Wednesday, February 20, 2019

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 20 February 2019.


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

■ The Bachelor virgin Colton Underwood gets dumped again as the train leaves the station.

■ Australia's TV industry calls for Facebook news feed transparency and journalism tax breaks.

■ Row over Call the Midwife seen on BBC First (DStv 119) forces the BBC to provide abortion information after women complain.

■ New Zealand pay-TV in trouble as Sky Network Television profit falls as pay-TV viewership dwindles. It's hurt by increased competition from online video streaming services.
■ Grim forecast: Preparing for the loss of another 93 000 pay-TV subscribers by 2023.

■ Historians are starting to fight back as TV shows raid their research treasures; academics are starting to demand that producers ensure that their dramas and documentaries credit their work.

■ Forget Netflix. Going to the cinema alone is life's greatest guilty pleasure.

■ Russia's RT (DStv 407) furious after Facebook blocks its "wildly popular" page.

■ What no-one tells you about going on reality TV.

■ TV talk show participants start a physical fight live on on-air on Afghanistan TV as debate descends into violence.

■ With its inconsistent tone, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy lacks the whims of its source material.

■ Modern Farmer helps with a TV guide to farm reality TV shows.