10 Stories You Should Know: 10/28/2022
LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Paul Rivera Bring ‘Uninterrupted The Shop’ to ‘Thursday Night Football’ In An Alternate Stream (Deadline)
Prime Video will collaborate with the Emmy-winning show Uninterrupted The Shop to introduce yet another Thursday Night Football (TNF) alternate stream offering.
Titled “TNF in The Shop,” executive producers LeBron James and Maverick Carter and cocreator Paul Rivera will welcome special guests when Prime Video presents live coverage of Thursday Night Football on November 17, as the Tennessee Titans visit the Green Bay Packers.
‘Clarkson’s Farm’ Season 3 Greenlit by Prime Video, Already in Production (Variety)
The show follows former “Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson as he re-locates from London to the English countryside and tries to run a farm (called Diddly Squat) often with disastrous results. Fortunately, his trusty farmhands Kaleb, Gerald and Charlie – as well as his wife Lisa – are there to help the man who has been dubbed “Britain’s most unlikely farmer.”
Comcast Considers Selling Sky Deutschland (Broadband TV News)
Sky Deutschland could be valued at around €1 billion, suggest the sources, adding that Comcast may also decide not to sell.
The considerations follow the release of Comcast’s Q3 2022 results which show that in Europe lower sales in Italy and Germany had offset gains in its UK market.
Sony-Zee Merger Marks The Start Of Consolidation In The TV Industry (IndianTelevision.com)
"A very string entity will be created. Between the two of them, excluding sports, they have a market share of closer to 25 percent. That gives them the opportunity to get better content and that results in additional ad revenue."
MBC Studios, Shahid Platform Celebrate Launch Of Arabic Version Of ‘The Office’ (Arab News)
The show follows the daily routines of the Saudi employees at the Postal Services Co., in Riyadh. The office is run by Malik Al-Tawfi, a rude, narcissistic manager who constantly lands himself and his staff in embarrassing situations.
Other characters include an ambitious salesman prepared to do anything to impress his manager, and a shy young worker dominated by her brother who works in reception.
Redditor Acquires Decommissioned Netflix Cache Server With 262TB Of Storage (Ars Technica)
The decommissioned cache server—called an "Open Connect Appliance" (or OCA)—operated as part of Netflix's Open Connect content delivery network. Open Connect is a network of servers around the world embedded with local ISPs that contain local copies of Netflix video content, accelerating the delivery of that content to Netflix viewers by putting it as close to the viewers as possible (both geographically and from a perspective of network hops).
ITV And VBG Partner To Create The Voice Metaverse (Digital TV Europe)
ITV Studios has granted exclusive rights in the metaverse for talent show The Voice to the Virtual Brand Group (VBG). The two partners will collaborate to develop, build and operate The Voice in the metaverse for the first time. Voice fans from around the world will be able to engage with the show – anytime.
BAFTA Hires Queen’s Jubilee TV Producers To “Reimagine And Expand” Awards Ceremonies (The Hollywood Reporter)
The British Academy is looking to give its film and TV awards ceremonies a shot in the arm and has hired a new production company to “reimagine and significantly expand” the production and format of both events.
Disney+ Hotstar Launches A Meme-Inspired Promotion For 'Brahmāstra' (AFaqs)
In a recent ad, actor Ranbir Kapoor is seen ranting about the manic promotions every film release demands. During the rant, he touches upon various themes that the film was mocked for. For example, he mentions that actress Alia Bhatt would not have called out 'Shiva' as many times as they had to do promotions for the film. He even takes a dig at a film's dialogue, 'Light aa rahi hai'.
Blue Ant Media launches Love Nature, Homeful on Freevee in US (Rapid TV News)
Building on its on momentum and expansion into the emerging free streaming space, producer and channel operator Blue Ant Media has announced the US launch of two free streaming channels on Amazon Freevee.