Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Tucker Carlson on FOX News (StarSat 261) whitewashes the racism of his show and his former top writer.
■ Apple TV+ should reconsider its options as the video streaming service because of subscriber churn and as viewership slides.
■ "DStv will never see me again."
MultiChoice showed no willingness to help DStv subscribers struggling to pay their subscriptions when the Covid-19 national lockdown started in South Africa. DStv subscribers were forced to cancel and say they will never go back, while MultiChoice is now "pleading" for them to renew again.
■ ... Meanwhile MultiChoice asked the person who started a petition against DStv, to delete it.
The petition that amassed 221 531 signatures after Themba Mthiya started it, has suddenly been closed down. Themba Mthiya says "agreement has been reached and DStv has agreed to review their prices". Themba started the public petition, calling on MultiChoice to reduce subscription prices after it "dropped prices in the rest of Africa, except South Africa".
■ The "Netflix Effect" is over - how Netflix boosted traditional TV shows - and undermined traditional TV at the same time.
■ Britain's BBC plans to cut another 70 jobs in its BBC News division.
The BBC says it will produce less news and fewer stories.
■ Australian broadcaster pulls new Scientology series from the schedule on the day it was supposed to start.
■ The weeknight Afrikaans current affairs show KN Verslag on kykNET (DStv 144) suddenly changes its intro theme and music.
■ Netflix is rolling out a new shuffle feature to help kill indecision.
■ Lights, camera, and not much action: How Australian TV shows try to hold on during Covid-19.
■ WWE's process of writing television is "falling apart" internally.
