Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ eNCA (DStv 403) again damages its credibility, goes National Enquirer tabloid with reality TV star Gareth Cliff: Lizard people and freedom of expression.
■ How Covid-19 hastened the decline of TV.
■ After Kanye went Krazy, Kim Kardashian returns to the filming of Keeping Up with the Kardashians on E! (DSt124).
Kim only put on a happy face when the cameras were on her to be professional, but when cameras were off of her, she clearly had a lot on her mind.
■ Another dull go-around with The Kissing Booth 2 on Netflix.
- An overwrought, overstuffed and overlong teen romcom sequel.
■ Illegal pirate viewing of pay-TV content and sport surge in Zimbabwe where consumers can no longer afford MultiChoice's DStv and SuperSport but still want to watch the English Premier League.
■ The former boss of ZBC is out on bail.
Wisdom Hombarume is up on corruption, fraud and smuggling charges. The former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation CEO allegedly lied about taking a business trip to go attend a SADC TV channel and post-DTT migration workshop in Botswana as part of the Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA). He never went and kept the travel allowance.
Then he went to South Africa to workshop with MultiChoice and China's StarTimes and smuggled back a microphone kit and a luggage bag.
■ Meanwhile the Zimbabwe government plans to license 6 new TV stations.
■ Is it time for Netflix subscribers to go on strike?
University researchers planning an "academic troll" to get Netflix users to delete their data to thwart the video streaming service's recommendation algorithm.
■ Big Brother Naija's 5th season in 2020 produced during Covid-19 will bring N2 billion (R86 million) to the Nigerian economy.
■ Australian TV ratings delayed due to suspected cyber attack.
■ It would take 4 years of watching non-stop to sit and watch through Netflix's entire content library.
■ BBC News reaches highest-ever global audience.
BBC doing very well in especially Kenya and Nigeria as two of its biggest markets. The syndicated shows Africa Eye and Africa Sport are doing very well in attracting viewers.
■ American TV reporter thanks viewer who spotted her cancer.
■ The sale of TV sets has suffered because of Covid-19 while the sale of video streaming devices has soared.
■ Britain's government urged to start an Emergency film and TV Insurance Fund or the restart of that country's biz is doomed for failure.
■ Reuters launches its own video news channel.
