Mediagazer: ITV and the NFL sign a three-year deal to broadcast NFL games in the UK, including the Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023, replacing the BBC after seven years (Alex Ritman/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen strikes a deal with Amazon to measure Thursday Night Football, the first time a streaming service will be included in Nielsen's weekly TV viewing report — Three-year deal marks first time ratings firm will include viewership of a streaming service's programming in traditional TV report

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Alex Ritman / The Hollywood Reporter:

ITV and the NFL sign a three-year deal to broadcast NFL games in the UK, including the Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023, replacing the BBC after seven years — ITV has struck a three-year free-to-air deal and will begin coverage in September for the start of the 2022 NFL season.

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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canadian broadcaster CTV's chief news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she has been forced out of the network; CTV parent Bell Media cites “changing viewer habits”

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

Analysis: over the past year, top pay TV providers had a net loss of ~5.425M subscribers; Q2 marked the second consecutive quarter with over 1.9M in net losses — Comcast, Charter, Cox, Altice, DirecTV, Dish, Verizon and Hulu's live TV tier all lost subscribers this past quarter.

Alex Barker / Financial Times:

Ofcom: in the UK, those aged 15-24 spent 57 minutes/day on TikTok in 2021, compared to 53 minutes/day watching TV; those 65 or over spent six hours watching TV — Ofcom survey points to challenges for traditional broadcasters in keeping pace with digital and streaming trends

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David Schuman / CBS News:

Linda Tirado, who received a $600K settlement from Minneapolis after being blinded in one eye while covering 2020 protests, is giving 20% to people in the city — MINNEAPOLIS - A permanent injury from the 2020 riots landed a journalist with a big payment from the city of Minneapolis, but she's not keeping the settlement for herself.

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