10 Stories You Should Know: 12/20/2022
Here are the stories that should be on your radar
Here are the stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, December 20th, 2022:
Thomas Drachkovitch To Leave Amazon Studios After Seven Years (Deadline)
Amazon Studios is saying goodbye to another exec in the UK. Original Series Development Executive Thomas Drachkovitch is exiting after seven years in Amazon’s bases in cities such as LA, Mumbai and London, where he worked on the likes of Call My Agent! UK adaptation Ten Percent and Three Pines.
Varun Dhawan to Star in Indian Spinoff of Russo Brothers‘ ’Citadel’ Series for Amazon (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Russo brothers have found their star for the Indian installment of the mega-budget action spy series Citadel. Bollywood star Varun Dhawan will lead the cast of the AGBO-produced Indian series for Amazon Prime Video, the Russos revealed Tuesday.
Vietnam: Netflix Partners With Mobile Wallet MoMo (Advanced Television)
Digital wallet payments have become a popular mode for Vietnamese to pay for dining, utility bills, shopping and now entertainment. This is why we are excited to announce our partnership with super app MoMo, the largest e-wallet service provider in the country, which allows members in Vietnam a new payment option.
Outrage Over Western Media Criticism Of Qatari Emir’s Bisht Gesture At World Cup Final (Arab News)
Some Western media outlets and journalists expressed disdain after the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, accompanied by FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, draped a bisht over the shoulders of Argentina captain Lionel Messi as he was about to lift the World Cup on Sunday following his team’s victory over France in the final.
The Sun & ITV Under Pressure From Dozens Of MPs Over “Violent, Misogynistic” Jeremy Clarkson Column (Deadline)
Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun and British pubcaster ITV are facing pressure from dozens of UK MPs over the Jeremy Clarkson row sparked by the former Top Gear host using “violent, misogynistic language” against Meghan Markle.
Netflix India Creates The Funniest Multiverse Of All, Features Uorfi Javed, Tovino Thomas And Other Stars (APNLive)
Netflix India has just dropped Netflix Playback 2022 which has left the viewers flabbergasted. Picking up characters from different shows and mingling them with others, Netflix India has created its own multiverse, which is the funniest playback of 2022.
2023 To Be Turbulent Year For Big SVOD (Rapid TV News)
A study note from Rethink Research is predicting volatility in the subscription video-on-demand sector over the course of the next twelve months with the introduction of advertising-based SVOD muddying waters to the advantage of market leader Netflix.
Paramount SVP Of Ad Operations Jarred Wilichinsky Talks Adtech Stacks And Strategy (Streaming Media)
As part of this migration, not only did we have to migrate all of our owned-and-operated apps to a new instance of FreeWheel, we also had to do the same work with every single endpoint we distribute to: Amazon, Hulu, Roku, YouTube TV, Comcast, Charter, Cox, Altice, and Xumo. Pluto has distributed channels on Samsung TV and Sling. This also included all of the TV linear content from CBS to all the Viacom brands—MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central—distributed to every single MVPD and virtual MVPD. There are 50 different things to fill in, and we needed standard naming conventions. There are also a lot of things we don’t even directly control because we can’t make the changes on Dish; they need to do it.
ABS-CBN Unveils 2023 Teleserye Lineup (Inquirer)
ABS-CBN has revealed the lineup of their upcoming series for 2023, including the first teleserye of popular onscreen partners Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, collectively known as DonBelle, and the first team-up of Chinita Princess Kim Chiu and Diamond Star Maricel Soriano.