TV/Cable News

Not only is Ryanne Saucier the VP of Legal Affairs at FOX Television Stations, but she also recently launched a podcast of her own that brings heart, humor, and honesty to the airwaves through conversations about grief, reinvention, and the often unspoken parts of becoming someone new after life falls apart.

He was most recently the Chief Technology Officer at Allen Media Broadcasting, an arm of Allen Media Group. Now he has resurfaced at one of the nation's leading video systems integration and consulting firms as Director of Business Development and Technology.

The war over retransmission fees has escalated into a battle of beliefs between Dish Network and Hearst Television, as Dish was "forced" to pull the plug just after Midnight Eastern on March 3 on every Hearst VHF or UHF station it carries. Dish stated its defense as it pulled the Hearst stations, and we've got an RBR + TVBR OBSERVATION to share on the matter.

A "sports-first" live TV streaming platform trying to put the kibosh on a planned launch of the Venu Sports platform from The Walt Disney Co., Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery has secured a rights agreement with the company that owns such over-the-air stations as KFAA-29 in Dallas, KONG-16 in Seattle and flagship property WUSA-9 in Washington, D.C.

If the estimates of UBS analyst John Hodulik are correct, a wireless carrier said to be courting Sprint and one of the nation's biggest MVPDs are the top two bidders in the just-concluded Forward Auction.

Hurricane Milton was projected to cripple much of Florida’s Gulf Coast and cities stretching from Fort Myers to Daytona Beach. A leader of two Hearst Television stations in the storm's path shares how the news flowed while ensuring staff safety some two years after Hurricane Ian and seven years after Hurricane Irma ravaged the state.

If you believe a global study released this morning by New York-based Accenture, the percentage of consumers worldwide who prefer watching TV shows on television sets plummeted to 23% between October and November 2016, compared to 52% in the same period one-year earlier. That's one of the key takeaways from the Accenture 2017 Digital Consumer Survey, and RBR + TVBR got its hands on exclusive data that shows U.S. consumers are leading this trend.

A broadcast television station ownership group founded by CEO Bill Fielder that tapped Don Fisher as President and Chief Revenue Officer one year ago has expanded its local currency agreement with a competitor to Nielsen.

Following the FCC's spectrum auction, it became clear that smaller broadcast TV operators, or those with a small footprint in TV, would become sellers rather than acquisition players. Among the companies that looked poised to exit the TV business was Saga Communications. Now, speculation has turned to confirmation: Saga is leaving the TV business.

That's a question being asked by Zacks Equity Research, as it regularly looks at the "latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks." Did "GTN" make the list?

A 33-year television industry veteran who began her career in the Traverse City-Cadillac, Mich., market and served as Journal Broadcast Group's Tucson Market Manager from October 2007-November 2012 has returned to Michigan thanks to Nexstar Media Group.

Looking for a local newscast where the assignment desk editor isn't glued to the police scanner? DuJuan McCoy and his Circle City Broadcasting may have just the right cup of tea — or best flavor of juice box — for your afternoon viewing needs.

FOX will have no need to look for new affiliation partners in some 31 markets through the end of 2019, thanks to a newly forged deal with Nexstar that for the first time covers OTT distribution of the network's affiliates.

Two months after the FCC opened up a comment period on a trio of proposals that would unwind VHF-to-UHF shifts at stations owned by Gray Media, the FCC has given its blessing to the company's requests. It did so as it received not one comment on the matter, except from Gray itself.

Univision's President of Advertising Sales & Marketing from 2007-2012 has just been named EVP/Digital Sales and Sales Strategy. He reports to a 15-year CBS Corp. veteran who is concurrently rising to the role of President and Chief Advertising Revenue Officer.