TV/Cable News

The sports-first live TV streaming platform has added more free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels to its consumer offerings. The addition is part of a strategy to further grow its content — and ad revenue — by expanding distribution of FAST channels on its subscription service. Fubo TV plans to add more than 100 additional FAST channels by the end of 2022.

Bert Ellis is selling a station he acquired from Golden Orange Broadcasting for $149.5 million. Now, Ellis is spinning the Los Angeles DMA high-VHF facility to a religious broadcasting organization for nearly 73% less than what he paid for it some 16 years ago. That said, Ellis collected millions in the FCC's spectrum auction by vacating a UHF facility. The broker in this deal: Kalil & Co.

TelevisaUnivision is attracting attention for a significant pricing and allocation of debt refinancing for its U.S.-based assets under the Univision Communications arm.

Syncbak's free, ad-supported national streaming service has reached new carriage agreements with six broadcast groups. This will bring 18 stations, and five new markets, to the local news platform known as VUit.

Sinclair Broadcast Group shareholders have successfully elected the nominated nine directors at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, held Thursday. Among those taking seats is a former 2016 Republican presidential candidate who later led HUD for the Trump Administration. Here's who else will be taking seats in the company boardroom.

It's a surprising move. And, The Walt Disney Co. confirmed it on Thursday afternoon. Peter Rice is out, and Dana Walden is taking on his responsibilities.

On June 2, NEXTGEN TV, delivered by way of the ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology being rolled out on a volunteer basis across the U.S., arrived in the San Joaquin Valley’s biggest city. Now, a second NEXTGEN TV station made its debut, bringing more options to those from Visalia to Fresno.

The Media Rating Council (MRC) announced today it has issued a draft version of its Outcomes and Data Quality Standards. The announcement opens a 60-day public comment period on the Standards. The draft standards are the next phase of an ongoing project to standardize the measurement of Outcomes resulting from advertising exposure.

TEGNA’s flagship television station serving the Washington, D.C., DMA has promoted from within in selecting its next News Content Director. Who is it? She's presently the Asst. News Director.

Newly released consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that nearly half of U.S. adults in TV households watch video on a television via a connected device each day. This reflects significant growth since 2017, let alone a decade ago.

In early March, RBR+TVBR reported on the departure of the Director of Content for TEGNA's CBS-affiliated WTSP-10 in Tampa-St. Petersburg. Kelly Frank was moving to Philadelphia, to take on the role of President/GM of CBS News and Stations' two properties in the market. TEGNA has now selected Frank's successor on Gandy Blvd. 

Don't think quick-service restaurants recognize the importance of Spot Cable across the hot summer months? Look no further than the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report. For the week ending June 5, there's some big "meaty" activity for one QSR, putting it at the top and towering over four active competitors in the category.

Gray Television has been an active buyer of "fill-in" facilities. The company is at it again. This time, it's buying a Class A TV construction permit in an Alabama municipality.

A blockbuster deal that would have combined Calgary-based Shaw and its predominantly Western Canada media assets with a North American media behemoth founded by Ted Rogers is now on hold. Why? Look no further than Canada's Competition Bureau in Ottawa.

With a dollar infusion from Dreamscape Inc., a portfolio company of GTCR, Standard Media Group will begin a new chapter — one that sees a change in the role of Chief Executive Officer.