TV/Cable News

All commercial and noncommercial television stations are required to place a carriage election statement stating whether they elect retransmission consent or must carry on cable and satellite in their online public files (OPIF) on or before October 1. The NAB has prepared a Counsel Memo to aid Member stations.

A new fiber camera adapter was officially brought to market at the IBC2026 conference and expo, which concluded Monday and saw a largely Euro-centric crowd across four days at the Amsterdam RAI. For MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, introducing its SilverBack-IP was the company's headline act.

A Michigan federal district court judge has granted a request submitted in July by a former WJBK-TV in Detroit news anchor that nullifies a noncompete agreement she had with the FOX Television Stations-owned station. The judgment allows Taryn Asher to appear on another TV station as her gender discrimination and retaliation case against her former employer continues.

Nearly 75% of TV viewers regularly use their smartphones for other media while watching television, a sign that the competition for audience attention between "television" and mobile video is only growing. That's according to just-released consumer research courtesy of UK-based Omdia.

A full-power satellite television station rebroadcasting the programming of an independent Birmingham-based TV station owned by Sinclair Inc. is poised to become a Sinclair station itself.  This would change a lengthy shared services agreement between Sinclair and this cozy operational partner to outright ownership.

What constitutes “linear TV” and what constitutes streaming? The lines are getting blurred, and that's made it harder and harder for MoffettNathanson to produce its quarterly "Cord-Cutting Monitor," the financial house's three senior analysts conclude.

The median amount of weekday news dropped by a full hour to 5.5 hours in 2025, while the number of stations producing original local news also declined. That's the key takeaway from an annual news survey of TV news content conducted by the RTDNA and Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

A partnership has been reached between live sports streaming service DAZN and Gray Media that will see the over-the-air broadcast of 15 regular-season Cleveland Cavaliers matches during the 2026-2027 National Basketball Association season.

In August 2024, at the age of 88, iconic daytime TV talk host Phil Donahue passed away. On Monday, Donahue, who interviewed authors and actors, politicians and polemics, over a decades-spanning career, was honored right where it began: a broadcast TV station serving the Miami Valley today owned by Nexstar.

The Media and Democracy Project has urged a D.C. federal appeals court to compel the FCC to hold a full Commission vote on whether to grant or toss the advocacy group's petition linked to its ongoing desire to deny a regular license renewal for a Fox Television Stations-owned property in Philadelphia.

For National Spot TV activity, there's little dispute as to what the top brand by play count is. The No. 2 brand? Well, considering the start of the National Football League season and ramp-up of college football, there's hardly a surprise as to this advertiser activity.

The television platform subsidiary of HD Radio and DTS AutoStage parent Xperi Inc. has brought to market what it describes as "a new conversational AI-powered entertainment experience designed to transform how operators and entertainment platforms help consumers discover and engage with content across television and streaming environments."

A media workflow specialist founded 30 years ago has moved forward with the acquisition of an integrated playout, captioning, subtitling and broadcast workflow solutions provider led by CEO David Bowes.

When adtech platforms and TV buyers evaluate Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) data or device-level targeting, they typically rely on data feeds from a single smart TV OEM or streaming device. However, newly released data from the ARF DASH TV Universe Study reveal "a major flaw" in this approach: intra-household fragmentation.

Looking for a way to shift live sports data into premium inventory for real-time advertising? TelevisaUnivision may have a model of interest to you, thanks to an agreement forged with Genius Sports that's just come to life on its Liga MX broadcasts.