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A proposed budget released by a House of Representatives subcommittee fails to restore funding to a program called Ready to Learn, which provides free educational TV programs and related materials targeted to pre-school children.
In the U.S. and Canada, TV coverage of soccer games is generating new fans, according to Nielsen.
NEW: FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social will be among several testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the Sports Broadcasting Act on Wednesday, her office confirms in an e-mail to The Desk.
NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt and OutKick's Clay Travis will also testify.
Telemundo is coming back to Fubo this week, with NBC-owned channels returning to the platform in the next few weeks.
Everyone agrees that sports on TV is getting more expensive to watch. There are still debates about what's causing that trend, and what to do about it.
Two social media influencers are being paid $50,000 each to watch all 104 World Cup games in Times Square.
WATCH LIVE: House Judiciary Committee hearing on sports broadcast deals, lawmakers weighing Sports Broadcasting Act as more games move to streaming services.
A group called Citizens for Constitutional Integrity has filed a FOIA lawsuit seeking to overturn FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's text messages on last year's controversy involving Jimmy Kimmel.
Our text message conversation with Carr is being used as supporting evidence in the lawsuit.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers seem to agree about one thing: Sports is becoming an expensive endeavor for Americans to follow on TV.
Disagreements exist about the root cause of that problem and the best way to fix it.
My text exchange with Brendan Carr was disclosed in a cache of records sent by the FCC to WIRED's Dell Cameron, @dell.bsky.social, in a similar FOIA request. They're available online via the FCC's Reading Room.
June 9, 2026 - A watchdog called Citizens for Constitutional Integrity is seeking records related to the FCC Chairman's comments on last year's controversy involving ABC's Jimmy Kimmel.
A group called Citizens for Constitutional Integrity has filed a FOIA lawsuit seeking to overturn FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's text messages on last year's controversy involving Jimmy Kimmel.
Our text message conversation with Carr is being used as supporting evidence in the lawsuit.
