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Twitch now suspends streaming and chat separately
Twitch's trust and safety chief says penalties now follow the place of the violation. Internal data show 90% of suspended users do not reoffend. […]
Karen Read and Alan Jackson to host new Crime House series
PAVE Studios will launch Read Between the Lines in early 2027 as a weekly true crime show in video and audio. Karen Read and attorney Alan Jackson host. […]
WorldDAB Summit in Vienna to weigh DAB+ growth and car radio
The 2026 WorldDAB Summit in Vienna will cover DAB+ expansion, radio regulation and in-car listening. An opening debate is titled "Why Radio Wins". […]
YouTube tests a cleanup option for channels facing spam termination
Channels at the termination threshold for spam would get 30 days to edit or delete violating videos, or wipe the whole library to keep their subscribers and handle. […]
Radio World column maps NFL radio affiliates by county seat
Nick Langan used signal propagation models to find which NFL team's radio affiliate is strongest at each of 3,139 US county seats. […]
PlayStation Pulse headset opens for pre-order at $99.99
Sony's new Pulse wireless headset for PS5 goes on sale November 19. Its integrated mics use AI-enhanced noise rejection for in-game chat. […]
Independent sleep podcast takes Gold and Listener's Choice
Michelle Hotaling's Michelle's Sanctuary won two Signal Awards in the Sleep Podcast category. She writes, narrates and produces every episode herself. […]
BBC Sounds logs 423 million listening hours in a quarter
Between July and September, BBC Sounds audience grew 70% year on year. Newscast was its most popular podcast. […]
YouTube posts $11.2 billion in Q3 ad revenue, up 9%
Alphabet's third-quarter report puts TV screens at one-third of YouTube's ad income and Premium and Music subscribers at 150 million. […]
UK radio reaches a record 51 million listeners a week
RAJAR's third-quarter figures put weekly radio reach at 51 million, up 2% on the year. Online listening now outweighs AM/FM. […]