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FCC Chairman Wants to Repeal a Key Rule That Would Fundamentally Change Broadcast News
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr wants to repeal a rule that has prevented a select handful of broadcasters from taking full control of the media landscape. Back in 2004, Congress instructed the FCC to enact a national…
Texas Rangers fans freak out over bizarre new broadcast feature
The Texas Rangers are the latest sports franchise to change their streaming partner, with a move from Victory+ to the streaming platform BZZR effective immediately for the second half of the Major League Baseball season. But the change comes with a…
Knesset passes into law sweeping media reform on Israel's broadcasting sector
The Knesset plenum passed into law on Thursday the contentious bill led by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, which is set to enact sweeping reforms to Israel's broadcasting sector. The bill passed in its final second and third readings with 53…
Europe is cracking down on 'sexualised' broadcasting in women's athletics. Australia must catch up
European Athletics has partnered with the European Broadcasting Union – the world's leading alliance of public service media – to launch a landmark publication that seeks to prevent women athletes from being sexualised. The guidelines…
ABC, NBC Decline to Broadcast Trump's Address, Shift Live Coverage to Streaming News Platforms
ABC News and NBC News both announced Thursday that they will carry President Donald Trump's 9 p.m. ET speech live on their respective streaming news services while limiting broadcast network coverage, underscoring how the television news industry's…
Knesset passes broadcasting reform
Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi's reform of the media market passed second and third readings in the Knesset this evening. The bill was passed by a majority of 53 to 48. In the aftermath of the vote, a series of petitions were immediately…
Atlanta Hawks New Broadcast Plan For The 2026-2027 Season Is A Huge Win For Fans
The Atlanta Hawks had been broadcasting their games on Fanduel Sports Network, but with Man Street Sports Groups (which owned Fanduel Sports Network) shutting down its NBA and NHL operations, where the Hawks were going to have their games broadcast…
ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro says network is interested in NBA local broadcast hub
One day after a report surfaced naming YouTube as the front-runner to land a future NBA local broadcast hub planned to launch prior to the 2027-28 season, ESPN is making sure its intentions are known as well. At an event hosted by CNBC and…
Atlanta Hawks reach over-the-air deal with Gray Media for local broadcasts
The Atlanta Hawks are going over-the-air. According to a report by Tom Friend in Sports Business Journal, the Hawks have formalized a local broadcast deal with Gray Media that will see the team's games air on WANF-Channel 46 in Atlanta, and on the…
Newsom, Bonta blast FCC plan to lift TV broadcast ownership cap
(FOX40.COM) — After the Federal Communications Commission announced plans to scrap a longstanding rule regulating TV broadcast ownership, top California Democrats are pushing back. Currently, television broadcasters are not allowed to own…
Futures Tumble As Latest Chinese 'DeepSeek Moment' Sparks Chip Meltdown
A surprise breakthrough from Chinese AI startup Moonshot (which is now at the top of the Frontend code benchmark on Arena) rumbled through global markets, sending chip stocks reeling, as queasiness returned about the industry's unprecedented…
Netflix Earnings: Future Ad Growth Hinging On Live Sports
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Jordan Walker #18 of the St. Louis Cardinals competes in the finals of the 2026 Home Run Derby at Citizens Bank Park on July 13, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Amid the…
Corus cuts 43 TV jobs, expanding news deserts in Western Canada
TORONTO, July 16, 2026 /CNW/ -- Unifor is condemning the latest round of layoffs at Corus Entertainment, saying the dozens of job cuts are the latest sign of a broadcasting sector under mounting pressure from media consolidation, delayed government…
How FIFA built a $10bn World Cup: 'A global mega-event with no parallel'
FIFA struck a triumphant tone in its financial reports for 2022… and with good reason. Just short of $5.8billion (£4.3bn at the current rate) of revenues had been collected in a year that concluded with a winter World Cup in Qatar.
US President Donald Trump drops part of BBC lawsuit in latest legal filings
Trump has dropped part of his lawsuit against the BBC Donald Trump has dumped a portion of his lawsuit against the BBC, as per new legal filings seen on Thursday. The US President has dismissed defamation claims he made against BBC Studios…
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