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British citizen Matthew Davidge's politically focused TV venture devoted to “bite-sized videos and informational text” to the “purple majority” has made its debut in no less than 20 new markets — a rollout timed to coincide with the opening on Monday of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Phil Donahue, who pioneered the issues-driven, audience-fueled television talk show format in Dayton, Ohio, later taking his program to WGN-9 in Chicago and, ultimately, New York, has died at the age of 88 following a lengthy illness, TMZ reports.

Some two-thirds of TV content viewers are using free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms in a typical month, a new Horowitz Research report on the state of media, entertainment and technology that focuses on viewing habits finds. Four FAST networks stand out in the study.

In an Opinion and Order released on Friday, federal district judge Margaret Garnett ordered the joint venture participants behind the forthcoming Venu Sports be prohibited from launching the forthcoming OTT platform pending the court's final ruling. It's a win for "sports first" vMVPD Fubo.

The Appellate Division of New York's Supreme Court has affirmed a July 2023 ruling that requires the nation's largest owner of broadcast television stations to repay direct broadcast satellite TV services provider DirecTV for fees associated with what is today an unaffiliated TV station branded as “DC News Now.”

The Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ted Cruz, has shared the news that all five Commissioners will decide whether or not Audacy Inc.'s reorganization plan passes muster with regulatory policy. A Houston federal bankruptcy court approved in February.

The world's biggest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company has reached a new multi-year partnership with Major League Baseball. And, fans will not have to wait until the 2025 season to tune to coverage en español on both sides of the Rio Grande.

A Fargo-based media company that owns WDAY-AM, WDAY-6 and The Forum newspaper serving this South Dakota city has agreed to purchase an NBC affiliate and two low-power television station siblings in Rapid City, S.D. It's a transaction that sees Kalil & Co. serve as the broker.

For the last 12 years, he’s led the team in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Now, he is taking the additional role of President/GM of the company's ABC and The CW stations serving Iowa's state capital.

Democrats on the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee have penned a letter to Jessica Rosenworcel expressing their strong support for a NPRM to "promote transparency" by requiring disclosure when content generated by artificial intelligence is used in political ads.

Sinclair Inc. may be primarily known for its broadcast television stations, the Tennis Channel and four digital multicast channels, but it also has a podcast division. On August 21, it is officially expanding with the launch of a new slate of sports programming titles.

Come 2025, “some” Warner Bros. Discovery programming will not be renewed, Corus Entertainment shared in June. That's because Rogers Sports + Media grabbed the rights to the the WBD content Corus is losing, in addition to NBCUniversal content. Now, Corus is taking its battle to the CRTC.

The timing of the report comes one day after the announcement that WCBS-AM in New York would become the new home of "ESPN New York" thanks to a lease management agreement (LMA) with Good Karma Brands.

In an internal e-mail distributed on Monday afternoon to all employees, The E.W. Scripps Co. announced "the elimination" of the Chief Operating Officer role at the owner of broadcast TV stations and digital multicast networks, effective December 31. This will see Lisa Knutson exit at the end of 2024.

It was a narrower net loss for radio station owner Beasley Broadcast Group in the second quarter of 2024, and it surpassed the estimate offered by an analyst who shared his predictions with Yahoo! Finance. That positive momentum was buoyed a positive assessment of Beasley shares by Zacks.