News Brief
Quick stories from the technology, journalism and media industries, updated daily.
Amazon winding down NBC Sports partnership for Thursday Night Football
The partnership will end at the conclusion of the 2026 football season, after which Amazon is expected to move game production in house.
MediaRadar expands partnership with VideoAmp, adds TV ratings data
The integration combines MediaRadar’s television advertising occurrence and spending data with VideoAmp’s national and local audience ratings.
Matt Iseman named host of “Front Office Sports Tonight”
Front Office Sports has picked Matt Iseman as the host of its upcoming syndicated show "Front Office Sports Tonight," the publication revealed on Wednesday.
Stingray brings Just For Laughs comedy channel to Samsung TV Plus
The free ad-supported streaming television channel features stand-up clips and sketches from the Just For Laughs archive.
NewsNation to host town hall on artificial intelligence
“The Future is Now: A NewsNation Town Hall” will be moderated by Chris Cuomo from the network’s New York studio.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MeTV reveals programming slate at San Diego Comic Con
The network previously confirmed plans to bring "The Wizard of Oz" back to broadcast TV in October; the announcement this week adds more details on that programming initiative and others.
Phynd brings free streaming games to LG smart televisions
Players can access games without a console using a compatible Bluetooth controller or a smartphone-based virtual controller.
Amazon to close linear Prime TV channel in Germany and Austria
The 24-hour channel launched in April 2025 as a scheduled showcase for movies, series and live sports available through Prime Video.
Scripps News to launch new weekly conversation show
The show will be hosted by media executive Jon Lieberman and feature conversations with reporters and other notable guests.
MediaCo promotes Brian Fisher to President as finance chief departs
Fisher joined MediaCo through Estrella Media and has held senior sales roles across streaming, connected television and multimedia advertising.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Worldwide News Network enters Germany through BLR distribution deal
BLR will offer WWNN’s English-language top- and bottom-of-the-hour newscasts and breaking news alerts to German radio stations.
Veritone renews Pac-12 video licensing agreement
The company will use its Commerce Digital Media Hub platform to organize, display and license Pac-12 content to third parties.