Thursday, October 12, 2017
DAILY TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 12 October 2017.
Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Why Hollywood was complicit in Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse.
■ NBC News tries to do damage control with NBC News president Noah Oppenheim
in a statement saying Ronan Farrow's Harvey Weinstein story "didn't have all the elements that we needed to air". It comes after Ronan Farrow revealed that NBC passed on the must-read story about rapist Harvey Weinstein.
- NBC News staffers aren't buying it as people inside NBC News are embarrassed.
■ Cara Delevingne is the latest actress to come forward to share her "terrifying" experience with Harvey Weinstein.
- Actress Léa Seydoux on how a fat Harvey Weinstein jumped on her and tried to kiss her.
■ Harvey Weinstein's firing is already costing The Weinstein Company millions.
- Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) suspends Harvey Weinstein's membership.
■ 30 Rock twice joked about Harvey Weinstein as an aggressive serial sexual abuser.
■ Seth MacFarlane explains his Harvey Weinstein joke at the Oscars a few years ago.
Says in an emotional post that he did it from "a place of loathing and anger" at what he knew Harvey Weinstein did to friends.
■ Ben Affleck apologises for groping Hilarie Burton in 2003 at MTV's TRL.
Says "I acted inappropriately".
■ Actor Terry Crews reveals a Hollywood executive sexual predator grabbed his sexual organs
at a Hollywood function in 2016 in front of his wife. Says "hopefully me coming forward with my story will deter a predator and encourage someone who feels hopeless".
■ MultiChoice marks 20 years of operation in Tanzania.
DStv Tanzania turns 20 and operations manager Baraka Shelukindo says its business hasn't been affected by other new service providers after the switch to digital terrestrial television (DTT).
■ Nigeria's National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) says it Nigerians are "eagerly waiting" for TStv to start.
Nigerian customers still clueless as to where they can actually buy TStv decoders and NATCOMS wants Nigeria to "look at those exclusive rights being enjoyed by DStv" that MultiChoice already secured for DStv subscribers.
■ MultiChoice Zimbabwe now says it had never accepted payment directly for DStv Zimbabwe subscriptions.
"We are constrained by the current forex situation," says DStv Zimbabwe; unable to give a clear answer as to what it's doing to help DStv Zimbabwe subscribers to stay connected.
■ Someone has started a petition about how eNCA (DStv 403) has been covering Idols on Mzansi Magic (DStv 161).
"The publication chose to promote one contestant," says the petition - but there isn't any indication of who it's talking about.
■ Victor Garber is leaving Legends of Tomorrow during the 3rd season.
The Martin Stein character will be leaving soon. Warner Bros. Television has no comment.
■ MultiChoice Zambia is adding 2 new local channels to DStv in the country from 11 October: Prime TV and CamnetTV.
Prime TV is a general entertainment TV channel and Camnet TV is a contemporary Christian TV channel.