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The commissioners of the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball addressed the impact of COVID-19 on their sports as well as TV ratings, rules changes and plans for next season during a virtual panel hosted by the Paley Center. With rates of coronavirus infection now surging nationwide, the feat of each league managing to…

Slingbox, the ahead-of-its-time piece of hardware that enabled remote viewing of pay-TV signals, is headed for the scrapheap. The technology maker, acquired by Echostar and now owned by Dish Network, said Monday it will sunset all devices, making them “inoperable” by November 2022. Trade journals as far back as 2017…

ABC News will air a one-hour primetime special tonight on the life and legacy of Alex Trebek, the iconic television host of "Jeopardy!" who died earlier today. Alex Trebek, Remembered: A '20/20' Special hosted by ABC News' Chris Connelly airs tonight at10 PM on the ABC Television Network. In interviews over the past…

UPDATE: ABC is also moving its college football game because of coverage of President-elect Joe Biden's speech. Unranked Stanford at No. 12 Oregon will begin on ABC, ESPNews, and the ESPN App. During ABC's coverage of Biden’s speech, the game will be available on ESPNews and the ESPN App. ABC will rejoin…

The WWE will bid adieu to a legend later this month, as it announced that Undertaker's Final Farewell will take place at Survivor Series on Sunday, November 22 at 7 pm ET on the WWE Network. The streaming series will cap a 30-year career for the wrestler. Undertaker made his WWE debut at Survivor Series on November…

The first look at Tom Holland in Spider-Man 3 was posted today on Instagram in the star’s personal account. The yet-untitled sequel doesn’t reveal anything about the film, but it does encourage a specific behavior. “Wear a mask,” Holland advised as his image caption. “I’m wearing two….” The image appears to show the Sp…

UPDATED, 10:42 AM: The sale of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets closed today, and its new owner, hedge fund mogul Steve Cohen, issued a statement calling it “a significant milestone in the history of this storied franchise.” Steve Cohen's statement following today's closing of the <a…

UPDATED with tentative deal: The National Basketball Players Association has tentatively approved the NBA’s plan to begin the 2020-21 season on December 22 with a 72-game schedule. The agreement clears an important hurdle in the league’s return, though matters like free agency and other details still need to be worked…

ViacomCBS on Friday reported total revenue of $6.12 billion and earnings per share of 91 cents in the third quarter, exceeding Wall Street estimates but reflecting ongoing headwinds from COVID-19. Revenue dipped 9% and earnings fell 17%, though both figures exceeded analysts’ consensus forecast for earnings of 88…

Facebook quickly moved on Thursday to shut down a group that claimed Democrats were out to steal the 2020 presidential election. The group “Stop the Steal” had collected more than 360,000 members in the last two days, and was soliciting contributions and planning to stage live rallies. Facebook claimed the group’s…

The Philippines-based ABS-CBN Global is looking to bring new life to a familiar Filipino music-centered media brand. Myx, which first launched in the Philippines in 2000 and then stateside in 2007, is getting a makeover. ABS-CBN is launching a rebranded version of Myx that will spotlight the next generation of…

New coronavirus cases set a single-day record on Wednesday, topping 100,000 for the first time. NBC News reports there were 104,429 new cases recorded Wednesday, breaking the single-day record of 98,583 new cases set last week. Hospitalizaton numbers are also going up across the Midwest and Southwest, with Oklahoma…