iKO Media Group (iKOMG) and Truth+, a division of Trump Media and Technology Group, have announced a partnership aimed at expanding the reach of faith-based and Christian television channels through the Truth+ streaming platform. Under the partnership, iKOMG will work with channel owners, ministries, broadcasters and content providers to bring a growing portfolio of faith-focused […]
AdImpact, the advertising intelligence company, projects that the 2026 US election cycle will reach $11.6 billion (€10bn) in spending, making it the most expensive on record. This year’s cycle will surpass the midterm record set in 2022 at $8.9 billion and the $11.2 billion spent during the 2024 US presidential cycle. Broadcast television remains the […]
Comedian and satirist Munya Chawawa travels to the US to immerse himself in wrestling and MAGA politics in a new documentary, uncovering the perhaps surprising link between Donald Trump and the world of body slams and spandex. Wrestling with Trump sees Munya examine the influence that wrestling has had on the US President by meeting WWE […]
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is proposing that satellite payloads carried into – and from – space should be taxed. The proposal is described by the FAA as the need to earn revenue from commercial launches and re-entries. The concept was published by the FAA on April 22nd and talks of a segment in US […]
A US federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order to end funding for NPR (National Public Radio) and PBS public media violated the First Amendment. The judge wrote that the First Amendment right to free speech “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type. It is difficult to conceive of clearer […]
Matt Brittin, the former Google executive and Team GB Olympic athlete, is set to be named as the BBC’s new Director-General (DG). Brittin’s appointment is said to have been approved by the BBC board at a meeting on March 19th, with an official announcement expected in the coming days, according to a report originating in […]
Masayoshi Son, the head of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, was front and centre at a ground-breaking ceremony at Piketon, Ohio, on March 20th where the bank is to finance what is claimed to be the largest-ever AI data-centre complex in history. The $33 billion (€28.6bn) project is on the site on a former uranium enrichment facility. […]
Zinc Media Group’s international label, Brook Lapping, brings Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China (2 x 60”) to BBC Two and iPlayer. America and China: two vast military powers competing across the globe, but whose economies are deeply interconnected, even dependent on one another. Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China details the inside […]
A US federal judge has ruled that the appointment of Kari Lake, the head of Voice of America’s (VOA) oversight agency, was invalid, voiding mass layoffs that she had carried out at the federally funded news organisation in 2025. The decision by Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of […]
In the immediate aftermath of confirmation that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed following US and Israeli strikes, Goalhanger’s political and intelligence teams mobilised at speed, releasing emergency live episodes of The Rest Is Politics, The Rest Is Politics: US and The Rest Is Classified. Across February 28th and March 1st, the four […]