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Share values for one of North America's biggest media companies — and pro sports team parents — were up by more than 11% in midday trading on the TSX as investors expressed their pleasure with Rogers Communications' first quarter 2026 results. Yet, while media revenues surged, wireless and cable dollars were flat.

Get After It Media, the Joel Wertman and Otto Padrón-led home of digital multicast networks The Heartland Network, Retro TV, The Family Channel, Rev’n and The Action Channel, is consolidating two of those offerings.

The Telemundo affiliate serving the Jacksonville, Fla., DMA has confirmed that it will be launching a local newscast — the first en español offering of local information to the region's burgeoning Spanish-language consumer base.

Converting a LMA to an owned property in Northeastern Pennsylvania has been given the FCC's OK for Sinclair Inc. The result is the home of The CW for Wilkes Barre-Scranton will become a full-fledged sibling of WOLF-TV and WQMY-TV, creating a "triopoly" for the company led by Chris Ripley.

Her stations are in the middle of a broad newsroom tech overhaul. Can embracing AI-fueled tools help forge the clearest path to competitive differentiation in local news?  Yes, says Graham Media Group President and CEO Catherine Badalamente, appearing at a AWM Breakfast panel discussion during the NAB Show.

A clear-eyed view of how AI can enhance the ability of TV station operators to manage ATSC 3.0-based networks was offered in a detailed press conference hosted by Sinclair's ONE Media Technologies held Sunday as the first day of the 2026 NAB Show got underway across the Las Vegas Convention Center.

A new generation of ATSC 3.0 receivers is on the horizon, and the 2026 NAB Show will serve as a major hub for bringing these new devices to the eyes of broadcast media leaders ahead of future consumers. Handling the promotion efforts for three specific devices is the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority (A3SA).

TitanTV, Inc. has released a White Paper penned by its Chief Revenue Officer that is designed to provide what the company calls a "comprehensive framework to address long-standing inconsistencies" in Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data across broadcast and connected television platforms.

Weigel Broadcasting Co. has signed a partnership agreement with advanced advertising firm OpenAP that will deliver the owner of a selection of digital multicast networks including MeTV "advanced data-driven linear audiences."

Among the most active participants in the FCC's recent LPTV rule modification effort is Jeff Winemiller, a familiar figure in the LPTV community. Winemiller has filed hundreds of applications to modify and expand LPTV station coverage. And, he's turned to a Sinclair Inc. subsidiary when it comes to equipment.

As Q1 came to a close, so did The E.W. Scripps Co.'s ownership of WRTV-6 in Indianapolis. The sale of the ABC affiliate to Circle City Broadcasting saw some bemoan the loss of a local news voice, as the WRTV team was combined with that of WISH-8. Now, WRTV is making a statement with new local programs.

For some, its time has come and gone, with industry leaders convinced ATSC 3.0 transition for the nation's TV broadcast stations is the best move forward for a business under siege from "Big Tech." A legion of low-power TV station owners think otherwise, and have hedged their bets on 5G Broadcast operations.

For some, it's a real life boogie and a real life hoedown. Now, others will soon get to experience women literally grabbing the bull by its horns. Thank Brian Lawlor and his team at The E.W. Scripps Co. for that forthcoming new programming opportunity, on live and local broadcast TV.

The deal makes Locality the first broadcast sales organization to implement Nielsen’s MDE offering at scale, enabling demographic audience delivery across all U.S. local markets to within four days of airing. Previously, this process took weeks.

“Local Now is committed to bringing viewers the very best in free streaming content, and this partnership with Scripps takes that mission to an entirely new level,” said Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Local Now parent Allen Media Group. “These channels reflect the depth and diversity of content our audience craves.”