Panteras en Pre-Season: NFL Team Gets Spanish-Language TV Deal
Gray Media and the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers have reached an agreement that will bring the team's three pre-season games to viewers across the publicly traded company's Telemundo stations in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
MiEspañol Genre Pack Adds VIX’s ‘Premium with Ads’
"This strategic collaboration delivers a powerful blend of live TV and exclusive on-demand content, reinforcing both companies' commitment to serving U.S. Spanish-speaking audiences with culturally relevant programming," DirecTV and TelevisaUnivision said in a joint statement distributed Thursday.
‘Iowa’s News Leader’ and Hearst Celebrate 70 Years For KCCI
It signed on the air on July 31, 1955 as KRNT-TV, and was owned by the Cowles family until 1983. Today, the station is CBS affiliate KCCI-8 in Des Moines, and the Hearst Television property is gearing up to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
TEGNA Finalizes Its Q2 Earnings Release Plans
The Northern Virginia-headquartered broadcast television company led by CEO Mike Steib and CFO Julie Heskett has proven that it is one of the industry's strongest players. How it performed in Q2 2025 will be revealed in early August.
FCC Warned To Resist ‘Social Contracts’ To Tackle TV Industry ‘Inefficiencies’
A Senior Fellow of an independent, non-profit free market-oriented think tank founded in 2006 has taken pen to paper to alert the FCC and its Chairman, Brendan Carr, that it best refrain from reviving what it calls "social contracts" to address inefficiencies in the nation's video marketplace.
Two Free TV Networks ‘Diginets’ Get Distribution Boost
Free TV Networks serves consumers with over-the-air digital broadcast networks and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Now, two of those "diginets" have widened their respective distribution thanks to a pair of agreements with two of the biggest broadcast TV ownership groups in the U.S.
A Whopper Of A Spot Cable Investment Plan
Summer months typically mean an uptick in ad spend for quick-service restaurants eager to attract younger consumers and those on the road for an enticing bite. For the Independence Day holiday weekend, one QSR stood out from the pack in a significant away as two category peers saw a dip in their Spot Ten Cable ratings.
Future Of Television Goals Of NAB Gains Its Detractors
As many local television broadcasters sees it, a Petition for Rulemaking and Future of Television Initiative Report filed by the NAB offers sensible rule "modernization" suggestions to the FCC that will allow the industry to further future-proof itself. Six TV industry-focused political advocacy groups disagree.
LPTV Protection Act Challenge Denied By D.C. Circuit Court
In an 18-page decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has denied a petition of review from a Connecticut-based low power television station licensee that challenged the FCC's implementation of the Low Power Protection Act.
For 15th Anniversary, NBCU’s Stamford Home Gets A SSL Boost
NBCUniversal’s Stamford Studios marked its 15th anniversary in late 2024 with the installation of a Solid State Logic System T S400 broadcast audio platform. The console manages broadcast audio for NBCUniversal Syndication Studios’ The Steve Wilkos Show and Karamo at the 46,000-square-foot production facility.
B2B TV Ad Opportunity Arrives For Connected TV Marketer
A NYSE-traded technology platform that brings performance marketing to Connected TV has forged a partnership with a "go-to-market intelligence platform" in a way that is designed to help business-to-business marketers "reach the right business decision-makers through streaming TV ads."
Report: Four In Ten U.S. TV Consumers Are ‘FAST’ Viewers
According to a new Horowitz Research report, some 85% of American consumers watch at least some live TV content. And, in a boost to the Connected TV purveyor, some 40% of live viewers say they typically watch live TV on free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services.
Paramount Global, Mediacom Ink A Fresh Distribution Deal
The multi-year agreements extend Mediacom’s carriage of Paramount’s broadcast TV stations under the CBS banner and such cable TV networks as BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. As part of the renewal, Mediacom can now make the Paramount+ Premium plan available to Mediacom customers.
Winemiller Agrees To Purchase A SLC LPTV Property
The prolific entrepreneur of low-power broadcast televisions is at it again when it comes to signing off on a transaction. This time, he's struck a deal to purchase a property serving Salt Lake City.
A Major Market Acquisition in Bismarck for Kapur
Ravi Kapur has proven to be an active buyer of low-power television stations in recent years. Now, his Major Market Broadcasting is in purchase mode once again, as it is agreeing to acquire a property in North Dakota from none other than the man behind Lowcountry 34 Media.