Paramount Skydance has named Makan Delrahim, a former senior US antitrust official, as its chief legal officer, amid apparent preparations for a bid for Warner Bros Discovery. Delrahim, a former assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, was part of the legal firm that advised Skydance Media throughout its long-drawn merger process with […]
To mark the second state visit to the UK of US President, Donald Trump, Channel 4 is rolling out a night of programming that puts a spotlight on his “prolific oeuvre of untruths and falsehoods”. On September 17th from 10pm Channel 4 will broadcast Trump v The Truth, an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, […]
Charlene White is fronting a new ITV commission, Talking Royals, for ITV and ITVX, taking viewers behind the royal headlines with discussions and expert analysis. Every Sunday, White will be joined by ITV News Royal Editor Chris Ship, ITV News royal expert Lizzie Robinson and a host of guests. Chris Ship and Lizzie Robinson have […]
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 […]
The current Trump rules on imports and tariffs from China might alter the forecasts but Counterpoint Research says that China’s share of the global display market will grow to 75 per cent by 2028. Counterpoint’s report says that China is still expected to dominate display capacity, growing from a 68 per cent share in 2023 […]
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 […]
GB News has launched on Truth+, the sister streaming platform to US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform. Offered with the free basic package, GB News is now available in most countries globally via the Truth+ apps for iOS and Android devices, on the web, and on Truth+ apps for Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon […]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the US-funded public broadcasting organisation, will lay off most of its staff on September 30th and end its near-60 years of work helping sustain public media. Funding for CPB has ended because of decisions made by US President Donald Trump. A statement from CPB says that a small number […]
Canada’s anti-Trump sentiment has manifested itself in a major loss to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system. The Canadian province of Ontario has cancelled an order for Starlink services worth $100 million (€86.6m) and intended to connect 15,000 rural and isolated homes in the region. The deal was originally announced in November 2024 and helped by […]
Q2 2025 brought a number of notable television events to US audiences, such as the March Madness finals and The Masters. The TV political ad landscape also warmed up, as the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and the New Jersey gubernatorial primary captured major ad dollars. While linear TV remained the dominant viewing platform for these […]