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variety.com - Nick Vivarelli - Disney+ Signs Deal With Italian State Broadcaster RAI, in Latest Similar Agreement With Leading European Public Networks
Disney+ Signs Deal With Italian State Broadcaster RAI, in Latest Similar Agreement With Leading European Public Networks
Variety

Disney+ and Italian state broadcaster RAI on Tuesday signed a deal under which a selection of popular RAI unscripted and scripted shows will play on Disney+ alongside its slate of global movies and series. The Disney+ deal with RAI is the latest of…

hollywoodreporter.com - Georg Szalai - Disney+ Strikes Latest Content Deal With Euro Broadcast Giant, This Time With RAI in Italy
Disney+ Strikes Latest Content Deal With Euro Broadcast Giant, This Time With RAI in Italy
The Hollywood Reporter

And the latest content deal between Walt Disney ‘s streaming service Disney+ and a big European broadcaster is with… RAI in Italy. The agreement, unveiled on Tuesday, follows a Friday deal with RTVE in Spain that marked the first time…

indianexpress.com - Harikishan Sharma - Centre appoints Chanchal Kumar as Information and Broadcasting Secretary
Centre appoints Chanchal Kumar as Information and Broadcasting Secretary
The Indian Express

4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre appointed Chanchal Kumar, a 1992-batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, as the new Information and Broadcasting Secretary. The incumbent, Sanjay Jaju, was…

thewrap.com - Lucas Manfredi - Disney+ Strikes Programming Deal With Italy's Rai in Latest European Public Broadcaster Partnership
Disney+ Strikes Programming Deal With Italy's Rai in Latest European Public Broadcaster Partnership
TheWrap

Disney+ is continuing to bolster its international content lineup through a new partnership with Italy's Rai. The deal will see the Francesca Fagnani-hosted talk show “Belve,” as well as the Paola Perego and Gabriele Vagnato-hosted…

makeuseof.com - Gavin Phillips - Your phone's Bluetooth is broadcasting more than you think - here's how to limit it
Your phone's Bluetooth is broadcasting more than you think - here's how to limit it
MakeUseOf

I treat Bluetooth like a light switch. I turn it off when I don't need it, and assume it's gone. Turns out, we're wrong. When you're not actively connected to anything, your phone is still talking, constantly, to anyone nearby set up to listen.

awfulannouncing.com - Drew Lerner - Fox, Sinclair submit comment to FCC advocating protections for sports on broadcast TV
Fox, Sinclair submit comment to FCC advocating protections for sports on broadcast TV
Awful Announcing

A couple of major broadcast station owners have submitted formal comment urging the FCC to protect live sports on over-the-air TV. Fox and Sinclair, both of which own a significant number of major broadcast stations across the country, have…

indianexpress.com - PTI - British broadcast engineer working for IPL matches found dead in Mumbai hotel
British broadcast engineer working for IPL matches found dead in Mumbai hotel
The Indian Express

1 min read Mumbai Make us preferred source on Google A 76-year-old British broadcast engineer, working with the BCCI for the IPL 2026 matches, died after he was found unconscious in his room at a hotel in south Mumbai, police said on Tuesday. Jan…

dailyrecord.co.uk - Lucy Farrell - Scott Mills tense BBC Breakfast show moment as sacked broadcaster snubbed
Scott Mills tense BBC Breakfast show moment as sacked broadcaster snubbed
Daily Record

Scott Mills' sudden departure from his Radio 2 show left fans and colleagues in shock this week, as the longstanding broadcaster was let go by the BBC over a complaint regarding 'personal conduct'. However, the latest episode of the corporation's…

talksport.com - Oliver Browning - Cris Collinsworth lands new job after $100m sale of NBC broadcaster's business
Cris Collinsworth lands new job after $100m sale of NBC broadcaster's business
talkSPORT

Cris Collinsworth has landed a new role following the $100 million acquisition of Pro Football Focus' data platform. The entire PFF enterprise business, which includes analytics used across the NFL and college football, has been purchased by…

rnz.co.nz - Broadcaster Joanna Paul-Robie in 'the long middle' with cancer
Broadcaster Joanna Paul-Robie in 'the long middle' with cancer
RNZ News

When a young hospital registrar turned “putty grey”, broadcaster Joanna Paul-Robie knew she was about to get some bad news. Paul-Robie had gone into hospital to get checked out for what she suspected were kidney stones, only to get…

nytimes.com - Austin Green - USMNT vs Portugal live updates: World Cup 2026 warm-up team news, predictions and more
USMNT vs Portugal live updates: World Cup 2026 warm-up team news, predictions and more
The New York Times

The United States men's national team wraps up the March international window with a marquee friendly against Portugal as the 2026 World Cup draws near. The visiting Portugal side is without Cristiano Ronaldo but still boasts elite attacking…

nytimes.com - Molly Keshin - College softball power rankings: Nebraska trending up, Tennessee's offense struggles
College softball power rankings: Nebraska trending up, Tennessee's offense struggles
The New York Times

Well, college softball fans and newbies, this is the weekend we've all been waiting for and knew would happen — one of dramatic movement after shocking upsets and big-time matchups. As the season continues and the postseason push starts to…

standard.co.uk - Carla Feric - Jack Whitehall named as latest Saturday Night Live UK host
Jack Whitehall named as latest Saturday Night Live UK host
Evening Standard

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Jack Whitehall has been named as the latest…

variety.com - Karla Cote - The Simpsons' Bring the MLB to Springfield in Latest Lids Collaboration
The Simpsons' Bring the MLB to Springfield in Latest Lids Collaboration
Variety

The 2026 MLB season kicked off last week, and Lids is celebrating in Springfield through “ The Simpsons ” x MLB x New Era collection. Launching exclusively at Lids today, the collection features five headwear capsules: a 59FIFTY New…

dailymail.co.uk - Kinta Walsh-cotton - ABC employee allegedly booted from Sydney pub for 'post-strike antics
ABC employee allegedly booted from Sydney pub for 'post-strike antics
Mail Online

Have YOU got a story? Email An ABC employee has been accused of participating in some 'post-strike antics' which saw him get kicked out of The Lansdowne Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. More than 2,000 workers walked off the job this week in a rare…

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