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ISD Director John Tse visits Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to boost long-term collab
John Tse Chun-chung, Director of Information Services, visited the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Kuala Lumpur to boost long-term cooperation and extended invitations for the ABU to host large-scale events and media workshops in Hong…
WIP not replacing Devan Kaney for Eagles broadcasts
WIP's Philadelphia Eagles broadcasts will go into the 2026 NFL season without anyone specifically assigned to work the sidelines. Merrill Reese and Mike Quick, entering their 29th season calling games together, will lean on other WIP personalities…
Charlotte Hornets Announces New Broadcast Home for Hornets Basketball
Watching the Charlotte Hornets in the 704 is about to get a whole lot easier. On Wednesday afternoon, the franchise announced a partnership with Cox Media Group that will make every non-nationally televised game the Hornets play this season…
Charlotte Hornets move all local broadcasts to over-the-air TV
The Charlotte Hornets are moving every non-nationally televised game this season onto free, over-the-air television. The team and Cox Media Group announced Wednesday that WSOC Channel 9 and its sister station TV64 will serve as the exclusive local…
Apple TV reportedly set to make bid on Open Championship broadcast rights
Apple TV is apparently poised to potentially make another big addition to its sports broadcasting portfolio. According to a report by Matt Hughes at The Guardian, Apple TV “has had preliminary discussions with the R&A about bidding for The…
LPTV Advocates Petition FCC for Voluntary 5G Broadcasts
Advocates for low power television stations in the U.S. have formally asked the FCC to allow them to voluntarily transmit 5G Broadcast as an alternative to ATSC 1.0 or 3.0. In a petition filed with the commission this week by XGN/X1 Mobile and…
LaLiga connected ball to bring new data to broadcast
Ball will contain sensor that transmits the ball's position and the moment of each contact LaLiga is rolling out a connnected ball across all of its competitions. From the 2026/27 season, LaLiga's balls will contain a sensor that continuously…
JJ Watt Breaks His Silence About Taking Tony Romo's Place On CBS's No. 1 Broadcast Team
NFL on CBS color commentator JJ Watt has officially broken his silence regarding his sudden elevation to the network's top broadcast pairing. It did not happen the way he expected, but it happened. CBS NFL analyst Tony Romo was arrested last week…
Flames broadcasts will stay on the radio, heading to QR 77 starting in 2026-27
Remember roughly a month ago when Sportsnet 960 The Fan, beloved sports radio station, ceased operations? Everybody was pretty bummed about losing a touchstone spot for Calgary Flames fans – and sports fans in general – and were…
What a Paramount Executive's Latest Insider Filing Signals for Long-Term Investors
Andrew Mark Brandon-Gordon, chief strategy officer and COO, reported the disposition of 102,000 shares of Paramount Skydance Corporation (PSKY +1.28%) on August 7, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. MetricValueShares sold101,760Transaction…
The Google Pixel Watch 5's Insulin Resistance Trends is a major smartwatch health breakthrough
No more needles. Until the Google Pixel Watch 5 arrived as part of Google's Made by Google 2026 event, the only way most people could monitor their blood sugar's responses to food and exercise with smart tech was to use a continuous glucose…
Emmerdale and Coronation Street are not airing tonight in latest ITV schedule change
Football is airing on ITV and ITVX tonight (August 12), meaning Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been dropped from the schedule. The long-running soaps are both missing once more from Wednesday's ITV schedule to accommodate a live football…
F-16 intercepts plane over Trump's Patriot Games in latest airspace violation
An F-16 fighter jet was forced to intercept a civilian plane over Geneva, Ohio, as President Donald Trump attended the Patriot Games, the second such incident in a week. North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement its jet had fired…
Phoenix plans string of new TV shows for 2018 - Culture
Phoenix Satellite Television's top anchor Xu Gehui introduces about her hit show Face to Face with Celebrities. [Photo provided to China Daily] Hong Kong broadcaster Phoenix Satellite Television recently launched a summit in Beijing to gather…
Eurovision Song Contest changes rules for countries at war
Organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have updated their rules to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year. The amendment was approved by the contest's…
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