TV/Cable News

Are they the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball? Perhaps they're bigger. The Savannah Bananas are a phenomenon born in the Coastal Empire of Georgia, and in 2025 saw their broadcast TV debut on The CW Network. This year, more games are heading to the Nexstar-controlled broadcast TV hub.

The company that seeks to win regulatory approval of its proposed sale to Nexstar Media Group could be one step closer to getting that OK. That's because it has just resolved an online public file rule violation by signing a Consent Decree with the Video Division Chief of the FCC Media Bureau.

Since March 2023, she served as the Integrated Sales Manager for the CBS affiliate serving Portland, Ore. Late last week, a LinkedIn post signaled her departure from the station, calling her time at KOIN-6 "truly special" as she thanked her colleagues. It is now known she's moving to the Central Valley of California.

A newly released advertiser study on media spending and priorities in the planning, buying, and measurement of Connected TV and Over-the-Top advertising conducted by Advertiser Perceptions on behalf of TEGNA-owned Premion finds that 70% of respondents expect to increase their Connected TV spending in 2026.

Pizza, anyone? Or how about some of the other items from a brand that shed "Pizza" from its name several years ago? No matter what you consider Domino's, chew on this: it is a significant investor in spot TV and spot cable.

For Mike Steib and the TEGNA C-Suite, it is very much business as usual as the company patiently awaits word from the FCC and DOJ that its game-changing merger with Nexstar Media Group will receive regulatory approval. With Q4 results arriving soon, TEGNA's board has just declared a regular quarterly cash dividend.

It's a division of a company with its roots firmly established with the family that formerly owned The Washington Post. And, its parent, Graham Holdings, on Wednesday released its Q4 2025 earnings report. How did Graham Media Group perform? Poor comps cloud the fiscal health assessment.

While Xperi Corp. CEO Jon Kirchner is pleased with the trajectory the parent of DTS AutoStage, TiVo and HD Radio performed across last year, how did Xperi do in Q4? The company surpassed the consensus estimate on revenue.

The board of directors of The E.W. Scripps Company has approved a new contract for its President/CEO, a sign that it is satisfied with the company's direction and growth track as it ignores a hostile takeover attempt by Sinclair Inc.

Gray Media has brought to life a new 30-minute program designed to provide solutions and hope for the growing population of aging adults and their families across America. The unscripted conversation-style show, "Aging Untold," debuts Monday and will air weekdays on Gray-owned stations.

The world's largest Spanish-language content creator and distributor enjoyed a 15% year-over-year ad revenue increase in Mexico. However, this was nearly offset in its entirety by a double-digit decrease in advertising at its U.S. media brands.

In a month where television viewing reached a 12-month high, Disney captured the largest month-over-month gain in Nielsen’s January 2026 Media Distributor Gauge report, the monthly view of total TV consumption aggregated by parent company.

The WNBA’s Portland Fire and NWSL’s Portland Thorns have entered into a joint multi-year media partnership with a broadcast TV station serving Oregon's largest market branded as "FOX 12 Plus" — a score for Gray Media.

Additional local newscasts are now available to Denver DMA audiences, courtesy of the company that hopes to soon complete a game-changing merger with Nexstar Media Groups. Starting today, "9News" telecasts can be seen at both 12:30pm and 5:30pm local time — on TEGNA's MyNetwork TV affiliate in the Mile High City.

Last week, one restaurant chain stepped ahead of all other brands when it came to its activity on Spot Cable. For Spot Television, the story once again is wrapped around Pharma and accident attorney specialist Morgan & Morgan.