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Nippon BS Broadcasting FY Net Y1.30B Vs Net Y1.35B
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corp. (9414.TO) Japan Year Ended August 31 GROUP 2026 2025 Revenue Y11.92 bln Y11.81 bln Operating Profit Y1.77 bln Y1.93 bln Pretax Profit Y1.87 bln Y1.99 bln Net Profit Y1.30 bln Y1.35 bln Per share Earnings Y72.83 Y75.51…
Disney+ to Stream Super Bowl LXI in Landmark Global Broadcast Deal
Disney+ will livestream Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027 across domestic and select international markets The stream will feature ESPN's main broadcast crew alongside Spanish-language telecasts on ESPN Deportes The announcement follows Disney's…
NFL TV coverage maps for Week 5: Announcer teams, broadcast schedule and more
With Week 4 behind us we are at the unofficial quarter pole of the NFL season as each team has knocked out the first quadrant of its schedule. The byes are also starting in Week 5 as the Kansas City Chiefs and Carolina Panthers are the first two…
Tense scenes as Alan Jones accuser denies deceiving broadcaster to extract more than $100k
A complainant in Alan Jones' sexual assault trial has denied deceiving the former broadcaster throughout his teenage years to extract more than $100,000 in financial support for his family. Tense scenes erupted at Downing Centre Local Court on…
Insider believes ESPN has good shot to remain exclusive CFB broadcaster for 24-team format
ESPN has a strong chance of holding onto the College Football Playoff as its exclusive rights holder, even if the event doubles to 24 teams, according to longtime college football insider Ralph Russo, whose prediction runs counter to the widespread…
BBC and Channel 4 in talks to join operations in latest plan to cut costs
BBC and Channel 4 have held early talks with the government about a tie-up of some operations, according to reports. Talks about the potential shake-up of the public broadcasters have begun and one option under discussion would combine Channel 4's…
Broadcast International Mipcom 2026 Hot Picks: Formats
Including a hotly anticipated game adaptation, a Japanese culinary-dating combo, a gameshow about assumptions and a zombie apocalypse-inspired show Formats from Japan, Germany, the US and the Netherlands make up this year's Hot Picks heading to…
O'Donovan and Bakhurst at odds over RTÉ's funding, so why was the broadcaster left €20m short?
A ROW HAS erupted between RTÉ and the government after the national broadcaster was allocated €20 million less than expected in Budget 2027. Minister for Media Patrick O'Donovan insists RTÉ's funding has not been cut, while…
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets-now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
In July 2010, US Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) predicted the rise of prediction markets and the problems they could cause. If not properly regulated, Lincoln warned during Senate proceedings on the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and…
My latest discovery? You can eat the skin of a kiwifruit - and the benefits are myriad | Adrian Chiles
Every day's a school day, honestly. How on earth did I get to just short of my 60th birthday before finding out that you could eat the skin of kiwifruit? Astounding, just astounding. What a revelation. It's odd, because of all fruit skins, it's…
At Mipcom, TV Producers and Execs Lean Into Practical Solutions as Global Business Wrestles With More Change: 'What We're Seeing Is the Industry Shifting Under Our Feet'
As the international TV business prepares to head to Cannes for Mipcom, the new mantra for producers and executives appears to be pragmatism. The days of bidding wars for exclusive rights are (mostly) gone. There have been cutbacks and cost-cutting…
Community radio looks to the future at CMA Festival
Community broadcasters have been exploring how AI, podcasting and new approaches to funding could help stations adapt to changing listening habits. The issues were discussed at the Community Media Association's annual festival, held at Bauer Media…
One Nation's AI video is vile and tired - but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn't stop there
One Nation's new AI-generated campaign video is a new low – even for them. The video – reportedly played at the party's Victorian campaign launch over the weekend – is an AI-generated collection of racist tropes, depicting a…
Cheaper to buy everyone new TVs' as regions lose terrestrial channels
Regional audiences in parts of SA and NSW have mixed reactions to hearing that they will lose Network 10 channels. An expert says advertisers are spending online instead of on broadcast TV, creating an uncertain future. The channels are expected to…
DAZN to target national media rights deals in U.S. market, exec says
Just as sports streaming platform DAZN prepares to make its biggest splash in the U.S. market yet by partnering with 10 NBA teams for local in-market streaming deals this season, the company's chief executive says its sights are set on national…
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