10 Stories You Should Know: 12/06/2022

Here are the stories you should know.

Here are the TV and streaming stories you should know for Tuesday, December 6th, 2022:

Hulu Picks Up Second Season Of New Zealand International Emmy Winner ‘Rūrangi’ (Deadline)
Hulu has picked up exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the second season of New Zealand transgender drama Rūrangi, which recently won an International Emmy for best short-form series.

Netflix Exec Opens Up About Choosing Chris Rock For Its Milestone Upcoming Live Special (Cinemablend)
It’s our first attempt at live. And who better to do it with than Chris Rock? And it’s also coming off the back of ‘Netflix Is a Joke,’ which is this awesome live comedy festival that we ran in LA. Fluffy Yglesias sold out Dodger Stadium, it’s incredible. So Chris Rock will be live, we’ll learn a lot from it, I think, we’ll then have a live capability up and running. And then I think we can apply live to a lot of different things.

Netflix's Farha: Nakba Film Resonates With Palestinians Globally (Middle East Eye)
The Nakba literally translates as "The Catastrophe" and is commonly used to describe events surrounding the establishment of Israel, when more than 700,000 Palestinians were either expelled or fled their homes to make way for the new state.

It is a term that is also used to describe the violence meted out against the Palestinian Arab population during the period of British rule in Palestine, which extended from 1917 to 1948.

Outback Is Giving Away Free Bloomin' Onions, Thanks To A New Netflix Murder Mystery (Eat This, Not That!)
Starting now until Dec. 25, you can earn a free Bloomin' Onion at all Outback Steakhouse locations when you upload a video of the creative way you dispose of the receipt that includes a Bloomin' Onion to BloominGlassOnion.com.

To redeem the free appetizer you must purchase an entree and use the code between Jan. 2 and Feb. 5, 2023.

Arab-Chinese Media Cooperation Forum Launches Joint Broadcasting Initiative (Arab News)
The initiative, he explained, will promote the presence of Chinese media on Arab channels, translating Chinese television shows into Arabic.

Through the initiative, Saudi and Chinese television will also work together to create programs highlighting the stories of individuals from both Saudi Arabia and China who achieved success in each other’s countries.

How This Firm Leveraged Its Client Relationship With Netflix to Shift $2 Billion to Black-Owned Banks (INC)
Beginning in December 2021, Netflix deposited $100 million in six Black-owned banks and Black-led financial nonprofits. For Parsons, that was just the start, and he continues to push the idea. Following Netflix's lead, U.S. corporations have committed more than $2 billion to Black-owned banks since that initial meeting. Not a bad ROI for the cost of a single dinner.

Discovery+ Brings The Offline Download Feature To The U.S. (Techcrunch)
This move comes after the company tested this feature with users in Brazil. Discovery+ mentioned that the service has more than 58,000 episodes — including popular shows “House of Hammer,” “Fixer Upper,” and “90 Day Fiancé” — that are eligible for downloads.

Users with the ad-free plan will see a “Download” button next to the content title. They can also choose the quality of the download and whether to download it over Wi-FI or cellular data.

Under Revenue Pressure, OTTs Decide To Cut Content Spending In India (Mint)
“Netflix has already reduced their budget by a third, while Prime Video is re-negotiating with some of the producers, asking them to create the same show at half the agreed price. Disney+ Hotstar is asking producers to increase the number of episodes to 50 in some cases. It’s a nightmare for the production industry," said a senior producer, who declined to be named.

APAC Ex-China Pay-TV Revenues To Reach $35BN By 2027 (Rapid TV News)
Even though cord-cutting peaked between 2019 and 2021 with an aggregate 9.1 million subs cancelling subscriptions, Asia Pacific pay-TV subscriber growth outside of China, will be relatively flat in 2022, with a CAGR of 1.7%, with an estimated 106,000 subscribers cutting the cord according to a report from Media Partners Asia.

Latvia Revokes Russian Channel TV Rain Licence (Broadband TV News)
The Latvian regulator NEPLP has cancelled the broadcasting licence of the independent Russian channel TV Rain (Dohzd) on the grounds of national security and public order.