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Sky and TNT Sports to broadcast player-ref audio during Premier League games
The Premier League will this season allow conversations between players and referees to be heard during live broadcasts for the first time. Fans will be able to hear audio via the Premier League's domestic TV rights holders, Sky Sports and TNT…
Premier League referee audio to be broadcast live for first time this season
In-game exchanges between Premier League referees and players will be broadcast live for the first time this season. The move represents the latest effort to increase transparency in officiating, pushed by Howard Webb, chief refereeing officer for…
Reporter calls for more men, diversity in WNBA broadcasts: 'Feels like a girls' club'
Longtime NBA reporter Ric Bucher wants more men on WNBA broadcasts. On his podcast this week, Bucher criticized networks like ESPN and NBC for using all-female panels during their WNBA coverage. 'Why are all the color analysts and studio hosts…
Premier League player and referee chats to be heard on live broadcasts
Audio of on-field conversations between Premier League referees and players will be heard during live broadcasts for the first time this season. Howard Webb, chief refereeing officer for Pro Ref, has pushed for greater transparency on…
Fox Sports will broadcast 35 women's volleyball matches, including 8 on Fox
As women's college volleyball continues to see an increase in popularity on television, Fox Sports announced Monday that it will air 35 matches, including eight on Fox, this season. The eight matches marks the most on a broadcast network in a…
Mali jails junta-critic broadcaster, influencer for seven years
The sentences are the latest issued to Malians critical of the unstable west African country's military government, which came to power following back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021. Television and radio commentator Mohamed Youssouf Bathily --…
Rosa Simkin: 2026 MCC Female Young Broadcaster of the Year winner joins Sky Sports for The Hundred final at Lord's
The MCC Female Young Broadcaster of the Year for 2026, Rosa Simkin, received the ultimate competition prize when joining Sky Sports' live coverage of The Hundred final at Lord's on Sunday. During the innings break of both the women's and men's…
PTZOptics To Unveil Rise 4K Broadcast PTZ Camera At IBC 2026
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. —PTZOptics will make the public debut of its Rise 4K broadcast pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) camera during IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center. Rise combines cinematic 4K imaging, professional broadcast…
Ric Bucher asks why WNBA national broadcasts don't feature more men: 'All of it feels like a girls' club
Longtime NBA analyst Ric Bucher used his latest On The Ball with Ric Bucher podcast to go in on women's basketball and the WNBA. Bucher called out the disingenuous hysteria around transgender athletes in women's sports, claimed NBA owners' lack of…
What are the networks afraid of?': Analyst asks why WNBA doesn't have more male broadcasters
We've had no shortage of takes recently about what is wrong with the WNBA, but longtime NBA journalist Ric Bucher's complaint is an original one. During the latest episode of his podcast, Bucher discussed a number of WNBA-related topics, including…
How The Audiobook And Podcast Overlap Can Morph The Audio Industry
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 03: (L-R) Yomi Adegoke, Min Jin Lee, and Jennette McCurdy attend The Future of Audiobooks Event with Spotify 2023 on October 03, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Spotify) According to a…
Dan Lanning Offers Insight to How Oregon's Players Are Leading Each Other
When it comes to Oregon Ducks football's Saturday scrimmage, the observations of what leaders bring to a team filled with veterans and newcomers alike can be described in several ways. For coach Dan Lanning, the tune of his 2026 team and the…
What will TV look like in three years? Media insiders share their predictions
CNBC asked media executives, including Jimmy Pitaro, Chris Winfrey, Anjali Sud and Jeff Zucker, for their predictions about what the TV market will look like in three years. These insiders weighed in on government regulation, sports ratings and…
LIV Golf Team Championship set for Indianapolis as Michigan tournament is canceled amid league's murky future
The LIV Golf Team Championship, originally scheduled to take place in Michigan at the end of August, has officially been canceled and moved to Indianapolis. The news not only comes after weeks of speculation about whether the season finale would…
Baller League loses live coverage contract with Sky Sports for next season
Sky Sports is dropping its live coverage of next season's Baller League, the celebrity six-a-side competition backed by influencer KSI, actor Idris Elba and former players including Ian Wright and Alan Shearer. KSI's Prime FC won last season's…
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