TV/Cable News

The individual who has most recently served as VP/GM of the Sinclair Broadcast Group property serving the Johnstown-Altoona-State College, Pa., market has been promoted to a similar role at the TV station in the state capital where he began his career. With that move, the GSM in Johnstown, Pa., is rising to the top slot.

Four of seven communities in Pennsylvania will be losing MVPD access to Hearst Television's WTAE-4 in Pittsburgh, as the FCC is allowing a Sinclair-run ABC affiliate serving the Altoona-Johnstown-State College, Pa., DMA to enjoy exclusivity in its network and syndicated programming.

An Oregon nonprofit corporation incorporated on October 6, 1989 faces a small fine for failing to timely file a license renewal application for a low-powered TV station serving Eugene, Ore.

The one-third ownership of popular OTT platform Hulu held by NBCUniversal is being acquired by The Walt Disney Company, putting the wheels in motion on what some industry pundits believe will be the consolidation of the offering with Disney+.

Matt Naber and Robert Breen have shared the leadership team chosen to help them oversee local ad revenue, sales strategies and operations across 27 CBS Stations properties, as well as Paramount’s local digital and streaming revenue.

The FCC's Video Division Chief has given the green light to an upgrade request for a television station offering PBS programming to Iowa’s largest market.

On August 24, RBR+TVBR readers first learned of the sale of a LPTV station serving a wide swath of Massachusetts to the rapidly growing licensee led by CEO Vince Bodiford and funded by 5-Hour Energy creator Manoj Bhargava. That transaction has now closed, with Greg Guy of Tideline Partners serving as the broker.

"With audience migrations, the surge in streaming, the unpredictability of TV seasons and escalating sports rights costs, the TV landscape is being reshaped by disruptive forces," iSpot.TV says. However, against these changes, there is one constant.

The latest Spot Ten Cable report is out from Media Monitors, and the amount of activity seen last week from one QSR brand was enormous, putting a big user of Spot Cable in the home improvement category well far behind by play count.

"We are focused on what we can control as we navigate through these challenges," President/CEO Doug Murphy said as the owner of radio and TV stations reported flat revenue in its fiscal Q4 2023, but experienced a 10% year-to-year decrease in advertising revenue. Meanwhile, it has worked out a higher debt-to-cash flow ratio with its lenders.

The boom growth years for OTT platforms serving U.S. consumers are over. That's the breathtaking conclusion of a new research study from Dublin, Ireland-based Research and Markets that puts an exclamation point on the North American OTT television and video market, with forecasts offered through 2029.

There will be no "Great Affiliation Swaps" in any of the 21 markets where Sinclair Broadcast Group owns CBS network affiliates, thanks to a freshly signed comprehensive, multi-year distribution agreement announced on Friday by CBS parent Paramount.

Salem Media Group is largely known for its collection of Christian-themed and secular Conservative News/Talk radio stations, as well as a publishing house that's home to the works of individuals such as Dinesh D'Souza. But, Salem also has visual content for the taking, and being able to view it just became a step easier.

A new study released on Thursday by the TVB, conducted on its behalf by GfK, aims to better understand "the vast world of streaming and how linear television, specifically local broadcast TV, fits in it." Some 4,000 respondents offered their input. The key takeaway: Some 18% did not watch broadcast TV.

A free ad-supported streaming television network distributed to a half-million hotels and more than 2,500 airport screens across North America has partnered with the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations to extend the distribution of its all-news MVPD-distributed network.