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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe year 2022 has started out strong for Netflix in Arabic-speaking countries, where its edgy originals are making a punchy debut.The streamer’s first Arab original film, “Perfect Strangers,” sparked an uproar in socially conservative Egypt due to its portrayal of a gay male character and taboo storylines. Meanwhile, “Finding Ola” toplines Cairo-based Tunisian star Hend Sabry as a happy divorcee who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after her divorce. Both are reflections of the streamer’s thematically groundbreaking strategy in the region, says Nuha Eltayeb, Netflix’s director of acquisitions in MENA and Turkey.“We’re looking for content that will create impact for the viewers, where they will find it authentic and representative, and at the same time relatable to their day-to-day storylines,” says Eltayeb.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterParamount Plus and Showtime are two separate subscription services owned by the same company in a market that is already overcrowded with streaming and pay-TV competition. But that’s the way it’s going to stay for the two ViacomCBS brands — for now at least — as Paramount Plus president of original scripted series Nicole Clemens says the young streamer continues to carve out its identity as the home of “big blockbuster originals” versus Showtime’s slightly “more coastal” audience.“I think they’re complementary and I think there’s going to be some overlap in a Venn diagram,” Clemens told Variety Tuesday, following Paramount Plus’ day of presentations at the virtual Television Critics Association winter press tour.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Cincinnati Bengals scored a near-miracle upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in the NFL’s AFC Championship game, sending the team to the Super Bowl for the first time since the late 1980s.The Bengals scored a 27-24 overtime win against Kansas City in the Chiefs’ home stadium. The Chiefs, a team that has made back-to-back trips to the Super Bowl during the past two years, were heavily favored to make it a three-peat this year.

football playoff game between Buffalo and Kansas City reached nearly 43 million television viewers on Sunday, the most for any event since last year's Super Bowl as the NFL struck gold with its rousing weekend.The four games averaged 38.2 TV and digital viewers, up 20% over last year and the best ever for the league's divisional round of playoffs, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday.Each game saw a tie broken on the last play, meaning the audience swelled toward the end as they reached a climax. When the Bills-Chiefs game headed into overtime, there were 51.7 million people watching, Nielsen said.Similarly, the Los Angeles Rams-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game averaged 40 million viewers, but after Tom Brady helped the Bucs back from a 27-3 deficit to a tie, the audience jumped to 49.2 million people.In the fourth quarter, the Bills-Chiefs game had a 90 audience share in Kansas City — meaning 90% of televisions on at the time were tuned in to the game, Nielsen said.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSunday’s Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills game on CBS was the most-watched NFL divisional playoff game on any network in five years, drawing an average of 43 million viewers, according to Nielsen’s final time-zone adjusted data.The Chiefs’ dramatic overtime win over the Bills, airing from 6:41-10:02 p.m. ET, drew the largest audience for an NFL divisional playoff game since the Green Bay-Dallas game on Jan.

Three games remain in the 2021/22 NFL post-season and we're now down to just four teams.

Renfrewshire trade union chiefs have insisted local government workers must receive more recognition after submitting a joint pay claim for the upcoming financial year.

Local people across Forth Valley are being asked for their ongoing understanding, patience and support by health bosses as GP and other primary care services come under increasing pressure due to an increase in Covid-19 related staff absences.

It feels like yesterday that I was on the phone to Berlinale directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian following their pre-recorded video announcement of the 2021 festival program, the three of us casting an eye forward to the following year with the hope that this pandemic would finally be behind us.

The latest Sunday Night Football game proved to be a strong one for both the NBC and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Johnny Kenny is set to arrive at Celtic as their fourth January signing, according to reports.

New Celtic signings Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate are free to debut against Hibs after being removed from Japan's Kirin Cup squad.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentPlans are underway for the Berlin Film Festival to take place in February as a physical event with movie theaters at full capacity, the same number of films as in pre-pandemic times, and a red carpet visible to fans.Yet given the highly transmissible nature of the Omicron COVID variant, Berlinale executive director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian are realistic that major changes will need to be enforced in order for the fest’s

Fox, for the second consecutive night, topped primetime demo ratings. Following The Masked Singer‘s finale on Wednesday, Fox returned to rule primetime with its coverage of Thursday Night Football’s showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers.

Mandatory vaccine rules could cut paramedic numbers by 'around 500', a union boss has warned - but ambulance service bosses say the true figure will be 'significantly lower'.

A family business selling ‘bespoke’ Caribbean rum online has been given the thumbs up by-licensing chiefs.

A homeless charity has invited council chiefs to spend a night in one of the city's “horror” hotels after we exposed dire conditions at £200-a-week emergency accommodation.

Education chiefs are reviewing the contents of a controversial survey which quizzes pupils as young as 14 on their sexual experiences.

Perth and Kinross residents are being warned by NHS Tayside’s emergency departments to take extra care on icy surfaces and “walk like a penguin” with temperatures set to plummet to below freezing over the weekend.

Ricky Wilson has revealed that Kaiser Chiefs have been in the studio with Chic’s Nile Rodgers, working on new music.Speaking to BANG Showbiz (via Contactmusic), Wilson said “there is always an album on the horizon,” but the band needs to figure out “how far the horizon is.”“We have a lot of material,” he continued before revealing they’ve “just been in the studio last week with Nile Rodgers and been writing stuff with him.”He went on to say he didn’t know when they’d be releasing new music but

There are fears that Glasgow’s road closures could last for longer amid suggestions that COP26 talks could be extended.

Richard Arnold gushed in March 'no one in the world is happier than me with the phenomenal success he is bringing'. The 'he' was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Prince Harry reportedly warned the Kaiser Chiefs not to post a photo them together after it was taken backstage at one of the band's gigs.

Coronavirus measures are slowly being brought back as guidance for some neighbourhoods of Greater Manchester as infections rates continue to skyrocket.

It has been a tricky period for theatrical, but as a panel of leading European (and American) film industry experts highlighted today, change has been in the post and the cinema biz will need to adapt to survive.

As many as 10 per cent of care home staff have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 in some boroughs of Greater Manchester - but health bosses say the system will hold up if they lose their jobs.

Ride or die! Brittany Matthews will always be fiancé Patrick Mahomes‘ biggest fan — even after a rough game.

Football returned strong on Sunday as NBC’s Sunday Night Football match between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs led the pack in both demo rating and viewership. The game, which saw the Bills victor over their opponents 38 to 20, drew in an average primetime rating of 4.8 in the 18-49 demo and 16.78 million viewers, in non-adjusted fast affiliates. As is the case with all major live events, numbers are set to change pending incoming adjustments. 

Public health bosses are investigating reports of people testing positive for Covid-19 using lateral flow tests, then negative in subsequent PCR tests.