Gray Television’s Q1 Report Release Date Is Confirmed
Broadcast TV station owner Gray Television has announced when it will release its first quarter 2024 earnings report. What can holders of "GTN" expect to hear from Pat LaPlatney, Hilton Howell Jr. and the rest of the executive leadership team?
CBS News Re-Envisions National Stream, Changes Name
CBS News 24/7 is the new name for CBS News' national stream, which is expanding its live coverage starting April 22. With the rebrand to "CBS News 24/7" comes an eponymous live newscast offering world news across an hour, starting in June.
Crackdowns on Password Sharing Impacting SVOD Churn
Some 52% of TV content viewers have cancelled or lost access to at least one of their subscription video-on-demand services within the past year, Horowitz Research shares in a new study. For those who cancelled or lost access within the past 12 months, cost is a big reason.
Pinal County Gets FCC OK For Tucson TV
Aside from the cities of Apache Junction and San Tan Valley, the majority of Pinal County, Ariz. sees itself more closely aligned to Tucson than Phoenix. That's why the county, with community support, petitioned the FCC to modify the local satellite markets of four Tucson TV stations.
‘One Television Year in the World,’ At A Glance
In 2023, on average and based on the aggregation of the consumption in 86 countries in the world, viewers devoted an average of 2 hours 21 minutes per day to television. That's according to France's "Glance" Global Audience & Content Evolution Report courtesy of Médiamétrie.
CBS News & Stations Names A ‘Weather Strategy’ Leader
She has a Master's Degree in French Studies from New York University and has been in the U.S. broadcast news industry for 35 years. Now, this former ABC News VP of Newsgathering is taking a key weather leadership role at CBS News & Stations.
A Tax Day Blitz At Spot Cable and Spot TV
In most weeks, there's a disparity between the use of Spot Cable and Spot Television when reviewing who the top advertisers are at each form of media, based on play count. For the week ending April 8, that was far from the case. And, that's thanks to a key product tied to Tax Day in the U.S.
Morgan Murphy Media Pacts With Sinclair For Local News
Morgan Murphy is poised to "greatly expand its local news coverage" at a Michigan TV station it recently purchased from The Marks Media Group by entering a partnership with Sinclair Inc.'s two stations in Traverse City.
A ‘5G Broadcast Collective’ Eyes NAB Show Debut
XGen Network (XGN) and Milachi Media, as the founding members along with the LPTVBA, are gearing up for the April 13 launch at the 2024 NAB Show of a new broadcast industry non-profit whose aim is to promote and help deploy 5G Broadcasting worldwide.
Fine Affirmed for LPTV’s Failure To Follow Two Big FCC Rules
The Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau has affirmed a decision made in late December 2023 to fine the licensee of a Corpus Christi, Tex., low-power TV station for its assumptions tied to a delayed filing of a license application. As such, Roseland Broadcasting is on the hook for a $9,500 forfeiture.
The InFOCUS Podcast: Fred Hunter
He’s worked in television since 1976, and has been at his current station since 1997. Now, Fred Hunter is retiring from WBRC-6 in Birmingham. He shared his thoughts on his career and the importance of local weather to communities across the U.S. in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.
TV Station’s ‘Must Carry’ Denial Upheld By Media Bureau
Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer is standing by a Policy Division decision from one year ago that declined to give "must carry" status to a religious TV station serving Northern California. It was a win for Comcast systems serving Sonoma County.
New Chair Selected For ATSC Standards Technology Group
The Board of Directors of ATSC, the broadcast standards association behind the voluntary transition to the new broadcast TV standard powering NEXTGEN TV, has named a Samsung Electronics executive as Chair of the ATSC technology group that oversees the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards.
FOX Stations Welcomes a Insights and Media Measurement Leader
FOX Television Stations has selected a Senior VP of Insights and Media Measurement whose role will range from day-to-day measurement needs to the strategic direction of the over-the-air broadcast stations through the use of data and analytics.
Gray Gets Five Sports Betting Specials Through New Deal
Thanks to a newly signed agreement, the Tupelo Media Group housed within Gray Television and its FOX affiliate in Southern Nevada are teaming with the SportsGrid free ad-supported streaming television channel to produce five "major sporting event" specials centered on sports betting.