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C’est l’un des procès les plus explosifs de l’histoire récente de la tech. Elon Musk attaque OpenAI et son partenaire Microsoft pour ce qu’il considère comme une trahison fondatrice. En jeu : entre 79 et 134 milliards de dollars de dommages et intérêts. Mais au-delà du chiffre vertigineux, c’est une question de principe qui se joue : OpenAI […]

A rooftop antenna. (Photo by “flrnt” via Flickr/Creative Commons, Graphic by The Desk) A trade association closely aligned with the local broadcast television industry is responding to headlines touting Amazon’s performance with Thursday Night Football with data that proves broadcast TV networks are still the primary way most Americans watch live sports. The January 10 postseason match-up between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears drew considerable attention from trade publications after Amazon characterized the game as the most-streamed in the history of the National Football League (NFL), which only began offering regular-season games over streaming within the past decade. Last week, the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) noted that Nielsen figures attributed to the game on Amazon, which was part of the streamer’s pact with the NFL to offer a limited amount of playoff games, included viewership figures for local broadcast stations in the home markets of the two teams playing. A total of three broadcast stations simulcast the game — two in Wisconsin, and one in Illinois. The NFL requires nationally-televised games that are exclusive to streaming platforms to also be carried on local TV stations in the markets associated with the teams playing in any given event. Games offered by ESPN, Netflix, NFL Network and Prime Video are thus available on over-the-air stations in a handful of cities. NBC, CBS and Fox have the rights to other regular-season and playoff games. Nielsen data reviewed by The Desk shows the three broadcast networks collectively outperformed streaming platforms this year, though Amazon’s playoff game between the Packers and the Bears outpaced nearly all regular season games when evaluated on an individual basis. Nielsen reports games on CBS and Fox by time slot, rather than by individual games, while Monday Night Football on ABC and ESPN and Sunday Night Football on NBC are counted as individual events. One exception is holiday-specific games, which are nationally-televised by the broadcast networks. The Thanksgiving Day NFL game on CBS delivered a 17.81 rating and 57.33 million viewers, while a September 14 rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles on Fox earned a 10.5 rating and reached 33.81 million viewers. “While streaming platforms continue to grow, Nielsen data makes clear that broadcast television remains the most powerful platform for reaching the largest NFL audiences,” TVB said. The TVB’s attempt to add content should come with some added context of its own: Nielsen’s data this year counts viewership through its Big Data + Panels product, which includes viewership on measured streaming platforms. The 2025 NFL season was the first in which all four broadcast networks offered live football games on their own direct-to-consumer streaming platforms — games from ABC and ESPN are offered through the ESPN Unlimited plan on the ESPN app, and games from Fox are available on the Fox One service — in addition to cable, satellite and broadcast TV. Games from CBS are available on Paramount Plus, while NBC offers Sunday Night Football and other sports through Peacock. NFL events from both platforms are measured by Nielsen, though NBC prefers to promote its own first-party data for Peacock, which originate from Adobe Analytics. Nielsen and the networks don’t publicly report viewership figures that differentiate between broadcast TV and streaming. The Gauge, a monthly report offered by Nielsen, offers the closest thing to a regular snapshot of consumption between traditional TV platforms and streaming apps. With YouTube factored out, Nielsen’s report shows broadcast and cable TV generally have a higher share of TV time compared with all streaming apps combined. YouTube’s inclusion in the report has been controversial because the platform doesn’t license or produce its own entertainment content and doesn’t offer insight into what people are watching on a regular basis. A new Gauge…

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As Anthony Edwards walked back to the locker room at halftime of Saturday’s game, he hung his head, and the sweat dripped from his face. The Minnesota Timberwolves were down 69-44 on the road against the San Antonio Spurs. Minnesota had just played the night before on the road, losing 110-105 to the Houston Rockets. The Wolves had every excuse to roll over Saturday and take the beatdown at the Frost Bank Center. A left hip contusion sidelined Rudy Gobert, and Naz Reid left early in the first half with a shoulder injury and didn’t return. At halftime on Saturday, Ant could have sensed that he needed to put up one of those magical performances that he’s done numerous times in the past. Like most stars of his caliber, Edwards can and is expected to carry his team when they need him the most. But Ant’s takeovers are different than other stars around the league. It’s not just Edwards’ ability to take over; it’s how he does it. He has a unique ability to hit the kind of shots that elicit the what did I just witness? reaction from those who know him well, which inspires magic in the Wolves. With three minutes left in the fourth, Anthony Edwards drilled a triple to give the Timberwolves a lead after they trailed by 25 points in the first half. It was a clean look — relatively “easy” for Ant’s capabilities — thanks to Joan Beringer’s screen. Still, Jaylen Clark couldn’t believe what he was watching from the bench. Anthony Edwards clutch PnR pull-up 3, Wolves bench is awestruck pic.twitter.com/CbJkZXmqya — Timberwolves Clips (@WolvesClips) January 18, 2026 Clark was awestruck because the three gave Edwards 13 points over the previous two minutes. He was up to 51 points on the night. Ant was on a boomlet of breathtaking excellence, and the Wolves were back into a game they had no business winning. Ultimately, however, the Wolves fell 126-123 to the Spurs despite Edwards finishing with a career-high 55 points, 26 of which came in the fourth quarter. “Phenomenal,” Chris Finch said about Edwards’ performance. “Obviously, I thought he got to the three-point line pretty easily, and got a lot of really good looks. His teammates did a really good job screening for him. Made big shot after big shot. He was inspirational tonight.” In Houston, the Wolves missed that inspiration. Anthony Edwards was sitting out his second-straight game with a right toe infection, and Minnesota crumbled down the stretch of a winnable game. Houston outscored Minnesota 9-3 in clutch time, and the Timberwolves attempted only one shot in clutch time because they turned the ball over twice. In the fourth quarter overall, the Wolves committed 8 turnovers. They also missed 15 free throws in Houston, three off from a franchise record. They missed six of them in the fourth quarter alone. Those are the kind of unforced errors that make it almost impossible to win when you’re down your best player. No boomlet of excellence was coming to save the Wolves in Houston, although Julius Randle did score 39 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter. The Wolves needed to collectively close that game with the same level of maturity they showed in the first quarter, when they took as much as a 12-point lead. Instead, Randle, Reid, and Gobert committed two turnovers each in the fourth, and the Wolves lacked composure in the final stages of the game. Minnesota struggled with clutch-time offense earlier in the season. Before Thanksgiving, the Wolves were 3-4 in clutch-time games, posting a 95.5 offensive rating, which ranked 25th league-wide. Minnesota also had the NBA’s worst turnover percentage (26.5%) in the clutch at that time. However, since then, the Timberwolves are 8-5 in clutch-time games with the sixth-highest offensive rating (127.7). The Wolves have gone from a liability in the clutch to a team no opponent wants to face in a shootout. The drastic flip has come in direct unison with Edwards becoming more comfortable as the primary ball handler while converting the same magical…