TV/Cable News

Valari Staab, the Chairman of NBCUniversal Local who oversees both NBC and Telemundo-branded owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award. She'll receive it at Forecast 2027 on November 12 in New York.

It is one of most popular features of the year among readers. Now, it has been enhanced for our upcoming Fall 2026 magazine as an improved reflection of the individuals driving live and local TV across the U.S.. For the seventh consecutive year, RBR+TVBR has opened its nomination window for its 2026 Top Local TV Leaders list.

Atlanta Braves fans will be able to watch a pair of the Major League Baseball team's games in Spanish, thanks to an agreement between the club and Gray Media's Telemundo affiliate group, one of the NBCUniversal network's largest.

The digitally distributed Scripps News information service owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. has launched a new initiative that the company says is designed to strengthen the relationship between journalists and consumers.

It was highly likely to happen again, starting yesterday evening. Thanks to savvy negotiation between the two parties, a retransmission consent fee dispute leading to a "blackout" of Hearst stations on the DBS provider was averted.

Draper Media is telling viewers of the CBS, NBC and FOX affiliates serving the Delmarva Peninsula in Eastern Maryland, Delaware and Virginia's Chincoteague region that broadcast transmissions are currently being hampered by what the company says is "a Verizon outage."

Even as consumers continue to gravitate toward streaming platforms, the "new fall season" and Upfronts remain an essential cog in the wheel of U.S. television. As such, accurate and dependable ratings data remains a key need for the networks and affiliates over the next year. Nielsen has spoken.

The notes were priced at 100% of par, and the offering of the notes is expected to close on Friday, subject to customary closing conditions. Gray will use the net proceeds of the offering to redeem a portion of Gray’s outstanding 10.5% senior secured first lien notes due 2029, among other needs.

The European online clothing reseller that's seeking to attract the Poshmark crowd continues to invest heavily in promoting itself through Spot Cable advertising, the latest Spot Ten report from Media Monitors shows.

The individual presently serving as Director of National Sales for Hearst Television has been promoted to the newly created role of VP/Revenue, reporting to EVP Ashley Gold. It is an individual who first joined Hearst TV in 2023 as OTT National Sales Manager.

One of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States, parent to the News 12 brand in the New York Tri-State Area, has confirmed that it has received a noncompliance notice from the New York Stock Exchange. Why? It's stock price is below the minimum threshold for continued listing.

In February 2024, Diamond Sports Group’s bankruptcy restructuring process came with a shiny silver lining for free over-the-air TV: In Milwaukee, play-by-play coverage for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks arrived at an over-the-air station for the first time in 17 years. Now, Morgan Murphy Media is stepping up its coverage of the Bucks in two other Wisconsin markets, bring a full season full of games to viewers.

A Hearst Television veteran has been promoted to Vice President of News, a role in which he'll continue to report to Hearst Television Sr. VP of News and Chief Content Officer Barbara Maushard.

A new strategic agreement has been reached that will restore all-news cable television channels owned and offered by two regional MVPDs to each lineup, resolving an 11-month freeze-out for the brands on Optimum and Charter Communications' Spectrum systems in the New York Tri-State Area.

A live, locally produced sports talk program focused on the pro and collegiate sports teams preferred by residents of Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia is coming to a trio of Sinclair Inc. owned stations in the region.