TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 6 October 2020.

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

■ Noah Purvis abruptly removed from America's Love Island after lying to producers about his gay porn past.

■ The most hated man in gossip, Perez Hilton, now wants to apologise after years of first cosying up to and then trashing the famous.

■ Netflix's Emily in Paris slammed by critics and viewers.

■ Can Netflix's mobile-only subscription plan survive in smaller African countries? (subscription required).

■ Fox News (DStv 261) tells the court that its own presenter Tucker Carlson can't and shouldn't be believed.

■ Netflix's Teenage Bounty Hunters cancelled after one season. 

■ GLOW on Netflix abruptly cancelled over Covid, 4th season will no longer happen.

■ Could MultiChoice's French shareholder Canal+ have more strategic plans for DStv? (subscription required) 
- Stock price up 8% on investment news.

■ Australia's government revamps local content quotas, regulations simplified from 2021.

■ Globally the pay-TV industry grew by another 3.1 million subscribers in second quarter Q2 of 2020.

- 2020: The worst year ever for pay-TV.

■ Facebook slams Netflix's The Social Dilemma documentary as fake news.

■ New Zealand's Sky Television pay-TV operator is considering "more flexible" subscription packages.

- Big changes to subscription plans.

■ "I tried to give a streaming service my money. Then the comedy began."

■ Pay-TV needs more than live sports to survive(subscription required).

■ Reality TV producer reveals exactly what she looks for when casting.