10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 05/06/2024

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV and streaming TV stories that should be on your radar for Monday, May 6th, 2024:

Report: Asian Americans Lead US Streaming Consumption (Advanced-Television)
According to the March edition of Nielsen’s The Gauge, streaming has grown 12 per cent on an annual basis among US adults. Major streaming players are investing big money in programming to attract audiences, and ad-supported options are proliferating, meeting the demand from even more viewers like the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community.

Is Netflix Getting Its Pricing Right For The MENA Region? (The Streaming Lab)
When it comes to content strategies, targeting these subregions could be effective for streaming services. However, considering the cultural nuances and purchasing power of each country, pricing should be tailored at a country level.

A New Polish Terrestrial Channel In May With Original Productions (Wirtualnemedia)
ViDoc TV also promotes other components of its schedule. This includes: the Indian series "Everest", the once well-known "The Bold and the Beautiful", the Colombian musical soap opera "Queen of Flow", "Influencer" also produced in this country and the Mexican "Triumph of Love". There will also be film classics and Polish documentary premieres.

BTS And Seventeen Shows Uploaded At Overseas Korean Streamer KOCOWA+ (Variety)
The deal covers 18 shows featuring Hybe and kicks off in May with the first six travel show “Nana Tour with Seventeen,” stage performance shows like “Seventeen ‘Ode To You’ in Seoul,” and reality show “In the Soop Seventeen,” which follows the band on an R&R trip in the countryside. (The Korean word ‘soop’ translates as ‘forest’ in English). Another is “Seventeen in Carat Land,” which features the band meeting its adoring fan group Carat, and live performances. A further 12 shows featuring BTS and other Hybe acts will follow later.

Study: VPNs Boosting Piracy In France (Advanced-Television)
Between 2021 and 2023, the total audience of illegal cultural and sporting content websites in France has been reduced by 27 per cent, passing from 11.7 million monthly Internet users to 8.5 million users, according to French regulatory body Arcom.

Morgan Freeman to Be Honored at Monte-Carlo Television Festival, ‘The Gray House’ to Premiere (Variety)
Morgan Freeman will receive the Crystal Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which runs June 14-18 in Monaco. Freeman will receive the award at the opening ceremony from Prince Albert II of Monaco, in recognition of his television career.

German Entertainment Awards: Sex, Betrayal And Food Nominees (DWDL.DE)
For the third year in a row, the Entertainment section of the production alliance not only recognizes production companies' own developments, but also the best adaptation. Now the nominees for this year's Entertainment Awards have been announced.

Portugal: DAZN Acquires F1 Rights (Advanced-Television)
DAZN has acquires the rights to broadcast the Formula 1 World Championship in Portugal starting from 2025 to 2027. This means that the motorsport competition will be back on DAZN after three years of airing on SportTV in the country. DAZN will broadcast all rounds of the season as well as all sessions.

Death Of Bernard Pivot: “Bukowski, Shut Up, You’re Annoying Us” (Le Monde)
“Apostrophes”, the show presented by Bernard Pivot, who died on May 6 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, liked to confront authors who hardly liked each other. It was the site of some memorable battles.

Untangling The Strange, Enduring Appeal Of Jeremy Clarkson (The Independent)
No, his end arrived, in the end, via a well-publicised “fracas” with one of the show’s producers, Oisin Tymon. A BBC investigation found that the producer was “struck [by Clarkson] resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip” and that “Tymon offered no retaliation” at Clarkson. “The verbal abuse was directed at Oisin Tymon on more than one occasion,” the findings went on, “and contained the strongest expletives and threats to sack him.” The incident cost Clarkson his job at the BBC and £100,000 in damages awarded to the producer, but not – crucially – his reputation.