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forbes.com - Erik Matuszewski - AI Golf Commentator To Make Broadcast Debut At New Mexico Open
AI Golf Commentator To Make Broadcast Debut At New Mexico Open
Forbes

Duff Foreman, an autonomous, conversational AI broadcast personality created by Gopher Hole Productions, will appear as part of the broadcast team for golf's New Mexico Open in September. From Ty Webb and Roy McAvoy to Happy Gilmore and Will…

chron.com - Michael Shapiro - Texas Rangers fans freak out over bizarre new broadcast feature
Texas Rangers fans freak out over bizarre new broadcast feature
Chron

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…

cyclingnews.com - Patrick Fletcher - How to watch Tour de France Stage 14: All the broadcasters and live streams for a potential yellow jersey battle
How to watch Tour de France Stage 14: All the broadcasters and live streams for a potential yellow jersey battle
Cyclingnews

Watch stage 14 of the 2026 Tour de France as three category one climbs headline the stage from Mulhouse to Le Markstein Fellering. Tour de France: Stage 14 Streaming Details ► Date: Saturday 18 July ► UK: TNT Sports/HBO Max ►…

theconversation.com - Rachael Jefferson - Europe is cracking down on 'sexualised' broadcasting in women's athletics. Australia must catch up
Europe is cracking down on 'sexualised' broadcasting in women's athletics. Australia must catch up
The Conversation

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…

thewrap.com - A.J. Katz - ABC, NBC Decline to Broadcast Trump's Address, Shift Live Coverage to Streaming News Platforms
ABC, NBC Decline to Broadcast Trump's Address, Shift Live Coverage to Streaming News Platforms
TheWrap

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…

si.com - Jackson Caudell - Atlanta Hawks New Broadcast Plan For The 2026-2027 Season Is A Huge Win For Fans
Atlanta Hawks New Broadcast Plan For The 2026-2027 Season Is A Huge Win For Fans
Sports Illustrated

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…

awfulannouncing.com - Drew Lerner - ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro says network is interested in NBA local broadcast hub
ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro says network is interested in NBA local broadcast hub
Awful Announcing

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…

iol.co.za - Partnered Content - eMedia launches Openview Stream, Africa's first independent FAST streaming platform
eMedia launches Openview Stream, Africa's first independent FAST streaming platform
IOL

eMedia, one of Africa's leading entertainment businesses, announced the launch of Openview Stream, Africa's first independent Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platform. As an eMedia platform, Openview Stream extends the group's…

observer.com - Louise Beltrame-Bawden - The World Cup Is Proving the Business Value of A.I. Prediction Models
The World Cup Is Proving the Business Value of A.I. Prediction Models
Observer

Before a ball was kicked, the Opta supercomputer had already played the tournament 25,000 times. Its verdict: Spain were the most likely winners, winning 16.1 percent of the simulations, followed closely by semifinalists France, England and…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Futures Tumble As Latest Chinese 'DeepSeek Moment' Sparks Chip Meltdown
Futures Tumble As Latest Chinese 'DeepSeek Moment' Sparks Chip Meltdown
Zero Hedge

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…

forbes.com - John Cassillo - Netflix Earnings: Future Ad Growth Hinging On Live Sports
Netflix Earnings: Future Ad Growth Hinging On Live Sports
Forbes

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…

nytimes.com - Melanie Anzidei - The World Cup halftime show will be the first ever. Here's what you need to know.
The World Cup halftime show will be the first ever. Here's what you need to know.
The New York Times

The World Cup final between Spain and Argentina on Sunday promises to be a spectacle on and off the pitch. A closing ceremony will start 90 minutes before kickoff, headlined by Post Malone, and there will be a first ever World Cup halftime show, as…

newswire.ca - Unifor - Corus cuts 43 TV jobs, expanding news deserts in Western Canada
Corus cuts 43 TV jobs, expanding news deserts in Western Canada
CNW

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…

nytimes.com - Philip Buckingham - How FIFA built a $10bn World Cup: 'A global mega-event with no parallel'
How FIFA built a $10bn World Cup: 'A global mega-event with no parallel'
The New York Times

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.

express.co.uk - Rachel Vickers-Price - US President Donald Trump drops part of BBC lawsuit in latest legal filings
US President Donald Trump drops part of BBC lawsuit in latest legal filings
Daily Express

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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