California isn’t ready to let this mega-merger sail through smoothly. Even though federal regulators gave the green light to the Warner Bros. and Paramount Skydance union, state officials are digging deeper. The California Attorney General’s office just signaled it’s not backing down, hinting the de
The big sports leagues aren’t happy with a new Senate bill meant to "fix" college sports. The bill, called the Protect College Sports Act, tries to help the NCAA and its members with problems they created themselves. For years, these schools worked together to make rules that kept players from getti
A House committee wants the NFL’s top boss to explain why the league gets a break most businesses don’t. For 65 years the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 has let the NFL bundle all 32 teams into one giant TV package and sell it as a league instead of letting each team strike its own deals. Supporter
A huge deal between two Hollywood giants is making waves in California. The plan would join Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. under one roof, along with streaming services like HBO Max and Paramount+, plus news outlets CNN and CBS. The companies say this mega-merger is the only way to survive agai
Sports fans often complain about rising costs, but Donald Trump took it further by claiming NFL games cost $1, 000 per game when streaming. That number sounds shocking, but it’s misleading. Most NFL games—87%—are actually free on regular TV. Only a few are locked behind pricey streaming services lik
Brazil’s competition watchdog is digging deeper into whether Google unfairly benefits from news articles in its search results. The regulator, known as CADE, decided to reopen an old case that started in 2019. Back then, they looked at how Google collects and displays news snippets without always co
A federal jury in Manhattan ruled that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster arm held a harmful monopoly over major concert venues. The decision came after four days of deliberation in a case brought by dozens of U. S. states that accused the duo of stifling competition and inflating ticket prices. The
A group of 34 states has just finished presenting their side in a big court battle against Live Nation, the company that runs Ticketmaster. They claim the business has become too powerful, making tickets harder to buy and prices much higher. Live Nation, on the other hand, says the live music scene
Fox just announced it’s shutting down its sports app for smart TVs and streaming sticks by May 2026. Instead, users will have to switch to FOX One, a newer app that does more than just show games. You can now record shows or watch two games at once on the same screen. But here’s the catch: to keep w
Big Tech isn’t just fighting over who owns Hollywood anymore. They’re quietly working behind the scenes to control how streaming actually works. Companies like Netflix, Samsung, and Meta aren’t just making shows—they’re teaming up to shape the hidden rules that decide how videos play on your phone,
