TV/Cable News

While The Home Depot has been perhaps the most active brand in the home improvement retailer category in the last several years when it comes to advertising activity, it's primary competitor in the U.S. has risen to the top of the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report.

The owner of the Tennis Channel, a trio of digital multicast networks and some 197 local broadcast television stations will continue to rely on Nielsen measurement when pitching advertisers to place commercials across its portfolio of visual media properties.

It's happened again. A major media entity, this time FuboTV, has become victim of a cyberattack. Is there no way to guard a broadcast media company — MVPD or station owner — from such an incidents?  Given the renewed importance of cyberattack prevention, RBR+TVBR is pleased to offer this encore InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, with Lisa Plaggemier, head of the National Cybersecurity Alliance. LISTEN HERE

The 2023 NABOB Media Learning Series will continue on Tuesday with a webinar that sees a TVB representative share how broadcast television can achieve revenue growth, now that the COVID-19 pandemic is in the past.

One of cable television's more popular draws over the last two decades has arguably been home improvement and DIY-focused shows seen on such networks as HGTV. Now, media mogul Byron Allen sees value in such fare on broadcast television, and has put a "firm go" on Allen Media Group's creation and launch of its 70th and newest HD television series — one entirely focused on home repair and renewal.

As live streaming platforms have grown as a source of content and community, researchers wanted to explore how one’s sense of loneliness affects how they interact with the streamers and the community. This report from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications offers some intriguing insights on the subject.

Before him, there was Craig Ferguson, Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder. Now, James Corden will soon join the ranks of former hosts of CBS's Late Late Show, and CBS is planning a prime-time special ahead of his final broadcast of the program, scheduled for April 27. 

Between October 2022 and August 2023, J.D. Power gathered responses from 23,584 customers for its 2023 U.S. Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. The study evaluated overall satisfaction based on seven factors to offer a comprehensive assessment of perceptions of current television service providers.

From nail-biting endings that sees San Diego State University, Florida Atlantic University, the University of Miami, and the University of Connecticut in the NCAA Men's Final Four Basketball Tournament, enticing viewers with phone-home eats was certainly a big effort for one pizza-focused QSR brand.

Nelson Peltz has proven to be a thorn in the side of Bob Iger and The Walt Disney Co. for some time, and just days ago launched a proxy fight with the company in the hopes that shareholders will vote him onto the Board of Directors. Peltz just picked up the endorsement of another key investor in Disney.

Lower domestic advertising revenue and domestic distribution revenue, on tough comps to the Beijing Olympics and the NFL's Super Bowl in 2022, were the key contributing factors to a media segment loss in the first quarter of 2023 for NBCUniversal.

With the publication in the Federal Register of a plan that would impose mandatory refunds for MVPD customers unable to view broadcast TV channels due to a retransmission consent impasse, the Media Bureau has established a comment period certainly of interest to the NAB and TV station owners.

NBCUniversal's two owned-and-operated properties in Burbank, Calif., have been given new VPs of News. At KNBC-4, the change is immediate. For KVEA-52, the flagship Telemundo station for Southern California, the change is effective June 5.

Allen Media Group, founded by Byron Allen, has negotiated a multi-year renewal agreement with Charter Communications Inc. for the ongoing distribution of AMG's cable networks. This agreement also extends to the retransmission of Allen Media Broadcasting television stations across Charter’s Spectrum services.

The E.W. Scripps Company has announced when will report its second-quarter 2023 operating results. Mark the first Friday of August on your calendar, making the release the second to be scheduled on that date.