TV/Cable News

That's a question Borrell Associates posed in its Fall 2002 survey of local advertising agencies, and the answer is great news for TVB leaders and those on the sales side of free-to-air television stations across the U.S. — in particular low-power stations in markets where opportunities abound.

It not only owns radio stations across Canada but happens to be a global music, media and technology company with commercial-free music stations found on such U.S. MVPDs as Hotwire. Now, two Stingray 'FAST' channels are heading to a growing U.S. OTT provider. 

All 19 Bally Sports RSNs will begin appearing "in the coming weeks" on FuboTV, the financially challenged operation with John Janedis as CFO that just suffered a cyberattack during a pivotal 2022 FIFA World Cup match.

Michael Nathanson, Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson, admits that his Wall Street advisement house has painted "a grim picture" about the current state of linear TV thanks to accelerated cord cutting trends. Now, he laments, "We darken that picture even more." Brace yourselves.

Just how big the audience is for the locally owned television station serving Arizona's biggest DMA will now be the job of the company seeking to gain more TV measurement business from privately held Nielsen, which is in the midst of a major leadership restructuring.

FuboTV and the regional sports network home to the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets, Altitude Sports, in October secured a multi-year carriage agreement that will expand TV coverage of both teams. Now, there's more good news for FUBO, and it involves The E.W. Scripps Co.

It appears that Apple TV won't be chomping at the bit to get the digital streaming rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, putting Amazon Video in the driver's seat while YouTube could still emerge as a potential service home for the National Football League once its exclusive deal with DirecTV ends in three weeks.

As Monday morning began, the retrans impasse was over between the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations and the NewsNation cable television network and one of the biggest MVPDs operating across the U.S.

Four months ago, there was much chatter that NBCUniversal was seriously thinking about dropping the 10pm hour from the NBC television network, handing it back to affiliates while O&Os took it for their own programming. Now, word has surfaced that the powers that be will not be erasing the 10pm hour from the NBC network lineup — at least not at this time.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has sent a formal request to the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) to initiate a card count by a neutral third party on behalf of thousands of unionizing freelance TV Commercial Production department workers.

Instead of a traditional quarterly earnings call, Netflix releases a video interview with key C-Suite members in which the previous quarter was discussed. For Q4 2022, a Bank of America Securities veteran media analyst will conduct the affair.

It's happened again. A major media entity, this time FuboTV, has become victim of a cyberattack. Is there no way to guard a broadcast media company — MVPD or station owner — from such an incidents?  Given the renewed importance of cyberattack prevention, RBR+TVBR is pleased to offer this encore InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, with Lisa Plaggemier, head of the National Cybersecurity Alliance. LISTEN HERE

It's an airline that until recently offered Sirius XM satellite radio across most of its fleet and presently presents its travelers live and on-demand visual entertainment.  Come Spring 2023, the airline will be giving preferential treatment to NBCUniversal's streaming service.

The multiplatform media company serving U.S. Hispanics from its home base of the Empire Center is partnering with Comcast's TV advertising tech platform as part of an effort to expand its connected TV advertising business.

The ATSC 3.0 bandwagon keeps rolling on, and this time it has flipped the switch on a Mission Broadcasting-owned station that will serve as the "lighthouse" for NEXTGEN TV broadcasts in one of the biggest markets in the U.S. Southwest.