Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Covid-19: Say goodbye to sex on television: British screen director's association publishes helpful intimacy on-screen guidlines:
Bodies could be depicted "moving under bedclothes".
"Close a bedroom door аnd leаve the аction to the viewer’s imаginаtion."
- Directors should take inspiration from classic films when depiction of sex on screen was banned.
■ After massive backlash and petition Netflix apologises for "inappropriate" poster of Cuties sexualising 11-year old girls.
- Netflix's "disgusting" film a negative influence.
■ Tosh.0 on Comedy Central (DStv 122) cancelled after shocking reversal of 4 season renewal.
■ Netflix disappoints with Transformers: War for Cybertron after controversy over not using union voice talent and warnings that using cheap talent sets a dangerous precendent for the industry.
■ Nigeria's government continues to attack MultiChoice, once again summos MultiChoice Nigeria to appear over its DStv Nigeria subscription fee increase that came into effect on 1 June 2020.
■ The SABC and e.tv will have to urgently find ways to position themselves as broadcasters beyond their current business models or risk falling too far behind MultiChoice and streaming services like Netflix.
■ Discovery Inc. distances itself from the homophobic Homestead Rescue star Marty Raney.
■ MOZO TV launches in Zambia as a new TV channel to showcase Africa's lifestyle, politics and economics.
■ Netflix is testing a shuffle play button for viewers struggling to decide what to watch.
■ Amazon Prime Video commercial sparks a boycott in Japan.
■ Positive Covid-19 cases reported at Television City in Los Angeles where The Bold and the Beautiful restarted filming.
■ BBC News boss Fran Unsworth says some TV news bulletins might be cut.
"TV journalism will still be around because of the power of pictures to tell a story, but it won't necessarily be received in quite the forms it currently is."
■ Netflix cancels Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as the streaming service struggles with topical talk shows.
■ Australian Broadcasting Corporation's chief economics correspondent Emma Alberici quits over ABC censorship claims.
■ Egypt's opposition TV channels are a rare phenomenon.
■ TV anchor Anjali Rao told she's "too brown" for commercial TV (subscription required).
