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Broadcasters and governing bodies make tax plea for TV coverage of women's sport
The chief executives of the Football Association, Rugby Football Union and England and Wales Cricket Board have joined forces with leading broadcasters and YouTube in writing to the chancellor requesting tax credits for production companies to help…
Opinion | ABC vs. Trump and the Broadcasters' Free-Speech Sellout
The First Amendment lawsuit ABC filed against the Federal Communications Commission looks straightforward. The network claims the commission is tying up speakers hostile to the president in red tape. With the licenses of eight ABC-owned TV stations…
Supreme Court sides with Republicans in fight over broadcast ad rates
The Supreme Court on Friday granted Republicans' request to halt a lower court decision that prevented political party committees from receiving more favorable broadcast advertising rates, giving the GOP a win weeks before the November elections.
Nintendo Direct September 2026 dates confirmed for TWO major broadcasts
Nintendo fans are braced for Zelda news at the next Nintendo Direct Fans hoping for news on the upcoming remake of one of the greatest video games of all time are about to get their wish. Nintendo has announced the date for its next major showcase…
AI Is Bringing Broadcasters Back From the Dead - and Creating New Ones
Jim Nantz learned about the power of generative AI from Jim Nantz — or, rather, from a computer-generated version of him in a clip someone sent to him about three years ago. “I still have it in my phone,” says Nantz, CBS' top…
After 3-Year Hiatus, Soul Train Awards Come Home to Chicago, Cast Wider Broadcast Net
The Soul Train Awards are going back to where it all began. After a three-year break, the R&B and soul awards ceremony makes its long-awaited return on November 27, 2026. Like most past ceremonies, the return event will be taped. But this time in…
Emergency broadcast messages resumed, C-DOT CEO says
The emergency cell broadcasting service (CBS) to send alerts to telecom users has “already resumed” for extreme weather events and natural disasters in India, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)'s CEO Rajkumar Upadhyay…
Exposing the wellness racket: Doctor and broadcaster XAND VAN TULLEKEN
Sometime in 2020, I began to realise that, despite having trained as a doctor and worked in health for 20 years, I didn't know anything. It started with the health and wellness podcasts, whose hosts are mostly men, mostly American, all highly…
Syracuse football: give us the alternate broadcasts we want
Over the last week, we've heard about a lot of the changes that are coming to the JMA Dome for gameday and yesterday another feature was announced.. Learfield and Sidearm Sports have partnered with SportsBug to make the technology available for…
Dazn National League row: Club in 'poodles' rant as owner calls for end to broadcast deal
Dazn is facing a major backlash after Boreham Wood FC's owner urged fans to boycott the sports streamer and called on National League bosses to end their media rights deal. Danny Hunter blamed Dazn for schedule changes that he called “a…
FingerWorks and Broadcast Rental unite to boost European sports coverage
The deal will see Broadcast Rental stock and support FingerWorks systems locally, streamlining deployments for live sports productions across the region FingerWorks Telestrators has partnered with Broadcast Rental to expands FingerWorks's rental…
NFL Confronts Prediction-Market Bets Embraced by Other Leagues
The National Football League is holding off on making any alliances with prediction market companies even as many other top leagues and events embrace the new form of sports betting. In the days before the opening kickoff of the new season…
SCOTUS blocks ruling for Cooper, Dems on broadcast advertising rates
The US Supreme Court has issued a stay blocking a lower court order that favored North Carolina's Roy Cooper and three other Democratic candidates in a dispute over broadcast advertising rates. The stay means that political parties and joint…
NFL calls on prediction market apps to ban 'objectionable bets
With a week before the NFL season kicks off, the league is once again asking prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi to 'prohibit offering objectionable bets that threaten the integrity of our games,' according to a letter obtained by ABC…
Climb aboard a 100-foot-long Navy training vessel where future officers learn to steer and navigate ships
Training is held both in the classroom and aboard yard patrol craft during the school year. In the summertime, midshipmen embark on longer trips where they manage every aspect of the journey, from navigation to cooking. While underway, midshipmen…
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