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...“There’s nothing strategically, from an industry perspective, where I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, these companies come together, it’s now going to be a much better company.’...
...Ofcom said that Fox’s comments about a female political journalist “were degrading and demeaning both to [her] and women generally”, and so broke broadcasting rules designed to protect viewers from offensive...
...Former president of Fox Broadcasting Jamie Kellner has also called for a hearing....
...A $2.7bn lawsuit brought by voting company Smartmatic is still live....
...News UK Broadcasting, the company that sits above the channel, generated revenues of just £5.6mn, albeit this is a sharp rise from the £1.1mn the year prior....
...a lossmaking legacy media arm, according to company insiders....
...allowed under the UK broadcasting code....
...GB News has broken broadcasting rules three times since it launched in June 2021....
...Fox, also the leader of the Reclaim party, was axed from the channel after making the remarks, which were heavily criticised....
...GB News revealed a pre-tax loss of £42.4mn in its 2022/23 accounts published at Companies House on Tuesday, a sharp increase in losses from £30.8mn the year before....
...Diamond will publish its targeted valuation as a reorganised company in the coming weeks....
...On Thursday, Ofcom said that it had received 7,300 complaints about the programme, which aired on Tuesday and has sparked an investigation under the Broadcasting Code....
...How could a network, therefore, be “knowingly broadcasting” them before they have been uttered?...
...Warner recently announced that it would launch a sport streaming service alongside Disney’s ESPN and Fox, a plan that the companies hope will help capture fans who are no longer subscribing to linear TV...
...US networks Fox and NBCUniversal reported that advertising revenue was falling, while publishers such as News Corp, The New York Times and the UK’s Reach have posted declines....
...GB News has pushed the boundaries of the UK’s broadcasting code, paying serving MPs to present current affairs shows and featuring controversial commentators....
...The 92-year-old Australian press baron turned global media mogul has torn through the worlds of newspapers, broadcasting and cable networks during the past few decades, ripping up tradition and skewering...
...At the least, broadcasting empowered him to become, as he puts it, “very, very promiscuous”. Although hands are dutifully being wrung, Mahon is right....
...company’s plan....
...Hulu, home to shows such as Only Murders in the Building and The Bear, has been in limbo since 2019, when Disney lifted its stake to 67 per cent through its blockbuster acquisition of 21st Century Fox....
...That decision weighed on Fox’s earnings, pushing the company to a $50mn net loss in the first three months of the year....
...In addition, the company gave shares to Laurence Fox, the actor and leader of the Reclaim party who was axed from the channel after making sexist comments about a political correspondent....
...Disney and Comcast have been in an uneasy relationship over Hulu since 2019, when Iger’s company gained a 66 per cent stake in the streaming service through its acquisition of 21st Century Fox....
...The company added it would “prove Fox spread lies causing enormous damage to Dominion” over the next six weeks....
...Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has agreed to pay $787.5mn to settle a landmark defamation case in which it was accused by voting machine maker Dominion of broadcasting false accusations of US election fraud....
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