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...“Technology has revolutionised the way people enjoy TV and radio,” said culture secretary Lucy Frazer....
...From 2023, all live fixtures will air on a dedicated MLS streaming service available on the Apple TV app....
...Apple and Major League Soccer have agreed to a broadcasting rights package worth $2.5bn over 10 years, according to people familiar with the matter, a big investment in live sports by the tech group that...
...The Tokyo Olympics in July drew the lowest-ever audience since NBC began broadcasting the games in 1988. The Oscars, broadcast in April, also drew a record low audience, as did last year’s Emmys....
...Silver Lake, which is seeking a 15 per cent stake in a new entity that would hold NZ Rugby’s $2bn broadcasting, sponsorship and ticketing rights, has been among the quickest to pounce....
...Viewers who receive their signal via Dish Network have already lost access to more than a dozen stations that were formerly owned by Northwest Broadcasting, after the expiry of a key contract prompted the...
...From DIY centres to TV broadcasters and blue-chip tech giants to robot makers, crematoriums and producers of fire hoses, companies are being forced to publicly engage with activists at a frequency and intensity...
...The maker of TV streaming technology also lifted its guidance for the year, as it capitalises on the shift of eyeballs and ad dollars from traditional broadcasting to online videos....
...Once there were movie theaters, cable TV, broadcast TV, and DVD rentals. Content marched through these forums in a sequential, predictable way....
...Content licensing and distribution revenue fell 22 per cent to $860m, mostly due to the timing of domestic TV licensing sales....
...The chief executive of streaming service Hulu, Mike Hopkins, is leaving to run Sony Pictures TV....
...Live sports and news broadcasting will be key to Hulu’s differentiation from its main rival Netflix....
...The sale of Turner Broadcasting and its crown jewel CNN, which President Donald Trump has fiercely criticised as a broadcaster of “fake news”, is one of two potential options put forward by the US antitrust...
...Sinclair has a history of broadcasting conservative commentary and once blocked a broadcast of ABC’s Nightline news show that featured the names of soldiers killed in Iraq....
...Stations worry about digital entrants, such as Sling TV, and insist that “obsolete” rules had to be revised for the modern world. Like bad late night shows, some plots are entirely predictable....
...Fox’s interest in Tribune comes as it awaits regulatory clearance for its £11.7bn bid for the shares it does not already own in Sky, the European pay-TV group....
...By last year, broadcasting revenues accounted for up to 35 per cent of F1’s annual revenues of more than $1.8bn....
...Fees to carry their channels in pay-TV packages make up a significant proportion of media owners’ revenues, and they also make millions of dollars in advertising sales from traditional television broadcasting...
...The Met Office confirmed a year ago that the BBC had not shortlisted it for a new contract — ending an exclusive relationship dating from the beginning of public broadcasting in 1922....
...Earlier this year the league signed new deals with CBS and NBC to broadcast Thursday night games on TV, with each network paying $225m for five games....
...The newfronts are the online video world’s answer to TV’s “upfronts”, when big network owners sell the majority of their commercial inventory ahead of their new broadcasting season....
...Nexstar Broadcasting agreed last month to buy Media General for $4.6bn in a deal that will extend its reach to 171 stations in 100 markets, covering 39 per cent of US TV households....
...“The way people watch TV is changing, and customers need an easier way to subscribe to and enjoy multiple streaming subscriptions,” said Michael Paull, Amazon’s vice-president of digital video....
...Broadcasting revenue rose 31.3 per cent to £37.3m, and will rise even further in the coming years after the Premier League agreed a bumper new deal to sell TV rights....
...Its new app just announced for Apple TV has an interface that at least matches Apple’s own menus for content....
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