10 Global TV Stories That You Should Know: 06/11/2024

Here are the global TV and streaming stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024:

Channel 4 Orders Investigation After Producer On True Crime Series Takes His Own Life (Deadline)
Channel 4 has ordered an independent investigation into the death of a producer who took his own life after working on the UK broadcaster’s true crime series In the Footsteps of Killers.

Why Are Japanese Anime Films Enjoying Outsized Success In China? The Answer Is A Combination Of Culture, Politics And The Past (Variety)
Reminiscent of the outsized Chinese box office success once enjoyed by a certain genre of Hollywood movie – think “Expendables 3,” Pacific Rim” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” – some Japanese anime films are now earning more in China than they are in their native Japan.

evision Signs Sony Content Deal (Advanced-Television)
evision, the media and entertainment arm of e&, has agreed a partnership with Sony Pictures Television that will bring a wealth of content to subscribers of evision’s SVoD platforms – StarzPlay, eLife and Switch TV – throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Michael Mosley: Paramount’s Channel 5 Faces Dilemma Over Airing Presenter’s ‘Wonders Of The Human Body’ Series (Deadline)
Channel 5, the British broadcaster owned by Paramount, must decide whether to air what will likely be Michael Mosley’s final TV series before his untimely death. Mosley filmed Wonders of the Human Body for Channel 5 and the three-part series is all but complete.

Netflix Boosts Investment In Swedish Film (Advanced-Television)
Netflix has announced two new Swedish films; Trustor, a documentary by Karin af Klintberg and Teresa Alldén uncovering the truth behind the Trustor affair – one of the largest financial cases in Swedish history; and Off Track 2, a sequel to the drama comedy Off Track.

New ‘Million Dollar Island’ Seasons From Talpa And MBC Commission To Be Produced At Saudi Arabia’s Neom (Variety)
Talpa Studios, the company founded by “The Voice” and “Big Brother” creator John de Mol, has recommissioned its hit reality show “Million Dollar Island” for new seasons in the Middle East and the Netherlands, produced at Saudi Arabia’s innovative Neom production hub.

'SKY Castle' Drama Gets A Japanese Remake (Korea Joongang Daily)
The Japanese version of JTBC's famed satire series "SKY Castle" (2018-19) will start airing in July as part of a partnership agreement between SLL JoongAng and Japan's TV Asahi.

Netflix Bags UK & Ireland Rights To ‘White Nanny, Black Child’ (Deadline)
Originally for Paramount Global’s UK network Channel 5 and co-financed by the BFI Doc Society fund, the doc explores the story of how over 70,000 West African children were unofficially fostered by white British families between 1955 and 1995.

Kuwait, Japan fall in Netflix Speed Index (Advanced-Television)
Ninety-four per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) stayed at their same speed in May 2024 with a few notable increases and decreases on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. 

As Max Launches In France, Execs Casey Bloys and JB Perrette Talk Olympics Coverage, Tease ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Series (Variety)
There are other properties like “The Conjuring,” which is a big movie franchise that we’re developing into a series, as well as “Crazy Rich Asians.” We’re developing in DC, the “Green Lantern” property, as a series as well.