Pr stunt . Lets get started. All right our top Story Tonight Voting rights. With republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote. Senate democrats introduced new federal voting Rights Legislation this week. But its chances of passage remain dim. As roadblocks continue to play the upper chamber. Thats inside democratic senator amy klobuchar, from highlighting the importance of the legislation this morning, in an apparent strike here On Msnbc, watch. Our job is senators right now, yes we have a lot to. Do economically. But it is the oath we take. To protect and defend the constitution of the united states. We need federal Voting Rights to do that. All right so klobuchar is one of the sponsors for the freedom to vote act. Lets Take A Look at whats in this new bill. Automatic voted registration, an online registration, making Election Day a holiday, uniform early voting, and perhaps most importantly, a provision that will prevent state election subversion. One form
Hello. What a summer of sport this is. Sport is all over tv, and coverage of Sports Events is what we are focusing on today. The olympics is on, weve just had the euros, and theres a new Cricket Competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. But in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. Does Sport Need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or tiktok . And has the amount of Money Tv companies are prepared to pay for sport fallen during the pandemic . Well, these are some of the questions that my all Star Panel of Sporting Supremos will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. They are andrew georgiou, president of sport at Discovery, and he joins us from tokyo, where Discovery are covering the olympics. Minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and Sanjay Patel is directing manager of the hundred for england and wales cricket board. Sanjay, the hundred has got match
The media show. Hello. What a summer of sport this is. Sport is all over tv, and coverage of Sports Events is what we are focusing on today. The olympics is on, weve just had the euros, and theres a new Cricket Competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. But in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. Does Sport Need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or tiktok . And has the amount of Money Tv companies are prepared to pay for sport fallen during the pandemic . Well, these are some of the questions that my all Star Panel of Sporting Supremos will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. They are andrew georgiou, president of sport at Discovery, and hejoins us from tokyo, where Discovery are covering the olympics. Minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and Sanjay Patel is directing manager of the hundred for england and wales cricket board. Sanjay, the hundre
Will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. They are andrew georgiou, president of sport at Discovery, and he joins us from tokyo, where Discovery are covering the olympics. Minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and Sanjay Patel is Managing Director of the hundred for england and wales cricket board. Sanjay, the hundred has got matches on every day. You want to bring cricket to a new wider audience how are the ratings going for it so far . What are the Tv Audiences like . Well, were a week into the hundred and weve been absolutely delighted with the reaction, both in stadia and on broadcast. Over the first week, weve reached 8. 4 million people. Whats really important to us is 3. 3 Million people who never watched cricket before this year. So that suggests we are reaching a new audience. And we were just blown away by the two opening games the womens opening game got 1. 9 million, which was the peak, which is great for the Womens Game
Now on Bbc News, The Media Show. Hello. What a summer of sport this is. Sport is all over tv, and coverage of Sports Events is what we are focusing on today. The olympics is on, weve just had the euros, and theres a new Cricket Competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. But in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. Does Sport Need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or tiktok . And has the amount of Money Tv companies are prepared to pay for sport fallen during the pandemic . Well, these are some of the questions that my all Star Panel of Sporting Supremos will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. They are andrew georgiou, president of sport at Discovery, and he joins us from tokyo, where Discovery are covering the olympics. Minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and Sanjay Patel is directing manager of the hundred for england and wales cricket board.