10 Stories You Should Know: 01/05/2022
Here are the stories that should be on your radar
Here are the global TV and streaming stories that should be on your radar for Thursday, January 5th, 2023:
Why Are So Few Black People In Positions Of Power In The Arthouse Film PR Sector? (Screen Daily)
Over the years I have been called racial epithets, have endured racially-motivated bullying and harassment, abusive behaviour and public humiliation in front of colleagues and press. I have had colleagues make biased and disrespectful comments about Black people/Black press to my face and never be held accountable. This has been at the same time as having the pleasure of working with some of the best PR professionals and human beings in our business.
Lord Sugar Claims Gordon Ramsay BBC Show Is A “Virtual Rip-Off” Of ‘The Apprentice’ (Deadline)
Lord Sugar has laid into Gordon Ramsay, accusing the celebrity chef’s Future Food Stars show of ripping off his business competition series The Apprentice. Sugar, who has sat at the top the boardroom table on BBC One’s The Apprentice since 2005, told the DailyMail Online that restauranteur and broadcaster Ramsay should “stick to the day job” in an attack on Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, whose second season launches on the same channel later this year.
A Turkish Dystopia That Eludes Western Censors: Netflix’s Hot Skull (The Spectator)
It’s an inspired moment of classic horror: the shrieks of the boy’s mother, the helpless desperation of the other shoppers and the chilling intensity of the jabberer as she leans closer to the child and says: ‘Tumble like a trout behind the sacrificial slide. If the trout is blue bronze I’m as bright as a knob.’ You’ll never feel safe in a Slavoj Zizek lecture again.
TikTok To License IMDb Data For Feature Targeting Film And TV Content (The Hollywood Reporter)
The feature, which will first be rolled out to users in the U.S. and the U.K., will allow creators to add a link to the film or TV show referenced in their video. The tagged work will then appear above the caption after the video is posted, and viewers will be able to click that link and be directed to another page with IMDb-powered information about the title, as well as a spread of other TikTok videos that have also tagged the same movie or TV show.
Prime Video Takes On Netflix With Ad Blitz Across Southeast Asia (The Drum)
Prime Video has launched brand campaigns in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand as it seeks to boost its market share in the region.
The campaign centers around three TVCs, each localised to their respective markets, promoting the diverse content available on the streaming platform.
The ads feature “local tour guides” Thai actor ‘Pae’ Arak Amornsupasiri, Indonesian comedian Dustin Tiffani, and YouTube content creator Mimiyuuuh, from the Philippines. While the premise for each ad is the same, each individual brought their own style to the TVC.
Who Is Cashing In On TikTok’s Growing Popularity In The Middle East? (Arab News)
Xzit Thamer, a creator in Saudi Arabia, focuses on gaming and mostly posts content related to Grand Theft Auto. He quit his day job in 2020 to focus on creating content for TikTok.
“I never knew back then I would reach 7 million followers and be one of the top gaming content creators in the Middle East,” he told Arab News.
Third Of All SVODs Are U.S.-Owned (Broadband TV News)
A new report on the European audiovisual sector says US groups control around one in five private TV channels and over one-third of all SVOD (38%) and TVOD (34%) services. The United States represents the largest ownership base outside the EU27 including the UK.
Rewind Networks Unveils New Entertainment Channel In Asia (World Screen)
Rewind Networks is launching HITS NOW, a new general-entertainment channel delivering a lineup that includes U.S. reality, drama, comedy, game shows and more, with Singtel on board to carry the service beginning February 6.