Here are the global TV and streaming television stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, April 1st, 2025:
The Indian Garage Co. x Warner Bros. Discovery: Nostalgia Meets Trendy Fashion (In Fashion Business)
India’s leading homegrown fast-fashion D2C brand, The Indian Garage Co. (TIGC), has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP), to launch its latest collection, a playful yet sophisticated line of merchandise designed to capture the imagination of global trend-savvy youth. Designed for the global Gen Z crowd, this collection brings nostalgia and modern style together for an unforgettable look, featuring iconic Super Heroes and classic animation characters with bold, contemporary fashion for an unforgettable style experience.
Warner Bros. Discovery And Saudi Companies Take Over MBC Group Channels And Its Streaming App (Shahid) (ASH)
Today, MBC Group’s Waleed Al-Ibrahim, the former owner of MBC Group, has signed a deal to sell MBC Group to Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA and Saudi companies (Saudi Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Company, Saudi Aramco, and PIF) after long negotiations.
‘For The Culture With Amanda Parris’ Renewed For Season 2 At Canada’s CBC (Deadline)
For the Culture with Amanda Parris has been given a second season at Canada’s CBC, with David Harewood and Monica Wright Rogers guest starring. The show sees the TV host create space “that centre Blackness and Black folks around the world.”
MultiChoice Sheds 3.7m Subs (Advanced-Television)
South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice, the parent company of pay-TV platforms DStv and GOtv, has reportedly suffered a substantial loss of subscribers over the past two years. According to Citizen SA, the company has seen its subscriber base drop by 3.7 million, falling from 23 million to an overall total of 19.3 million.
Canneseries Unveils Lineup, Including J.J. Abrams’ ‘Duster,’ ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City,’ ‘The Agency’ (Variety)
J.J. Abrams’ Max period crime thriller “Duster,” AMC Networks’ “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” Season 2 and Paramount+ with Showtime’s “The Agency” will bow at this year’s Canneseries whose 2025 lineup belies naysayers who argued, without a parallel MipTV and the buyers it brought to Cannes, the French TV festival would fail to draw series or celebs of weight.
Research: Canadians Biggest Consumers Of True Crime (Advanced-Television)
Canadian audiences watched more true crime on Netflix than subscribers in any other country last year, according to research by Digital i. Data first presented by media consultant Beatrice Rossmanith at Series Mania Forum shows that 60.7 per cent of Canadian Netflix subscribers watched at least 20 minutes of a true crime title in 2024.
BBC & ITV Fail To Negotiate AI Safeguards In New Contracts With Actors Union Equity But Broadcasters Say Provisions “Remain Firmly On The Table” (Deadline)
The BBC and ITV’s new contracts with actors union Equity will not include artificial intelligence safeguards but the broadcasters have vowed that the “discussion around AI provisions remains firmly on the table.”
'Infinite Challenge' Running Event To Take Place In Yeouido To Celebrate Show's 20th Anniversary (Korea Joongang Daily)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of the reality show “Infinite Challenge” (2005-18), domestic streaming platform Coupang Play and content creator MOst267 have organized a running event themed around the beloved TV show.
TLC Joins DNMG Portfolio In Expanded Warner Bros. Discovery Deal (Broadband TV News)
German cable operator association DNMG and Warner Bros. Discovery have strengthened their long-standing partnership by adding TLC to their framework agreement. This expansion means that up to 200 DNMG cable operators can now offer a total of five free-to-air channels from Warner Bros. Discovery on their networks.
Channel 4 Deficit Will Be “Pretty Much Flat” In 2024, Alex Mahon Reveals (Deadline)
Channel 4’s deficit will return to being flat for 2024 following a record 2023 in which it hit £50M ($64M), Alex Mahon has revealed. The Channel 4 annual report will reveal more in the coming months but the network’s boss told a Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing today “we are pretty much on a flat deficit [for 2024] so that’s positive,” while she said revenues will be up around 1% for full-year 2024.
10 Global TV Stories You Should Know: 04/01/2025
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