming Deals With U.S. Studios In The Spotlight At NATPE Budapest, New Agreement For Warner Bros. In Hungary (Deadline)
Broadcasters in the CEE region have delivered their verdicts on whether U.S. drama and comedy still packs a punch with viewers in the region, as part of a CEO power panel at NATPE Budapest. Bosses from broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe were quizzed on how U.S. studio fare performs for them, yielding different answers – and news of a major new programming deal.

Former Netflix Execs Fiona Lamptey, Bec Mortimer, Amber Taylor And Vinnie Shergill Launch New U.K. Venture Juno Studios (Variety)
Headquartered in London, the new venture is described as an “innovative entertainment studio” with production capabilities and creative expertise across development, production, distribution and marketing. 

RTE Publishes Five-Year Strategy Plan (Broadband TV News)
The number of employees at RTE will be reduced by 400 and production of flagship programmes The Late Late Show and Fair City moved to an independent production company under a new strategy from the public broadcaster. The new strategy is designed to move RTE from a traditional broadcaster to a streaming destination for Irish audiences. 

LFP Sells Domestic Ligue 2 Rights To BeIN, Proposes Ligue 1 DTC Channel (Sportcal)
International pay-TV giant BeIN Sports has renewed its media rights agreement with French soccer’s LFP governing body, covering the country’s second-tier Ligue 2 competition. The multi-year agreement, including both international and domestic media rights, will run from the beginning of the upcoming 2024-25 season, which will kick off on August 17, through to the end of the 2028-29 campaign.

"Right Away, Criminal Minds, Nothing To Do With This Evening...": The Unexpected Conclusion Of Gilles Bouleau During The TF1 Debate (Le Figaro)
“Excellent evening everyone. Right away, Criminal Minds , nothing to do with this evening... See you tomorrow, 8 p.m. ,” concluded the TF1 journalist, referring to rebroadcasts of the American detective series. A conclusion as surprising as it was unexpected which relaxed the atmosphere and contrasted with the seriousness of this debate a few days before the legislative elections.

BBC Studios Expands Offering In Japan By Partnering Disney, NHK, WBD (C21 Media)
Japanese broadcasters have been shopping at BBC Studios (BBCS), with Disney, NHK and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) all signing new content deals with the UK-based production and distribution studio.

DStv Loses 900,000 Subscribers As Netflix And Other Streamers Ramp Up Competition (IOL)
In an interview with Jimmy Moyaha, MultiChoice's Chief Financial Officer, Tim Jacobs, acknowledged the challenges faced during the fiscal year. "We saw affordability hitting really dire straits. In some countries in Africa, at some point, we literally are competing against basic foodstuffs," Jacobs highlighted.

TVE Tells Mediapro, LaLiga Is Too Expensive (Broadband TV News)
TVE has rejected the proposal from the rights holder, voting by a simple majority to bring four months of negotiation to an end. El Confidencial Digital says the broadcaster was also concerned at the number of conditions that had been attached to the contract as well as a potential scheduling conflict with Friday night matches and the regular cultural space. 

No Penguin But Harry Potter And Green Lantern Series Will Now Be Seen On M-Net In South Africa (TeeVeeTee)
Big-budget HBO Originals shows like House of the Dragon - currently in its second season - are guaranteed to broadcast on MultiChoice's M-Net (DStv 101) linear channel as well as its video streaming service Showmax due to existing output contracts.

Australian Show ‘Seven Types of Ambiguity’ Getting Arabic Adaptation On beIN Media’s TOD Platform (Variety)
Titled “Mirage” or alternately (“Sarab”) in Arabic, the first international adaptation of the six-part ABC series – which is based on the acclaimed novel by Australian author Elliot Perlman, revolving around the disappearance of a child in suburban Melbourne — is being transposed to a Middle East setting. Just like the original, each episode of the ten-part Rashomon-like show is told from a different point of view.