Fandango To Be Overhauled In Bid To Rival Free Streamers Like Tubi & Pluto
The Versant-owned media company is adding content, changing the brand name and adding new features to grab marketshare free ad-supported streaming space.
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How Camera Systems Are Adapting To Broadcast & Digital Production
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Tiffany Liou Leaves WFAA News For KGO San Francisco
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:41 AM
Netflix Bounces Back With Home Run Derby Debut
Rather than focusing on cross-promotion, Netflix largely kept the action front and center during its Home Run Derby debut.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:46 AM
TV Ratings: World Cup Quarterfinals Smash Previous U.S. Highs
All four matches beat the previous English- and Spanish-language records for a game in that round of the tournament.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:41 AM
Should networks air Trumps national address live?
Presidential addresses to the nation are usually reserved for major issues — war, national emergencies or significant policy changes on critical topics such as healthcare or the economy. In other […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 7:04:06 AM
Xitlaly Ruiz Named KDEN Denver Anchor-Multimedia Journalist
KDEN Denver (Telemundo Colorado), part of NBCUniversal Locals Telemundo Station Group, announced has appointed Xitlaly Ruiz named anchor and multimedia journalist for Noticias Telemundo Colorado. She will make her first appearance Sunday, July …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:31 AM
Sophia Beausoleil Named KXAS Dallas Weekend Morning Anchor
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TV News Check at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 2:03:26 PM
What Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean for news and TV
NPR's David Folkenflik asks former CBS executive vice president and former CNN/U.S. president Jonathan Klein about the recently approved merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
NPR News at Tuesday, July 14, 2026 8:00:56 AM
AI Videos Are Flooding TikTok Shop
Brands issue warnings as more creators use avatars and duplicates of themselves to boost affiliate sales.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:37 AM
How Air Force One became a press freedom story
There was major political news on Sunday with the stunning, sudden death of South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. Well get to that story in a few moments, but first, […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:04:00 PM
Lionsgate Studios Gains After Report Of Takeover Interest From Bollore, Banijay
The studio behind Hunger Games and John Wick franchises is working with an investment bank to evaluate inbound interest, according to a report on Tuesday, which cited people familiar with the matter. A deal is not certain, and Lionsgate may decide to remain independent.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:35 AM
This baseball newsletter is proving that smaller audiences are good business
On June 12, the Milwaukee Brewers Jacob Misiorowski threw the fastest pitch ever recorded by a major league starting pitcher: 104.5 mph. The next morning, more than 1,300 baseball obsessives […]
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Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting
The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar.
NPR News at Saturday, July 11, 2026 11:35:24 AM
Local News Went All In On The World Cup. Heres What Worked.
From sticker swaps in Boston to interactive guides in L.A., news outlets are using the tournament to test new ways of reaching audiences. ( AP )
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:34 AM
Live Sports Production Yields Broader Industry Lessons
Viewers quality expectations in live sports broadcasting or streaming are rising. Infrastructure must be planned around the moments when the audience is most engaged.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:42 AM
IBC: Hitomi Broadcast To Show Spectra HDR Color-Verification Tool
Hitomi Broadcast will demonstrate Spectra, a new HDR color-verification system that measures picture data rather than relying on VPID metadata, at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14, at Stand 10.A40. …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:32 AM
ATSC Updates Industry Audio Loudness Guidance
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:26 AM
Millions Of Dollars Were Wagered On Love Island. Why Kalshi Wants More Trades In Reality TV
Love Island marked Kalshis largest TV market to date, with over $77 million in trading. With more success in its culture markets, the overall percentage of female traders on the prediction market platform has doubled in the last year.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:36 AM
Will AI really consume more electricity than the US produces?
Every aspect of artificial intelligence, from its economic impact to its societal and cultural consequences, is under a microscope. One topic of growing concern for consumers, local governments and environmental […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:04:00 PM
DOJ subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting
New York Times journalists reported on security concerns of the Qatar-donated Air Force One plane that President Trump has used. The administration responded by issuing subpoenas for the journalists.
NPR News at Monday, July 13, 2026 4:01:11 AM
SMPTE Launches 110th Anniversary Campaign To Advance Its Vision for The Next Century
SMPTE, the global society for media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has announced the launch of the SMPTE 110th Anniversary Campaign, a fundraising initiative that honors a legacy of achievement while …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:27 AM
XR Debuts XR ONE, Platform Aiming To Centralize Ad Production & Delivery
XR (Extreme Reach) has launched XR ONE, an AI-powered advertising operations platform that it says gives brands and agencies a single place to manage production, payments and delivery across channels. …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:27 AM
ABC fights back against the Trump administration's attacks
ABC has begun fighting Trump's top broadcast regulator on its own airwaves. Meanwhile, there's a new effort to cast sunlight on why the government is targeting the network.
