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spot on news partners with FAST Channels TV

spot on news GmbH, the leading digital news agency for entertainment and lifestyle from Germany, has announced its collaboration with FAST Channels TV to introduce their latest venture, a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel, to audiences worldwide. spot on news is the latest addition to the FAST channel lineup, offering authentic, up-to-date news clips […]

September 2, 2025

Trump fires 500 Voice of America staff

The Trump administration used the Labour Day holiday in the US to terminate almost 500 employees of federally funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA). The news was not unexpected as in June as Acting CEO of VOA’s parent agency, Kari Lake, had announced that 629 staffers at VOA would be terminated. Lake said the […]

September 1, 2025By Chris Forrester

Eurovision News unites broadcasters to deliver reporting on Gaza famine

Multiple EBU Members have delivered a complex journalistic collaboration to report on the hunger and hardship in the Gaza Strip. Coordinated by Eurovision News, the group of public service broadcasters pooled expertise and resources on the ground to document the realities of life in Gaza, where the Israeli authorities are prohibiting international news media from […]

August 28, 2025

OAN, AWE to join YouTube TV channel lineup

Herring Networks has announced that its two flagship channels, One America News (OAN) and A Wealth of Entertainment (AWE), will launch on YouTube TV in Q4, expanding choice for subscribers across the US with more live news and entertainment. With the addition of OAN and AWE, YouTube TV viewers will watch 16 hours of live, […]

August 27, 2025

Fox One rolls out across US

Fox One is now available across web, mobile and connected TV platforms in US priced at $19.99 (€17.21) per month (with a 7-day free trial) or $199.99 per year, with the option to add-on B1G+ or bundle Fox Nation. Starting October 2nd, customers will also have the opportunity to bundle FOX One with ESPN DTC […]

August 21, 2025

Ideal Systems debuting Tabatha AI-powered newsroom service at IBC2025

Ideal Systems will be previewing ‘Tabatha’, an integrated newsroom AI platform with native integration of Comcast Technology Solutions’ (CTS) VideoAI at IBC2025 in Amsterdam. Tabatha is optimised and tailored for using AI in modern TV newsroom productions and is the latest module for Ideal Systems ‘Alice’ cloud integration platform. Tabatha’s native integration with VideoAI from […]

August 20, 2025

Newsmax pays Dominion $67m

Right-leaning news channel Newsmax is to pay $67 million (€57.4m) to settle the libel suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the channel for falsely claiming that the voting machine company had rigged votes in the 2020 US presidential election. The settlement, completed on August 15th, was disclosed in an S.E.C. filing by Newsmax. It […]

August 19, 2025

How BBC editors generate subtitles for 500 hours daily using AI

Every day, the BBC has to manage more than 500 hours of new video content, including news, documentaries, sports, and entertainment. Creating subtitles for such a huge volume used to be slow and expensive, but today AI has changed that With new tools, editors can generate subtitles quickly, ensuring programmes are ready for global audiences […]

August 19, 2025

BBC News Pidgin launches on TikTok

BBC News Pidgin has officially launched its TikTok channel, which aims to deliver high-quality journalism to Pidgin-speaking audiences across Africa and beyond. The BBC News Pidgin TikTok channel features a range of short-form videos in Pidgin covering politics, culture, society as well as science, health and technology. The service currently reaches around 800,000 people weekly […]

August 19, 2025

MSNBC becoming MS NOW

Cable news channel MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, ahead of the spinoff of the bulk of parent Comcast’s NBCUniversal cable networks later this year. Comcast is moving forward with plans to spin off most of its cable networks, including CNBC and USA, into a new company called Versant […]

August 18, 2025