10 Stories You Should Know: 01/20/2023
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 Friday, January 20th, 2023:
‘Deal Or No Deal’ Set For UK Reboot On ITV (Deadline)
ITV is reviving Deal or No Deal in the UK after a seven-year hiatus. The commercial broadcaster has greenlit a full series after last year piloting the game show with Stephen Mulhern, presenter of Britain’s Got More Talent.
Streaming TV Ads Twice As Favourable Than On Traditional TV (Rapid TV News)
As marketers battle to stand out in the shift to streaming, a study from MAGNA Media Trials and Roku has found that brands that use “innovative” streaming TV ads drive 78% greater search intent compared with traditional TV ads.
DAZN Signs Up To Become Amazon Prime Video Channel (Digital TV Europe)
Global sports streaming platform DAZN has secured a deal with Amazon that will see it become available as a Prime Video Channel. The alliance will give Prime Video customers access to DAZN content for an additional subscription fee.
Tata Play Binge: A look At The OTT Aggregator’s Features And Plans (Indian Express)
Switching between several OTT apps can be a headache if you’ve got multiple subscriptions. Fixing that problem is Tata Play Binge – an aggregator app that gathers content from numerous OTT platforms and offers them in a single window. The platform recently gained support for new regional OTT platforms – manoramaMAX, Koode, and Tarang Plus – taking up the count to 22. Here’s everything you need to know about the platform, from price to features.
BBC Expands Reach In Ukraine (Broadband TV News)
The Ukrainian regulator National Council has added BBC World News to the list of foreign channels allowed to be distributed in the country.
BBC Insiders Say Strike Action Is “Inevitable” As Staff React Angrily To Content Cuts (Deadline)
BBC insiders are saying it is inevitable that UK staff will stage their first major walkout in more than a decade as they protest over content cuts. Employees at the broadcaster are furious at proposals to scale back local television and radio programming across the country.
Saudi Idol Leads December’s Wit List (Worldscreen)
Saudi Idol, the Saudi adaptation of the hit talent contest format, generated the most buzz on Instagram out of all the new shows that premiered around the world in December, according to The WIT.
MBC Group Extends Partnership With Warner Bros. Discovery (albawaba)
MBC’s newly-extended partnership with Warner Bros. will result in the group securing rights to broadcast the studio’s latest Hollywood blockbusters on MBC2 – the major English-language movie channel in MENA – up to the year 2026. This includes the showcase of “first-run” box office hits for a free-to-air TV channel, such as Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, It Chapter Two, and Joker.
Warner Bros. Discovery Names Former Scripps Networks Boss Kenneth Lowe To Board (The Hollywood Reporter)
Lowe served as chairman of the board, president and CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive from its split with The E.W. Scripps Company in 2008 until its sale to Discovery in 2018. He served as president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company from 2000 until 2008. Prior to 2000, Lowe was chairman and CEO of Scripps Networks, where he built it into one of the fastest-growing and most successful creators of unique content and lifestyle brands for television.
Polish Pay-TV: The Stats (Broadband TV News)
The Polish pay-TV market accounts for 0.25% of the country’s GDP, placing it only just behind the UK’s 0.26%.
Furthermore, according to the findings of a report produced by Arthur D. Little for the Polish Foundation for the Development of Communication (Piskel) and published by Wirtualne Media, this is more than the totals for Germany (0.20%), France (0.15%) and Italy (0.13%).