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Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

The US Senate voted to rescind two years' worth of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), delivering a blow to public radio and television stations around the country. The CPB is a publicly funded nonprofit corporation that supports NPR and PBS stations. The 51-48 vote today on President Trump's rescissions package would eliminate $1.1 billion that was allocated to public broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. All 51 yes votes came from Republicans, while Sens. Susan

Apple may be trying to pick up Formula 1's US broadcast rights

After the success of its F1 movie, the company might be feeling the need for more speed. Following the success of its F1 movie at the box office , Apple may be looking to move deeper into the world of motorsports. The company is reportedly in talks to snap up the US broadcasting rights for Formula 1. According to The Financial Times , Apple is interested in snatching away the rights from F1's current US broadcast partner, ESPN, when they become available in 2026. F1 is said to make about $85 m

Streaming Has Overtaken Traditional TV for the First Time Ever

Streaming became the most popular single form of TV usage years ago, but that was not its final hurdle. The juggernaut of broadcast and cable television combined meant that consumers were still using traditional TV services more than streaming overall, even if streaming was more popular than either of them individually. According to data from Nielsen, streaming just overcame this final hurdle. Nielsen says that in May, cable television accounted for 24.1% of all TV usage and broadcast TV repres

Twitch caps streamers’ storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads

Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content if a channel exceeds the limit. The company said it’s introducing the change because highlights haven’t been effective in driving discovery or engagement, and because storage is costly. The storage cap goes into effect on April 19. The change applies to highlights, which are snippets edited from a channel’s past broadcasts, as well as other uploaded content. Clips and