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rabble.ca - Karl Nerenberg - Culture minister Miller should look to history while bolstering Canada's public broadcaster
Culture minister Miller should look to history while bolstering Canada's public broadcaster
rabble.ca

Three quarters of a century ago, in 1950, a young Pierre Berton penned a piece for Maclean's magazine called “Everybody Boos the CBC”. As Marc Miller, the new Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, contemplates how he will…

hotair.com - David Strom - Australian Public Broadcaster Declares Bondi Beach Attack Had Nothing to Do With Religion
Australian Public Broadcaster Declares Bondi Beach Attack Had Nothing to Do With Religion
HotAir

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is, essentially, Australia's BBC—publicly funded government broadcasting with a sheen of independence. And it is, unsurprisingly, undeserving of the prestige it enjoys. Aimed at credulous midwits, it…

semafor.com - Tom Chivers - The Oscars will move ceremony broadcast onto YouTube
The Oscars will move ceremony broadcast onto YouTube
Semafor

The Oscars will air on YouTube from 2029, a sign of the shifting nature of broadcasting. The Academy Awards have been on ABC since 1976: Viewing figures have declined since their early-2010s peak, but the event remains the most prestigious of the…

si.com - J.P. Hoornstra - Blue Jays Manager 'Has Bone to Pick' With Dodgers Broadcaster Joe Davis
Blue Jays Manager 'Has Bone to Pick' With Dodgers Broadcaster Joe Davis
Sports Illustrated

When the Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to win the 2025 World Series, they had their own play-by-play guy — SportsNet LA's Joe Davis — in the television booth. Davis has called each of the last two postseasons as the lead…

golf.com - By: - CBS Golf hires Johnson Wagner, completes broadcast team for 2026
CBS Golf hires Johnson Wagner, completes broadcast team for 2026
GOLF.com

Two years ago, on a blisteringly hot practice range at the U.S. Open, Johnson Wagner arrived. It wasn't that Wagner was a stranger to these parts before arriving in Pinehurst — Wagner had played in two U.S. Opens, in 2004 and 2007, before…

express.co.uk - Julia Hunt - BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty addresses 'awful' attack minutes into live broadcast
BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty addresses 'awful' attack minutes into live broadcast
Express.co.uk

Naga Munchetty addressed the Bondi beach shooting minutes into BBC Breakfast BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty called the Bondi beach shooting an 'awful, awful incident' as she opened the show on Thursday (December 18). Fifteen people were killed in…

awfulannouncing.com - Matt Yoder - CBS Sports adds Johnson Wagner to PGA Tour broadcast team
CBS Sports adds Johnson Wagner to PGA Tour broadcast team
Awful Announcing

With the retirement of Ian Baker-Finch, CBS Sports announced a promotion for Colt Knost from his role as on-course reporter to the television tower to replace him. Now that a spot has opened up in the reporting role, CBS has named a new addition to…

ibtimes.co.uk - Mycah Puno - Oscars Leave Broadcast TV: YouTube to Become Exclusive Home of the Academy Awards from 2029
Oscars Leave Broadcast TV: YouTube to Become Exclusive Home of the Academy Awards from 2029
International Business Times UK

The Academy Awards will undergo one of the most dramatic changes in their 97-year history when the Oscars move from traditional broadcast television to streaming exclusively on YouTube starting in 2029. The decision marks a watershed moment for…

the-sun.com - Etienne Fermie - Netflix announces major Pardon My Take broadcast change for 2026
Netflix announces major Pardon My Take broadcast change for 2026
The US Sun

NETFLIX has secured a deal to become the new home of Pardon My Take. The popular Barstool video podcast is set to move exclusively to the streamer in January. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top…

politico.eu - Giedrė Peseckytė - In Lithuania, a cat could get a say on public broadcaster's future
In Lithuania, a cat could get a say on public broadcaster's future
POLITICO

Critics of the proposed changes argue the reform is tailor-made to unseat the current LRT director-general, Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė. Opposition lawmakers want to slow the process and have filed more than 100 amendments to…

the-sun.com - Mitchell Hall - EESPN announces major Pat McAfee broadcast change with special edition show
EESPN announces major Pat McAfee broadcast change with special edition show
The US Sun

PAT MCAFEE is slated to host a special edition show for the first round of the College Football Playoffs this weekend. The beloved NFL punter-turned-commentator will grace screens on Saturday as the tournament begins. Your info will be used in…

techradar.com - Demi Williams - The Game Awards announces an estimated 171 million global livestreams of the full broadcast, breaking the show's record for its 11th year
The Game Awards announces an estimated 171 million global livestreams of the full broadcast, breaking the show's record for its 11th year
TechRadar

The Game Awards 2025 set a new viewership record, achieving 171 million global livestreams of the full broadcast The broadcast was watched globally across YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live, and more This is an 11% increase from 2024's…

tvtechnology.com - George Winslow - NAB Launches Effort to Keep Live Sports on Broadcast Channels
NAB Launches Effort to Keep Live Sports on Broadcast Channels
TV Tech

WASHINGTON —As more sports and live event programming move to streaming, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is launching an effort to ensure the continued availability of live sports on free, local television. In launching the…

radiotoday.co.uk - Roy Martin - Welsh broadcasting devolution options put under review
Welsh broadcasting devolution options put under review
RadioToday

New research will examine how broadcasting powers in Wales could change under a range of devolution models. Academics at Aberystwyth University have been commissioned by the Welsh Government to investigate options for devolving responsibility for…

wxii12.com - Adrianna Hargrove - It's about God, it's about my purpose': Truth Broadcasting in Winston-Salem holds annual Christmas toy drive
It's about God, it's about my purpose': Truth Broadcasting in Winston-Salem holds annual Christmas toy drive
WXII

'It's about God, it's about my purpose': Truth Broadcasting in Winston-Salem holds annual Christmas toy drive A radio station in the Triad is helping children have a Merry Christmas. BROADCASTING HAS BEEN DOING FOR 25 YEARS IN A ROW. AND ALL THESE…

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