10 Stories You Should Know: 04/07/2023
Here are the global TV stories that should be on your radar.
Here are the global TV and streaming stories that should be on your radar for Friday, April 7th, 2023:
As WGA And Hollywood Employers Meet At Bargaining Table, Are British Writers Contemplating Labor Action Of Their Own? (Variety)
“The problems that U.K. writers and U.S. writers face are basically the same,” says Robert Taylor, a lawyer and screenwriter who also acts as a legal advisor to the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). “The things in the U.S. strike about not getting paid enough by the streaming services, the things about mini [writers’] rooms and the writers being expected to contribute for small amounts of money and then being dropped, not being taken forward into the series, it’s exactly the same in the U.K.”
HBO Max Premieres Las Vueltas del Amor (Prensario Internacional)
Produced by Nathalie Felippe and Marcos Bernstein, the film portrays the story of the love triangle experienced by the sisters Dani ( Cleo ) and Beta ( Juliana Didone ) and by André ( Igor Angelkorte ).
André is a young doctor who, upon returning to Brazil after more than a year caring for the sick and injured in a Doctors Without Borders camp, discovers that he had exchanged love letters not with his girlfriend, Beta, but with her sister, Dani.
The Curious Case Of Flight 422: Why Was The Series On Hijacked Kuwaiti Airliner Pulled? (Mideast Eye)
A few days after the first three episodes of the show were aired on 28 February, a widespread Kuwaiti campaign against the series erupted on social media.
Some viewers, along with a number of directors and politicians, accused the producers of “falsifying history” and “insulting Kuwait’s symbols”, including its late leaders.
Shortly after, Flight 422 disappeared from Shahid, MBC’s streaming arm and one of the region’s most popular streaming services.
'Vigilante,' a Disney Plus release, will start streaming later this year (KoreaJoongang Daily)
Disney Plus will release “Vigilante,” a Korean dark-hero series, in the second half of 2023, the streaming service said Friday. “Vigilante,” an action-thriller series, will be a dramatized version of “Vigilante” (2018-21), a Naver webtoon of the same name, written by CRG and drawn by webtoonist Kim Kyu-sam.
Estonia To Block Russian TV Channels (Broadband TV News)
Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Supervision Agency (TTJA) informed ISPs about 53 domain names through which it is possible to watch TV channels sanctioned in the European Union.
‘The Resident’ Canceled At Fox After Six Seasons (Variety)
Ratings for the sixth season were down 27% from the previous year, hitting a 0.5 rating in the key 18-49 demographic and suffered a 12% drop in viewership with an average audience of 6.9 million total multiplatform viewers this season. In comparison to its first season in 2018, the latest and final chapter was down 69% overall in the demo and 35% in multiplatform.
Do You Prefer YouTube Or Netflix? It Might Come Down To How Old You Are (Komando.com)
Below 45 years old, surveyed users more often used a CTV (short for “connected TV,” a television with internet access and streaming capabilities) to check out YouTube.
Respondents older than 45, on the other hand, primarily checked out Netflix.
"Oh! Sister" To Premiere On Good Friday Featuring Kenyan Gospel Artistes (KBC)
“Oh! Sister” will be Multichoice’s first reality series revolving around gospel artists but among many successful Kenyan reality shows including “Kyallo Kulture” and “Real Housewives of Nairobi,” all showcased through its streaming platform Showmax.
Sharp Drop In TV Viewership For IPL 2023 Opener; Digital Viewership On Rise (Zee Business)
The season opener of IPL 2023 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings recorded the second-lowest number in terms of TV viewership in the past six seasons even though digital viewership registered record-breaking opening day numbers, said a report.