10 Stories You Should Know: 06/10/2024

Here are the stories that should be on your radar

Here are the global TV stories that should be on your radar for Monday, June 10th, 2024:

Streamers Set For Major European Spending Landmark In 2024 – Ampere Research (Deadline)
Streamer spend in Europe is set to overtake public and commercial broadcasters this year for the first time, topping €10B ($10.6B), according to new research from Ampere Analysis. In 2023, spend by streamers, PSBs and commercial nets was virtually neck-and-neck in the continent at around €8B each but a gap is set to emerge by the end of 2024. Broadcaster spend will remain virtually flat while streamer investment will shoot up by a whopping 20%, Ampere said.

MultiChoice Nigeria Challenges Regulator’s ₦150 Million Penalty (Innovation Village)
On Friday, MultiChoice Nigeria, a subsidiary of the South African pay-TV operator, publicly declared its plan to challenge the verdict handed down by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja. The company expressed dissatisfaction, claiming that the tribunal had violated its right to a fair hearing.

Vodafone Idea Launches New Bundled OTT Plans With Disney+ Hotstar, Sony LIV (Economic Times India)
Vodafone Idea has rolled out new special OTT bundled plans for cricket and football fans with Disney+ Hotstar and Sony LIV. These include a Rs 169 plan, allowing Vi users to enjoy a Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription for three months plus 8GB of data with a validity of 30 days.

Narendra Modi Appoints Ashwini Vaishnaw As India’s Minister For Information And Broadcasting (Variety)
Vaishnaw replaces Anurag Thakur, who does not find a cabinet berth this time around. Under Thakur’s watch, the previous BJP government’s biggest achievement from an entertainment industry perspective was its 2022 implementation of a 30% reimbursement scheme for international productions shooting in India. This went up to 40% in 2023 and the cap limit for the reimbursement was also significantly raised from a maximum of $300,000 to $3.5 million, with an additional 5% rebate bonus for significant Indian content.

Survey: 62% Brits To Watch England Matches In Pub (Advanced-Television)
More than 33 million Brits will head to the pub to watch England play in the Euro 2024 tournament this summer, according to research by Indeed Flex, the online marketplace for temporary work. With the tournament kicking off on June 14th when Scotland take on tournament hosts Germany, the survey reveals that nearly half of the UK’s sports fans (49 per cent) plan to watch as many matches as they can during the month-long competition.

Indonesia Clamps Down On Piracy Of Streamer Vidio’s Content On Telegram (Deadline)
Indonesia's content platforms and government agencies have upped their efforts in the fight against content piracy conducted through the Telegram messaging application. Among some of the pirated titles were from Indonesia’s top streaming platform Vidio, including Ratu Adil starring Dian Sastrowardoyo, Love Ice Cream, Merajut Dendam and Pertaruhan‘s second season.

BeIN To Cover All Euro 2024, 2028 Games As French Rights Finally Sorted (Sportcal)
BeIN Sports, the Qatar-based international sports broadcaster, has secured full rights in France to the 2024 and 2028 men’s UEFA European Championships national team soccer tournaments. This represents an eleventh-hour deal for the 2024 tournament, which runs in Germany between June 14 and July 14 and for which France are considered one of the favorites. For the upcoming event, BeIN will cover all 51 games, 26 of them exclusively.

Vietnamese Animation Flourishes With Development Of Digital Content (Nhadan Vietnam)
At a discussion on the development of Vietnamese animation, Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Film Development Association, said: “According to the world's assessment, if cinema is the seventh art, animation is recognised as the eighth art. Many countries have famous cartoon products and characters with billions of viewers worldwide, such as Doraemon, Mickey Mouse, and Cloud Bread. How can Vietnam also reach such heights?”

Giovanni Pernice Dropped From ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Amid Complaint From ‘Sherlock’ Star Amanda Abbington (Deadline)
Giovanni Pernice will not be taking to the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing this year. On Monday, the BBC confirmed the lineup of professional dancers for the 2024 season and Pernice was conspicuous by his absence.

PCB Puts International Media Rights Through 2026 Out To Tender (Sportcal)
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has launched an international media rights tender covering home international series through to December 2026. The tender includes broadcast TV, digital, audio, online, and mobile rights, to all home series’ played by Pakistan senior national teams during that time. There are 14 men’s series’ currently scheduled for the next two and a half years, starting in August with the visit of Bangladesh for two tests.