10 Stories You Should Know: 11/01/2022

Here are the TV and streaming stories that should be on your radar.

Here are the TV and streaming stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, November 1st, 2022:

Former U.K. Health Secretary Joins ITV‘s ’I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!,’ Gets Party Suspension (The Hollywood Reporter)
British ex-health secretary Matt Hancock has joined the latest season of ITV hit reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, with the Conservative Party suspending him as a member of parliament as a result.

Viaplay Goes Live In The UK (Broadband TV News)
Some 1,000 hours of Viaplay Originals and third-party content will be available. The live sports offer includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s European Qualifiers for the UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup.

Film & Series package priced at £3.99 and Total package including live sports at £14.99. A seven-day free trial is available for the Film & Series package and a monthly price of £11.99 for Total customers signing a 12-month contract.

Simon Cowell Says U.S. Networks Want ‘The X-Factor’ Back, Reveals U.K. Version Would Return “More Likely Than Not” In 2024 (Deadline)
Simon Cowell is opening up about reviving The X-Factor in the U.S. as he says there are networks interested in bringing back the singing competition. Fox aired the reality show for three seasons in the U.S. between 2011 and 2013.

I Would Cancel HBO Max And Hulu This Month — Here's Why (Tom’s Guide)
A new month means a new chance to think about canceling streaming services. As someone who wrote a lot here about how I canceled Netflix and came back months later, I'm here to remind you that all of your favorite services are about to charge you again. 

And while we love HBO Max (it's the best streaming service in our book), I'm frustrated to admit that this is not a great month for its offerings. The House of the Dragon has closed for the time being, and HBO's not rolling out as huge a swath of reasons to stick around as we'd like. This is personally annoying because a few weeks ago — before HBO rolled out its Nov. 2022 list — I was singing another tune.

Netflix CEO Once Handed Out Army Berets To His Execs In Response To An Insult From The Former Time Warner Boss (Yahoo Finance)
But the rivalry goes deeper than mere trophies and signifies the rapid shifts in the entertainment industry.

When Netflix entered the original-series space a decade ago, one of its breakout series was "House of Cards" — a political drama that HBO had been eyeing. But Netflix offered $100 million for a two-season commitment, which was unheard of at the time, according to the book.

New Horror Channel In Russia (Broadband TV News)
Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor has launched a proprietary channel named Scream.

It made its debut on Halloween (October 31) and offers viewers US, European and Asian horror and mystery films, with those released between 2018 and 2022 accounting for 70% of its library. Many films will be shown for the first time on Russian television.

Sony Pictures Quarterly Profit Slips to $202M (The Hollywood Reporter)
Sony Pictures saw its fiscal second-quarter operating profit drop to $202 million, a decline of 30 percent from $288 million in the year-ago period. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30, meanwhile, rose 3 percent to $2.44 billion from $2.37 billion.

How Aaron Mitchell From Netflix Started A Movement To Close The Racial Wealth Gap (Forbes)
“Prior to the murder of George Floyd, the early days of working from home was occupying most people’s minds and so while interesting, many folks weren’t responding to the initiative with a sense of urgency. Even though Spence Neumann, Netfliix’s CFO, was very enthusiastic about the idea when I first mentioned it to him in early May, I found that it wasn't a priority for most others because on one hand, the black banking sector was not well known and on the other, people were overwhelmed with the sudden life changes and everything that came along with it, “ he recollected.

Fox Corp. Rides Political Ad Wave, Posts Solid Fiscal Q1 Results (Deadline)
Fox Corp. rode a surge in political ad spending and continued growth in streaming in its fiscal first quarter, posting financial results above Wall Street analysts’ expectations.