Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ A dramatic TV change is coming later in 2020 that MultiChoice, M-Net and all the other big global broadcasters are still completely silent about:
When the next American TV season is supposed to start around September 2020, TV's line-up of new shows and series are going to look a lot different and will be smaller because of paused production during the Covid-19 pandemic. There isn't content. There aren't new films.
■ The fakery around "hit content" on Netflix (and Showmax).
Netflix announces most-watched programming without providing any viewership numbers, while "views" actually include people who possibly watched as little as just 2 minutes of something. Real viewers should be people who've watched everything of something.
■ Toxic Tucker Carlson of FOX News (StarSat 261) claims the New York Times is working on a report about him that will "hurt his family".
■ Watching repeats: Why the past is the future of your TV schedule (psst ... corona).
- because the moment has finally come: We have run out of TV. And another: We're going to run out of TV.
■ Why resuming TV and film production has gotten so complicated.
■ MultiChoice Nigeria raises the alarm after a Covid-19 positive customer has been inside its Ibadan customer care branch,
■ Subscription TV viewers soar during Covid-19 lockdown in Australia - traditional pay-TV including video streaming services.
- With Covid-19 also causing a pay-TV surge in Germany as well.
■ Kenya TV star Charles Bukeko (58) known for his role as Papa Shirandula dead because of Covid-19.
- Jeff Koinange, veteran TV reporter for Citizen TV in Kenya also tests positive for Covid-19. And Citizen TV's reporter Stephen Letoo also tested positive for Covid-19.
■ Newzroom Afrika (DStv 405) TV reporter Athi Mthongana on her experience of testing positive for Covid-19 and healing.
■ Cancel culture: Why Netflix keeps binning popular TV shows.
■ New cast members for season 4 of ELITE on Netflix.
■ Canada's film and TV industry is really white - and there are a lot of reasons for this.
■ Traditional pay-TV's death spiral.
■ It's outrageous that MultiChoice is asking pensioners to pay R800.
■ Reality star Tamar Braxton sent TV channel bosses saying they made her suicidal.
