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Channel 4 to air Trump vs Harris debate

Channel 4 will be the only UK broadcaster to air live coverage of the first US Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, in partnership with ABC. Trump and Harris will go head-to-head for the first time as the battle to become President reaches a pivotal point. With polls too close to call, the […]

September 9, 2024

FOX News Media to simulcast ABC’s presidential debate

FOX News Media will present live coverage surrounding the ABC News presidential debate between candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on September 10th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Special programming will be available across all of FOX News Media’s key platforms, including FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, […]

September 5, 2024

Max to stream CNN International in Europe

Max, Warner Bros Discovery’s streaming platform, will launch the CNN International 24/7 live channel feed in 22 European countries across Spain, Nordics, Belgium, Netherlands and Central and Eastern Europe on August 29th, as the world’s attention turns to this year’s US election. Ahead of election day on November 5th, Max subscribers will be able to […]

August 27, 2024

DSPolitical, Beeswax voter targeting partnership

DSPolitical, a digital advertising and technology company for Democratic and progressive candidates and public affairs initiatives, have announced a partnership leveraging Beeswax, FreeWheel’s demand-side platform. The arrangement provides DSPolitical with the ability to unlock capabilities and match voter file data to sophisticated household-level identifiers via the FreeWheel Identity Network, enhancing the accuracy and scale of […]

August 22, 2024

Data: Frequency imbalance plagues US political advertisers

As the 2024 US presidential election heats up, leading programmatic media partner MiQ has unveiled new election TV data that exposes a significant frequency imbalance in political advertising: 20 per cent of households received over 80 per cent of ad impressions on both CTV and linear TV, highlighting the urgent need for political advertisers to […]

June 24, 2024

FOX News Media to present simulcast of CNN Presidential Debate

FOX News Media will present extensive live coverage of the CNN presidential debate between candidates President Joe Biden (D) and former President Donald Trump (R) on June 27th in Atlanta, Georgia.  Special programming will be available across all of FOX News Media’s key platforms, including FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News […]

June 21, 2024

Murdoch under oath again in voting machine case

Rupert Murdoch will be questioned under oath as part of voting technology company Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion (€2.4bn) defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp over coverage of false vote-rigging claims involving the 2020 US presidential election. Smartmatic is seeking damages from Fox Corp, Fox News and five individuals: Rudolph Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who were lawyers for […]

November 29, 2023

Study: Record spend expected from US political advertisers

Samba TV, a provider of TV technology for audience data and omniscreen measurement, has released its Guide to Political Advertising: 2024 Report, detailing proprietary Samba TV data and study results as part of a survey conducted with global research firm HarrisX. At a time of all-time low trust and dissatisfaction in media, this political season […]

November 16, 2023

Data: 14.2m watch first GOP debate

AdImpact estimates that approximately 14.2 million US viewers tuned in to Fox News for the August 24th Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, the first of the 2024 election cycle. The viewership, while substantial, did not exceed the 24 million viewers who watched the August 2015 Republican presidential debate. This debate holds the distinction of […]

August 25, 2023

Fox News settles Dominion case for $787m

In a last minute move before trial on April 18th, Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. The news network agreed to pay $787.5 million (€720m) – around half of the $1.6 billion initially sought by Dominion. Dominion had argued its business […]

April 19, 2023