NFL Pushes Back on Streaming Flak as One Lawmaker Cries ‘Enough is Enough’
On the heels of Netflix this week announcing a third exclusive NFL game, this one on Thanksgiving Evening, ahead of another two games on Christmas Day, the NFL is encountering increased scrutiny from President Trump, lawmakers, the Justice Department and the FCC regarding whether the league’s move away from broadcast TV to streaming harms consumers … Continue reading “NFL Pushes Back on Streaming Flak as One Lawmaker Cries ‘Enough is Enough’”
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Kino Lorber on May 19 will release, on Blu-ray Disc, the 1988 Oliver Stone-helmed thriller Talk Radio, the critically hailed film about a controversial talk radio host who goes too far with his gab and pays the ultimate price. Eric Bogosian portrays Dallas talk radio host Barry Champlain, who is known for his provocative political … 
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With four races completed in the 2026 F1 season, Apple TV, the exclusive U.S. media distributor. is winning new younger, female viewers across the subscription streaming video platform, according to senior executives with the Formula One Group. Speaking on the May 7 fiscal call, Dereck Chang, CEO of Liberty Media, which owns the Formula One … 
Panelists discussed the evolution, creation and explosion of vertical video and microdramas made for mobile at the 2nd LA Vertical Drama Market taking place May 7-10 in Los Angeles. Vertical video is made for the 9:16 format and for mobile viewing with microdrama stories delivered in dozens of short episodes each ending in cliffhangers to …