TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 15 October 2020.

 

Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:  

■ Predatory sexual and racial misconduct at America's Funniest Home Videos - former staffers speak out.

■ In America, NBC, NBC News and MSNBC (StarSat 263) staffers are seething mad over NBC's decision to broadcast a Donald Trump town hall.

■ CNN boss Jeff Zucker on the big mistake he made at CNN (DStv 401).

■ Retrenchment of SABC staffers hit another hurdle as Bemawu and CWU trade unions demand the South African public broadcaster come clean with information about its massive legal bills (subscription required).

■ MultiChoice building an African empire (subscription required).

The investment of  France's Canal+ into MultiChoice shows the recognition given to MultiChoice as a gatekeeper of pay-TV content on the African continent.

■ South African government on track to force pay-TV sector like MultiChoice, StarTimes/StarSat to fund the struggling SABC.

- The South African government's broadcasting overhaul: What does it mean for Netflix South Africa, MultiChoice and the SABC? (subscription required).

■ MultiChoice adds first radio station from Uganda to DStv.

■ Indian TV commercial featuring a Hindu-Muslim couple pulled from the airwaves after discrimination backlash.

■ Watching nature programming on TV boosts human wellbeing - study.

■ Ewan McGregor says the new Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars drama series will start filming in March 2021.

■ After Netflix South Africa ended its free trial period Netflix also cancels its content sampling in America.

■ Million Dollar Sydney?: Amazon Prime Video creating a new show about Australia's luxury real estate market.

■ Far beyond this world I've known: Buck Rogers film in the works.

■ Shocking conflict of interest: Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC (StarSat 263) filmed promotional commercials for JPMorgan Chase - one of the American banks she covers as a journalist.

■ Are black reality TV shows peddling a problematic narrative?

The shocking content of explosive black reality TV content has wider implications for people already plagued by stereotypes.