TV/Cable News

The FCC has confirmed that at its March Open Meeting, scheduled for March 16, it will consider a proposal it believes "would help ensure that a greater number of individuals who are blind or visually impaired can be connected, informed, and entertained by television programming."

The direct broadcast satellite service provider's stock price rose by 5.2% on Thursday after the company released its Q4 earnings report. The results topped earnings estimates as measured by Zacks Equity Research.

Country music in Southern California has long been popular, shifting from AM to FM radio and today heard on Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters' KKGO-FM in Los Angeles. Now, thanks to Get After It Media, Country music fans now have a broadcast TV home to enjoy their favorite tunes.

With its privatization effort led by Standard General still awaiting regulatory approval, TEGNA is preparing its Q4 2022 earnings report.  With no earnings call because of the pending transaction, the numbers will speak for themselves. And, ahead of their release, the TEGNA Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend.

Quick-service restaurants have long been big users of Spot Cable. For the week of February 19, one national pizza-focused chain stood apart from every other advertiser using Spot Cable on the latest chart from Media Monitors.

A "firm go" has been given for the production and launch of Allen Media Group's 72nd television series. It's a daily one-hour offering available via syndication going to market in fall 2023. And, it sees a new incarnation of a television show for a judge who will be concluding 24 seasons with Warner Bros. Discovery.

NewsNation, the Nexstar Media Group-owned cable news network, has launched a NewsNation-branded connected-television app. It's available across a variety of major platforms, including Roku, AppleTV, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Samsung devices. The new apps enable NewsNation to more Americans — in particular cord-cutters or cord-nevers.

A pair of board members of The E.W. Scripps Co. will not stand for re-election at the annual meeting of shareholders in May, the company announced in a SEC filing made on Thursday. On the Presidents' Day holiday, it became known that Scripps has nominated two other Scripps family members to fill their respective seats.

Starting on Sunday, March 26, new, locally produced entertainment programming will make its debut on one of the two stations Gray Television considers its hometown, flagship properties.

Make no mistake, upward of 100 people will be losing their jobs at Canada's TVA Group. As parent Quebecor puts it, it is "being forced to rationalize resources" at the subsidiary in a move that will help it "balance its cost structure."

Digital Networks LLC has fired up a new broadcast television station, serving the picturesque city of Charleston, S.C. It's the latest growth initiative from the company formerly known as Luken Communications, and doing business as Get After It Media.

It was a much-discussed topic on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the action was confirmed: Diamond Sports Group, the subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that is the parent of the Bally Sports regional sports networks, has decided not to pay roughly $140 million in interest payments that were due on February 15.

The "sports-first" live TV streaming platform that has suffered severe erosion in its stock price since October 2021 led by CEO David Gandler and CFO John Janedis will host a conference call to review its fourth quarter and full-year 2022 results one full business day later than previously expected.

The publicly traded digital ad solutions company with its roots in Hispanic-focused broadcast radio and television in the U.S. has launched a platform designed to allow companies "to effectively connect and engage" with Latino consumers via OTT and Connected TV media options.