DirecTV Expands Access To Include LG SMART TVs
DirecTV and LG Electronics today launched the DirecTV app on LG Smart TVs from 2021 and newer, running on webOS 6.0 or higher. The DirecTV app “brings choice and control …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:44 AM
Landman Renewed For Season 3 At Paramount+
Amid solid ratings, Landman will be back for another round. Paramount+ has renewed Taylor Sheridans hit oil drama series for a third season.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:19 AM
Tracker Stays On Top In Early Long-Tail Ratings For Fall 2025
The top network shows are largely stable, with newcomers Boston Blue and Sheriff Country putting up strong numbers to start.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:59 AM
PubMatic & BrightLine Partner To Turn Interactive CTV Into Measurable Performance
As advertisers are expected to spend nearly $33 billion on connected TV advertising by the end of 2025 (eMarketer), a key question remains: how to connect interactive ad experiences to …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:16 AM
The New York Times draws a line on Pentagon press limits
The New York Times did something Thursday we havent seen enough of as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to strip away press freedoms. They took the fight to […]
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Netflix Isnt Buying All Of WBD So Gunnar Wiedenfels Will Get To Run His Cable Networks Empire, Afte
Wiedenfels, his current boss David Zaslav and WBDs Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell just concluded a leadership call with around 150 top employees where some of the potential financial details and structure of the new company were discussed.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:09 AM
Netflixs WB Takeover Will Reshape The Business, End The Streaming Wars & Likely Bring Another Cultu
With the Warner Bros. acquisition, Netflix will effectively win the streaming wars by owning the No. 1 and No. 3 SVOD platforms to challenge YouTubes ascent. It will also likely win the Emmy race as the two longtime main rivals, Netflix and HBO/HBO Max, would combine forces for a practically guaranteed landslide victory. Additionally, the transaction may bring closer Netflixs first Best Picture Oscar win.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:07 AM
Macky Beheshti Joins Advanced Systems Group As Director Of Enterprise Storage & Systems
Advanced Systems Group, a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, has named Macky Beheshti director of enterprise storage and systems. An enterprise technology leader with almost 30 years …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:45 AM
Dow Adds 104, Nasdaq Gains 73, S&P 500 Rises 13
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its all-time high on Friday. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and finished just 0.3% shy of its record …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:02 AM
Gracenote Launches New CTV Ad Platform
Gracenote Content Connect allows users to align ad campaigns and programming with rich content metadata.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:15 AM
CNN, Unwanted By Netflix, Is Excluded From A Sale, For Now
The prospect of Paramount buying Warner Bros. Discovery had led CNN journalists to wonder if the channel might be combined with CBS News. Instead, CNN will remain in a separate corporate entity.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:05 AM
Is Netflix Trying To Buy Warner Bros. Or Kill It?
The Netflix business strategy isnt simply about being the most successful streaming company. Its about changing the way people watch movies; its about replacing what we used to call moviegoing with streaming.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:10 AM
Donald Trump Lashes Out At Paramount Owners In Rant About Marjorie Taylor Greenes Appearance On 60
Donald Trump said that the Ellison-owned Paramount is “no better than the old ownership,” as he blasted the company over a 60 Minutes interview with new nemesis Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:47 AM
How TNT Sports Fits Into The Netflix-WBD Deal
There are still plenty of sports-related ripple effects in Netflixs landmark agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:54 AM
Meteorologist Rachel Briers Leaves KTRK Houston
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:01 AM
Help us save the digital archives of local newsrooms
A clear tub of five years of newspaper clippings are basically all I have to show for my first journalism job. All that work was published online, too. But with […]
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Real reporters left the Pentagon. A new partisan crew just took their seats.
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. You might remember that in October, every credentialed […]
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Why the Battle For Warner Bros. Discovery May Not Be Over Yet
Netflix struck a deal to buy one of Hollywoods most storied studios. But a scorned rival, and the Trump administration, may put up a fight. ( Chris Pizzello/AP )
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:20 AM
Metrics, Markets & Merger Scrutiny: A Netflix-WBD Combination
This mornings announced merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery would create a global media company of unprecedented scale. The deal will almost certainly attract scrutiny from antitrust regulators — most likely the Justice Department Antitrust Division, rather than the FTC. Given the demonstrated price sensitivity of streaming subscribers, the continued competition from ad-supported services and other entertainment options, and the potential for efficiency gains, the economic case fo...
TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:16 AM
Ted Sarandos Met With Donald Trump Ahead Of Netflixs Winning Warner Bros. Deal
As the streaming giant aims to acquire the legacy studio, multiple insiders say that a recent conversation between its CEO and the president may have helped pave the way.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:58 AM
Poynter, IRE and Internet Archive launch Todays News for Tomorrow, a project to help newsrooms pr
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2025) — The Poynter Institute partners with Internet Archive and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) to bring preservation and web archive training to 300 news […]
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Top Democrat files complaint over “60 Minutes” interview with President Trump
Did CBS News and “60 Minutes” edit an interview with President Donald Trump to keep Trump from looking bad? Is Trump throwing his weight around when it comes to CBS […]
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What 20 years with local reporters taught us about impact in international journalism
Three years ago, Global Press reporter Linda Mujuru stood knee-deep in the Odzi River in eastern Zimbabwe, surrounded by gold miners. The miners sold the gold they found to middlemen, […]
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Fox Business Network Announces Expanded Role For Brian Brenberg
Fox Business Networks Brian Brenberg, has been tapped to co-host The Bottom Line (weekdays, 6-7 p.m. ET) alongside Dagen McDowell starting Monday, Dec. 8. In this newly expanded role, Brenberg will continue as …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:21 AM
NATAS Celebrates 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Award Honorees
NASA+ earned a “Excellence in Production Technology” Emmy; Dr. Tom Leighton of Akamai Technologies received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony. ( NATAS )
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:00 AM
Platonic Nabs Season 3 At Apple TV
The Seth Rogen-Rose Byrne comedy about a platonic pair of former best friends reconnecting will continue.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:12 AM
As Pay TV Collapses, Sports Streaming Wars Kick Off
Major leagues shut the lights off on TV-only deals, but a platform battle is emerging as media giants aim to get the biggest bang for the billions they've spent on rights deals.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:58 AM
Ad Spend To Grow More Than Expected In 2025 As Tariffs Sting Less & AI Gives A Leg Up
A new report from WPP Media says global ad revenue will reach $1.14 trillion this year.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:55 AM
Paramount Was Poised To Buy Warner Bros. Discovery. What Went Wrong?
Tech mogul Larry Ellison made a bold move to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but lost out to Netflix, setting the stage for a legal fight that could shape the future of Hollywood.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:52 AM
IAB Tech Lab Releases Deals API To Standardize Programmatic Deal Sync
IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standards-setting body, announced the release of version 1.0 of a Deals API for public comment. This new specification introduces a standardized method …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:17 AM
If You Cant Become HBO, Buy Em?
The future of HBO and HBO Max under Netflix is a bit unclear — even after Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters fielded numerous questions about it.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:13 AM
A blockbuster sale shakes up media, a high-profile journalist is out, and Trump lashes out again
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Gee whiz, a whole lot happened in the […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, December 8, 2025 10:13:51 AM
As local news disappears, new networks are stepping in to fill the void
This article was originally published by Northwestern Universitys Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. When Michael Shapiro started TAPinto, you couldnt miss him around town. He was president […]
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Nielsen Audience Segments Now Available In Amazon DSP & Amazon Marketing Cloud
Nielsen, a provider of audience measurement, data, and marketing intelligence, says its Audience Segments from Nielsen Marketing Cloud (NMC) are now available across the Amazon Ads marketplace, including the Amazon …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:46 AM
Will new federal student loan caps affect nurses? Graduate students could feel the impact.
