Here are the global TV and streaming television stories for Monday, January 13th, 2025:
Netflix’s UK Audience Reach Overtook BBC1 For The First Time Last Year (Deadline)
Netflix was the most-watched TV service in the UK for three months last year, overtaking dominant domestic network BBC1 for the first time. The unseating of Britain’s most popular channel may not have been permanent, but it represents a possible inflection point in the battle between traditional broadcasters and U.S. streaming giants. The BBC said it was “meaningless” to compare the entirety of Netflix with a single channel and that its portfolio had double the number of viewers of the Squid Game streamer.
MODUS Super Series Darts On Pluto TV (Advanced-Television)
FAST service Pluto TV and MODUS Super Series have agreed a partnership to bring MODUS Super Series Darts on Pluto TV across multiple international markets, including exclusively in the UK, GSA and Denmark – providing darts content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Asia’s Streaming Market Forecast To Grow 40 Percent To $89B By 2029 (The Hollywood Reporter)
A new report from analysts Media Partners Asia on the video industry in APAC projects strong growth ahead for the major U.S. streaming services. The transition from television to online video is gaining speed across Asia. Over the next five years, online video revenues in the region will grow from $64 billion in 2024 to $89 billion by 2029 — a 40 percent uptick. Traditional TV revenue, meanwhile, will contract by $8 billion over the same period, according to a new report from consultancy Media Partners Asia (MPA).
'Squid Game' Actor Park Sung-hoon Resigns From tvN Drama After Inappropriate Post Fallout (Korea Joongang Daily)
"Squid Game" actor Park Sung-hoon has resigned from the upcoming tvN drama "The Tyrant’s Chef" amid backlash for sharing an inappropriate image on his social media during the national mourning period.
DAZN France Permanently Reduces Subscription Pricing (Broadband TV News)
The main broadcaster of top-flight football in France is to radically change its pricing model. When DAZN took on the rights to broadcast Ligue 1 in its domestic market at the beginning of the 2024/25 season, DAZN priced its package at €30 per month, but instantly came in for criticism from football fans for the unprecedented fees.
French TV Distributors Pin Hopes On New-Look Paris Screenings In Absence Of MIPTV (Deadline)
French television program sellers are placing extra impetus on this week’s Paris screenings events with MIPTV no longer on their schedules, with deals secured on new shows such as France 2 drama The Black Widow.
BBC Editor ‘Considering’ Legal Action Against Owen Jones Over Israeli Bias Claims (Arab News)
BBC Middle East online editor Raffi Berg is reportedly considering legal action against British journalist Owen Jones, following accusations in an investigative article that claimed Berg exhibited bias in favor of Israel. The allegations have allegedly triggered a wave of online abuse and threats directed at the editor.
Channel 4 Orders Fast-Turnaround Doc On L.A. Wildfires (World Screen)
Channel 4 News and Current Affairs has commissioned ITN Productions to make a fast-turnaround documentary looking at the wildfires that have destroyed large parts of Los Angeles and the surrounding area.
Tyla Homecoming Concert Comes To Showmax (Bona)
Those who missed out on attending the Grammy Award-winning superstar, Tyla’s homecoming concert in South Africa can soon have a front-row seat in her audience. This comes as the South African streaming platform Showmax, has made a surprise announcement to bring the show live into the comfort of your own home.
Italy: DVB-T2/HEVC Transition Requires “Urgent Intervention” (Advanced-Television)
Aeranti-Corallo, the association representing Italian local television broadcasters, has said it intends to draw attention to the “serious situation” that is penalising the Italian local TV sector, in the process of transition to DVB-T2/HEVC