TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 13 October 2020.

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

■ The only language Facebook understands is public embarrassment.

Why Facebook can't fix itself.

■ Binge-watching to belong.

How TV taught how to move between social classes ... but at what cost?

■ South Africa's government is getting ready with new legislation to milk private pay-TV operators like MultiChoice and StarTimes/StarSat for money to pump into the SABC (subscription required).

■ Netflix has a TV show problem. It used to be a trendsetter and now it's falling behind.

■ TV news channels in India tried to manipulate their TV ratings.

- All you want to know about the ratings scam but is afraid to ask.

■ Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar take Indian TV news channels Republic TV and Times Now to court over sensational and derogatory coverage since death of Sushant Singh Rajput in June.

■ Amazon Prime Video's upcoming The Lord of the Rings drama series could feature sex and nudity after it hired an intimacy coordinator in New Zealand.

■ American daytime soap Days of Our Lives seen on e.tv shuts down production after crew test Covid-19 positive.

■ Julian Fellowes' Gilded Age that will be seen on M-Net (DStv 101) shuts down production after crew test Covid-19 positive.

■ Will filming during the Covid-19 pandemic make reality TV series be boring?

- Reality TV's new reality in the Covid Era.

■ 2020's TV trends: Covid-19, international co-productions, true stories, travel shows, thrillers and video games.

■ The global shipment of TV sets are at an all-time high - for obvious reasons: people are stuck at home during Covid-19.

■ TV channels BUKEEDE TV-2, TV WEST, DELTA-TV, ABS-TV, BBS-TV, BABA-TV in Uganda abruptly shut off from pay-TV operator Azam TV after government shutdown order.

■ Did Apple TV+ secretly become one of the best video streaming services of 2020?

■ Netflix is thinking of Ending Things.

Netflix continues to back out of previous commitments with producers and its fast-growing history of abruptly cancelling shows and cancelling on seasons after it renewed them breaks Netflix's image as a "nirvana for fans and creatives".

■ 6-year old girl Port Elizabeth refuses to let robber steal the TV set she was watching.

■ Behind the scenes at OAN - the American TV channel where Unites States president Donald Trump is always right.