Reports that a Trump administration change might make it harder for aspiring nurses to pay for their education sparked outrage online. Some social media users said President Donald Trump had signed […]
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Gray Announces Private Placement Of $250M Of Additional Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2032
Gray Media announced today it entered into purchase agreements with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which Gray agreed to sell to the investors, in a private placement transaction, $250 million …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:48 AM
Tracker Stays On Top In Early Long-Tail Ratings For Fall
The top network shows are largely stable, with newcomers Boston Blue and Sheriff Country putting up strong numbers to start.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:14 AM
Samba TV Adds Up To $60M In Venture Debt
Samba TV has secured up to $60 million in venture debt to scale through acquisitions and new AI-powered measurement tools, CEO Ashwin Navin says.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:44 AM
NextTrips Journy Launches On Apple TV, Roku, iOS, Android
NextTrip Inc., a travel and media company, has launched Journy‘s new apps for Apple iOS, Roku and Android, making Journy’s expanding library of licensed and original travel content accessible across major connected …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:20 AM
David Zaslav Is Having The Last Laugh In Netflix-Warner Deal
Long Hollywoods punching bag, the CEO is shaking up the industry with a blockbuster deal.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:57 AM
Trumps Closure Of Voice Of America Is Coming Back To Bite Him
As the president threatens Venezuela, Russia and China are filling the information vacuum.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:04 AM
The CW Picks Up C4s Taylor Swift Documentary
British broadcaster Channel 4 made a documentary about Taylor Swift earlier this year and it will now air in the U.S.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:08 AM
Cablefax Unveils The Most Powerful Women Of 2025
Meet the women who are redefining leadership across media, broadband, and telecommunications. The 2025 Cablefax Most Powerful Women represent every corner of the industry — advertising, content, communications, operations, finance, and beyond — each driving innovation, impact and meaningful change.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:01 AM
Hollywood Labor Comes Out Swinging Against Warner Bros.-Netflix Deal: “This Merger Must Be Blocked”
The most severe in its criticism was the Writers Guild of America, so far.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:11 AM
Netflix Has A Big Unanswered Question. That May Kill Its Warner Bros. Deal
Netflix believes a combination with Warner Bros. and HBO could create more opportunity in Hollywood and it could widen HBOs somewhat more niche audience, giving it broader appeal and more funds to produce high-end content. But those potential benefits may not be enough to satisfy antitrust regulators.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:50 AM
Trump has no power to undo Bidens autopen pardons
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said former President Joe Biden signed pardons with an autopen, a mechanical device that uses a robotic arm with an attached pen. When Trump installed portraits of […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, December 8, 2025 10:13:51 AM
Golden Globes Nominations Revealed
Nominees for the 83rd Golden Globes have been revealed and there were big wins for Netflix, Neon, Warner Bros, HBO, Apple and Hulu, among others.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:47 AM
Warner Bros. Hidden Appeal To Netflix: AI Supercharger
Training data and meme materials are elements the WB library offers that Netflix badly needs as it prepares to buy the studio.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:10 AM
Fubo Offers Plan Discounts Amid Ongoing Dispute With NBCUniversal
Live TV streaming service Fubo has announced that it's lowering the monthly price by $11 on two of its subscription plans amid a carriage dispute with NBCUniversal that's been ongoing since Nov. 21.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:18 AM
Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Faces Political Pushback Even As Company Touts Benefits
Netflix pitched its $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery's studios and streaming division as aligned with the priorities of President Donald Trump's competition enforcers on Friday, but intense antitrust scrutiny is all but guaranteed amid bipartisan criticism.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:03 AM
Trump Says Netflix-Warner Deal Could Be A Problem
The president adds, Ill be involved in the decision on the $72 billion agreement.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:53 AM
Ross Video Expands Commercial & Technical Teams In SAARC
Ross Video, a global provider of live video production technology, announced the expansion and restructuring of its South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) commercial and technical teams “to deliver …
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:22 AM
FCC Again Extends Compliance Deadline For Foreign Government-Sponsored Content
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:06 AM
Not so fast, Netflix. Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount has launched a hostile bid for the company that's home to Casablanca, Batman and CNN. Just Friday, Netflix and Warner Brothers executives were celebrating a deal they had struck.
NPR News at Monday, December 8, 2025 10:36:39 AM
What Netflix Gains From Buying Warner Bros.
The combination puts the studios behind Casablanca and The White Lotus together with a streaming giant that is jumping into live events and gaming.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:52 AM
Elliot Wilson Joins KSAT San Antonio News
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:01 AM
Oscars TV Rights Auction Heats Up: Netflix Out & NBCU Ahead As ABC Holds The Line
There are eight weeks left on the holy Hollywood awards calendar until Oscar nominations are announced, and its not just artists and craftspeople hunting for trophies. Momentum has been building in the auction for the TV rights to air the Academy Awards.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:56 AM
Hollywood Terrified As Netflix Buys Warner Bros: The Day Theatrical Died
Netflix is poised to reshape the entertainment industry again — and possibly wreck the theatrical business along the way.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:17:06 AM
Five Takeaways From The Blockbuster Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal
It sounds like a simple merger deal, but it's got all the ingredients of a Hollywood drama: a rich and powerful suitor, political intrigue and plenty of cliff-hangers.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:51 AM
Paramount Makes Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner After Netflix Struck Deal
Offer comes just days after the entertainment company reached a $72 billion deal with streaming giant Netflix.
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TV News Check at Monday, December 8, 2025 11:16:49 AM