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theguardian.com - Micha Frazer-Carroll - Boom time for anti-racist TV: how an £84 bottle of wine triggered an explosion in British broadcasting
Boom time for anti-racist TV: how an £84 bottle of wine triggered an explosion in British broadcasting
The Guardian

One afternoon in 1984, Farrukh Dhondy went for lunch, not realising he was about to become part of British television history. The Indian-born writer was working for Channel 4 at the time on breakout multi-ethnic shows such as No Problem!, a sitcom…

thesun.co.uk - Danny Rust - Eni Aluko appears to QUIT broadcasting work as she slams 'toxic' British TV
Eni Aluko appears to QUIT broadcasting work as she slams 'toxic' British TV
The Sun

ENI ALUKO has sensationally suggested that she is QUITTING British TV broadcasting – just 24 hours after a blazing row on talkSPORT. The former Lionesses striker, 38, is not interested in making a punditry return after backlash. Your info…

awfulannouncing.com - Sam Neumann - Netflix reportedly pursuing Barry Bonds, CC Sabathia for Opening Day broadcast
Netflix reportedly pursuing Barry Bonds, CC Sabathia for Opening Day broadcast
Awful Announcing

Netflix wants Barry Bonds in the booth when the Giants and Yankees open the 2026 season at Oracle Park on March 25. The streaming giant is pursuing Bonds for both pregame and postgame coverage of its first baseball broadcast, according to The…

gameranx.com - Ryan Parreno - Silent Hill Transmission For Silent Hill Townfall Makes A Surprise Broadcast Tomorrow
Silent Hill Transmission For Silent Hill Townfall Makes A Surprise Broadcast Tomorrow
Gameranx

Konami has revealed their next Silent Hill Transmission. They made this announcement on Twitter: We are excited to reveal the latest updates from the SILENT HILL series in a new SILENT HILL Transmission on February 12 at 4:00 PM PT. We'll share the…

sportingnews.com - Jake Mozarsky - How drones are transforming Olympics broadcast coverage and why fans are giving rave reviews | Sporting News
How drones are transforming Olympics broadcast coverage and why fans are giving rave reviews | Sporting News
The Sporting News

From the icy chutes of the bobsled track to the steep descents of the Alpine slopes, the 2026 Winter Olympics have been defined by a constant, high-pitched hum as a new generation of first-person-view (FPV) drones replaces static cameras with…

nytimes.com - Hannah Vanbiber - Cardi B's appearance during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance divided prediction markets
Cardi B's appearance during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance divided prediction markets
The New York Times

Wake up, babe, new Schrödinger's cat just dropped: Cardi B exists in a simultaneous state of both performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show and not performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show … until observed settled by prediction…

belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Man who demanded to speak to Stephen Nolan at BBC offices while carrying hammer is 'fixated' with broadcaster, court told
Man who demanded to speak to Stephen Nolan at BBC offices while carrying hammer is 'fixated' with broadcaster, court told
Belfast Telegraph

NI songwriter Phil Coulter discusses the challenge of writing the sporting anthem and its legacy despite criticism A repeat offender has been jailed again for repeating his 'sickening behaviour' of masturbating in front of women on trains, police…

cnbc.com - Lillian Rizzo - Scripps launches cost cutting, AI integration in latest effort to generate earnings growth
Scripps launches cost cutting, AI integration in latest effort to generate earnings growth
CNBC

E.W. Scripps plans to announce Wednesday that it's targeting growth of between $125 million and $150 million in annual enterprise EBITDA by 2028. Scripps will go through a number of cost savings and revenue growth measures that lean on technology…

forem.com - Jason Jacob - Beyond the Motorcycle: Why IP-Based Sports Broadcasting Technology From India's Cycling Tour Might Actually Matter
Beyond the Motorcycle: Why IP-Based Sports Broadcasting Technology From India's Cycling Tour Might Actually Matter
Forem

A technical analysis of cellular bonding, LEO satellite transmission, and mobile broadcast infrastructure for remote sports production I've spent fifteen years working with broadcast technology across four continents, watching promises crash…

theguardian.com - Suzanne Wrack - Eni Aluko damages her legacy with her latest attack on Ian Wright
Eni Aluko damages her legacy with her latest attack on Ian Wright
The Guardian

Is this what Eni Aluko envisioned? Did she think reigniting the somewhat one-sided row between herself and fellow pundit Ian Wright would resurrect her broadcasting career or make Wright reflect differently on the incident that she triggered 10…

theguardian.com - Aaron Bower - Super League returns and, 30 years on, it's going back to the future
Super League returns and, 30 years on, it's going back to the future
The Guardian

Thirty years on from Super League's debut night in Paris, British rugby league's premier competition returns on Thursday evening with a bang – and if you look closely enough, there are more themes tying that inaugural season of summer rugby…

wral.com - Neal K. Shah, WRAL TechWire contributor - Guest column: Super Bowl ads predicts the end of the AI bubble
Guest column: Super Bowl ads predicts the end of the AI bubble
WRAL | News and Weather in Raleigh NC

There's a pattern to American financial manias, and it goes like this: first the venture capitalists pile in, then Wall Street upgrades everything to 'buy,' then the Super Bowl becomes a showcase for the frenzy, and then somebody loses a trillion…

independent.co.uk - Stefanie Dazio - Winter Olympic mascots become the unexpected trend taking over Milan
Winter Olympic mascots become the unexpected trend taking over Milan
The Independent

Fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the charming stoat siblings Milo and Tina, are facing a near-impossible task: finding a plush toy of their beloved characters in the host cities. Less than a week into the Winter Games, many official…

thesun.co.uk - Claudia Lee - Putin's latest bizarre weapon is spinning-cables tank to swat away drones
Putin's latest bizarre weapon is spinning-cables tank to swat away drones
The Sun

VALDIMIR Putin's crumbling war machine has dropped to bizarre new lows – using spinning cables that swat drones out of the sky. Footage broadcast on Russian state television shows an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with four rotating disks…

bbc.co.uk - Chris Mason - Chris Mason: Smiles of a survivor as Starmer attempts his latest reset
Chris Mason: Smiles of a survivor as Starmer attempts his latest reset
BBC

The prime minister wore the smiles of a survivor and his team wore expressions of relief. The Panshanger Community Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, was bedecked with Union flag bunting and plastic chairs. I was there as it was my turn…

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