TV/Cable News

The free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel launched by The E.W. Scripps Co. earlier this year under the leadership of former local stations head Brian Lawlor is bringing an "enormously popular" YouTube offering to television. And, it's all about sports.

The company behind The Heartland Network and the Heartland+ app; Retro TV; and the recently launched Hasbro Legends digital multicast channel is teaming up with a social media platform to co-develop and produce original content for distribution across all of Get After It Media's linear and digital offerings.

It's another sign that Nexstar Media Group won't be assuming control of the NBC affiliate in the South's biggest market, its in-market sibling or the CBS affiliate serving nearby Macon, Ga., anytime soon.  TEGNA has appointed a new President/GM for the three properties, and he's inbound from Florida.

He's considered by Netflix to be "one of the entertainment industry’s most respected creative executives." That's why this former Chairman of Walt Disney Television will soon join the streaming video Goliath as its next Chief Content Officer, effective October 26 — succeeding Bela Bajaria.

Nearly one year ago, the Miami Heat NBA franchise and WPLG-10 in Miami unveiled a deal that made "LOCAL 10" the local home of a small slate of team games. It's the official broadcast home for the 2026-2027 season, too, adding more games to the slate. This left an opportunity open in West Palm Beach.

For millions of TV viewers, she's a familiar mid-morning face thanks to her longtime association with NBC's TODAY. Soon, segments produced by her wellness company will begin appearing on Gray Media television stations across the U.S.

A digital Class A television station serving North Carolina's Queen City is being acquired by the licensee associated with the parent of digital multicast network MeTV and the CBS affiliate serving Milwaukee. It sends a message that Bahakel Communications could soon be losing at least one of its "diginets."

The lead attorney representing Disney and its ABC Owned Television Stations at the heart of an early license renewal process over what the FCC calls claims of "invidious" forms of DEI discrimination has told Judge Loren AliKhan that the Commission's "excuses" leading to the unprecedented move "only underscore their retaliatory motive."

In another sign that the Patrick Paolini-led TEGNA is most definitely an independently-run unit of Nexstar Media Group, he's just signed off on a "comprehensive, multi-year deal" that renews station affiliation agreements for all of the stations presently airing such programming as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The View."

On June 12, 2024, the former News Director and Asst. ND of WOOD-TV each filed a defamation suit against Nexstar Media Group. A September 2024 attempt by Nexstar to dismiss the complaint from the ND was dismissed. Now, more than two years later, a federal district court judge has ruled in favor of the ex-staffers, but not for defamation.

On September 15, it became known that TEGNA's Sr. VP and Head of Sports Rights and Sr. VP of Revenue had risen to the role of SVP/Group GM. At the time, it was understood that Brad Ramsey would be one of three Group GMs to be announced by the "hold separate" unit of Nexstar. The two other Group GMs have now been announced.

In yet another mini-package that will see a pro sports league's games simulcast on over-the-air television, the St. Louis Blues have come to terms on a multi-year partnership that will see 10 select Blue Note + telecasts appear on the recently launched ABC affiliate in the Gateway City owned by Gray Media.

In a MIPCOM 2026 keynote address, Frédéric Vaulpré, Sr. VP at French television industry market intelligence firm Glance, notes the line between broadcasters and platforms is blurring. Still, the winners in a world of "coopetition" will be those who understand who is watching, where and why "by having an accurate understanding of audience drivers."

He's a familiar name to broadcast media industry leaders with CBS Television Network affiliations. And, he's staying on at the newly reborn Skydance to handle distribution matters for all of the company's broadcast and cable television properties.

Gray Media has closed a new $600 million Term Loan G maturing July 15, 2030. The publicly traded company has also reduced its existing $750 million revolving credit facility, while announcing Friday that its launched a new "incremental term loan" while redeeming some of its 2029 notes.