NPR News at Friday, June 26, 2026 4:00:51 AM
IBC: BCNEXXT To Show Cloud-Native Vipe, Ends 1:1 Channel-to-Server Model
BCNEXXT will demonstrate a new version of its cloud-native Vipe playout platform at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14, saying the system removes the traditional one-channel-to-one-server setup and can cut …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:33 AM
Scott Bryce Dies: As The World Turns & Popular Actor With Scores Of Credits Was 68
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:39 AM
Bundesliga Inks $100M U.S. TV Deal To Air On USA Network & Fandango
USA and Fandango are part of Versant, whose sports strategy continues to develop as a hub for quality rights that are below the zenith of the NFL and NBA. USA Network already has U.S. rights to some Premier League matches, which Bundesliga will complement.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:38 AM
WGA Sues To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
The guilds lawsuit, filed jointly by the WGA East and West in the Northern District of California on Tuesday, seeks to stop the merger on the grounds that it violates federal antitrust law and would cause specific harm to writers.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:43 AM
Why Paramount Cant Afford To Let Go Of CNN
The cable news channel may not be the ratings juggernaut it once was, but it matters to President Trump, and David Ellison will badly need its cashflow to pay down its major debt load.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:39 AM
Former '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley speaks out after firing
Former 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS news leader Bari Weiss shouldn't be leading the network. Pelley spoke to The New York Times just days after being fired by CBS.
NPR News at Wednesday, July 8, 2026 4:30:43 AM
Women journalists – worldwide and here at home – face outsized online attacks
This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:04:00 PM
DMC Deploys Two Reverse Remote Production Trucks From Broadcast Solutions
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:41 AM
Paramount Skydance Agrees to Link Merger Antitrust Case to Pre-Existing Paramount+ Subscriber Suit
The move means that the states challenge to the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will likely end up before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, a Biden appointee who is already handling the earlier lawsuit.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:23 AM
'Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me!' welcomes new judge and scorekeeper
Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me! welcomes its newest scorekeeper this weekend. Alzo Slade succeeds Bill Kurtis.
NPR News at Sunday, July 5, 2026 4:30:39 AM
Ronald David Comings, Longtime Television News Director, Dies At 77
Ronald David Comings, a television news leader whose four-decade career included news director posts in major U.S. markets and helped shape generations of journalists, died June 30, 2026. He was …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:22 AM
IBC Conference To Focus On AI, Live Sport, Creators & Trust In Content
IBC2026 will bring together media leaders, technology firms, sports organizations, creators and broadcasters from Sept. 11–13 at RAI Amsterdam to debate how artificial intelligence, live sport, the creator economy and …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:52 AM
The FCC sets the stage for a showdown over local TV ownership
The Federal Communications Commission will vote Aug. 6 on a proposal that could dramatically reshape local TV ownership by loosening long-standing limits on how many stations a single company can […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 3:32:36 PM
The Paramount-Warner Bros. deals new hurdle comes with an asterisk
There was big, breaking news on Monday involving the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery megamerger. Or is it big at all? Honestly, Im having a hard time believing that this so-called […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:04:00 PM
Dow Adds 10, Nasdaq Climbs 234, S&P 500 Rises 28
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday after data shows slowing inflation, even as IBM plunged.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:44 AM
The Onion's plan to finally take over Infowars
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Ben Collins, CEO of the satirical news outlet The Onion, about a long-delayed plan to take over Infowars and pay damages in a defamation case to Sandy Hook families.
NPR News at Thursday, July 2, 2026 3:01:01 PM
Keeping Free Television Strong Requires Modern Technology
NextGen TV, powered by the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard, gives local stations the tools to offer stronger signals, improved picture and sound, more accessible emergency information and new public safety capabilities. Modernization is not a retreat from broadcasters public service mission. It is how broadcasters preserve that mission for the next generation.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:29 AM
SIMBA Taps Broadpeak Software To Power New Brazilian CDN & CDN-as-a-Service
SIMBA has selected Broadpeaks Advanced CDN software to power a new nationwide content delivery network in Brazil, the companies said Wednesday. The joint-venture CDN will deliver live and on-demand streaming …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:31 AM
JLTV Premieres Food & Travel Series Tripping Kosher
JLTV (Jewish Life Television) will premiere Tripping Kosher, a food and travel series hosted by CW Silverberg, on Monday, July 20. The show will air weekly Mondays at 8:30 p.m. …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:22 AM
Is going non-profit the future of local newspapers?
NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Steve Grove, CEO and publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune, about the future of newspapers and if going non-profit will strengthen them.
NPR News at Tuesday, July 14, 2026 9:01:11 AM
Kimberly Adams, new host of 'Marketplace Morning Report,' talks about the role
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Kimberly Adams, the new host of the economic news radio show and podcast Marketplace Morning Report.
NPR News at Wednesday, July 8, 2026 4:30:43 AM
States sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros blockbuster merger
California is among the states suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger that would unite some of the nation's largest movie studios and TV newsrooms.
NPR News at Monday, July 13, 2026 11:30:12 AM
The internet says Mitch McConnells hospital photo is fake. The evidence says otherwise.
Amid growing speculation about Mitch McConnells health after he spent weeks out of the public eye following a hospitalization, the Republican Kentucky senators office released a statement and image July […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:04:00 PM
Mediagenix Unveils Agentic AI Tools To Automate Broadcasters Scheduling & Rights Work
Broadcasters, streaming services and content owners will be able to use new Mediagenix tools to automate scheduling, rights checks and other channel operations while keeping human oversight, the company said …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:33 AM
Waymark, Cox Media Group Expand Partnership To Boost Local Ad Sales
Cox Media Group is equipping local sales teams in nine markets with Waymarks AI-powered video platform to help local businesses launch and scale TV and digital ad campaigns, the companies …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:29 AM
Poynter Institute to honor The Bulwarks Sarah Longwell and The Atlantics Nicholas Thompson at spec
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 14, 2026) — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, is proud to announce a special gathering this fall honoring two media leaders whose work […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:04:00 PM
Google Redesigns Image Search, Adds Built-In AI Creation
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:39 AM
Cord Cutters Ditching Comcast & Spectrum For Cheaper 5G Home Internet Options & Fiber
A new survey of more than 1,000 cord cutters reveals that the movement away from traditional cable television has entered a more mature and cost-efficient phase. Dubbed Cord Cutting 2.0, this evolution shows consumers not only abandoning legacy cable bundles but also upgrading their underlying internet connections to faster, more reliable technologies such as fiber and 5G home internet.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:37 AM
Hubbard, Broadcasters Foundation To Host Joint Morning Show Boot Camp Pre-Party
Hubbard and the Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) will co-host the Morning Show Boot Camp Pre-Game Party on Aug. 5. The event, set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at …
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:28 AM
FCC Plans Aug. 6 Vote To Repeal 39% National TV Ownership Cap
The commission will vote to replace the national cap with case-by-case reviews.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:30 AM
Dow Adds 150, Nasdaq Climbs 162, S&P 500 Rises 29
U.S. stocks rose within 0.5% of their record on Wednesday, even as oil prices kept climbing.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:21 AM
Why The Golden Age Of Sports TV Is Driving Fans Crazy
The fragmentation of sports on TV has been a boon for leagues. But its making it more expensive — and confusing — for the fans.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:45 AM
Local TV Strategies: Local TV Finance Leaders On New Frontiers
CFOs from Hearst Television, Nexstar, Sinclair and Cox Media Group will share their perspectives on the upshot of AI, automation, consolidation, advertising and subscriber revenue and the economics of local news at TVNewsCheck s Local TV Strategies conference at the NAB Show New York on Oct. 21. Register here .
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:43 AM
The Streaming Revolution No One Talks About: Viewers Are Getting Older
It's not just The Boroughs .
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:26 AM
May Ad Market Flattens At +0.7%, K-Shape Growth Continues
U.S. ad-spending growth continued to decelerate in May — expanding just 0.7% vs. May 2025 — the worst month since year-over-year Olympic spending comps in July and August 2025, according to just-refreshed estimates from Guideline's U.S. Ad Market Tracker.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:03:24 AM
Tennessee Is Courting Paramount — And The Studio Is Considering It
Paramount CEO David Ellison and his family have deep ties to the Volunteer State and the mogul is now in a legal battle with California.
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TV News Check at Thursday, July 16, 2026 3:03:40 AM