Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Trade Unions Bemawu and CWU ready to start public protest action at the SABC over planned retrenchments.
Claims that skills audit was flawed and says the South African public broadcaster failed to consider alternatives to firing staffers.
- Unions threaten to fight until the very end.
■ The Ghana government says it didn't order the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to shut down channels.
What happened recently is that MultiChoice decided to remove some of the GBC's TV channels from DStv that it didn't want to pay for anymore.
■ Netflix adds 10 million subscribers ...
but warns Covid-19 production shutdowns will begin to hit the video streaming service in 2021.
Ted Sarandos named co-CEO with Reed Hastings. Forecast for 2020 Q3 third quarter disappoints.
Growth may slow.
■ The SABC's TV offering isn't worth tuning in for.
People who have to watch SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 must be tearing their hair out.
■ 5 ways that MultiChoice's Showmax can improve its experience.
■ How the SABC's outside broadcasting (OB) vans prepared for Covid-19.
"We were caught off-guard. Actually, we were never ready for such a drastic change," says Kagisho Maesela, SABC Television OB's principal technician.
■ "That 'be kind' bullsh*t only happens when the cameras are on. It's all for show."
10 former staff members and 1 current one speak out about how toxic it really is behind-the-scenes at Ellen DeGeneres' Ellen talk show.
■ Eye roll: Netflix is offering an "immortal" 83-year long subscription for the winner of a game.
■ Why time-loop movies resonate in 2020.
