TV/Cable News

Christopher Ruddy has much to cheer about today. A lengthy battle over carriage fees that led to the removal of the Newsmax MVPD-distributed cable TV news channel from all DirecTV platforms has ended. 

The 52-member bargaining unit approved a four-year contract, which includes such benefits as minimum annual salary increases of 3% in the first year of the contract, and 2% increases in each of the following three years.

Covering more than 1,000 brands, 80 categories, 30 metrics and 10 years of analysis, "25 Ways TV Grows Brands: Powering Performance Through Full-Funnel Business Outcomes" distills a decade of analysis into how, according to the VAB, TV grows brands at each stage of the purchase funnel.

Fubo TV co-founder and CEO David Gandler, CFO John Janedis and the rest of the executive leadership team have signed off on a rebranding of its products by eliminating any "TV" references. It's doing so via a national ad campaign co-produced by Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort Productions. 

Thanks to artificial intelligence, "digital voice, likeness and performance simulations" are quickly becoming a reality. What does that mean to real-life actors? SAG-AFTRA bargaining is a necessity, the union says.

NewsNet's owner has been rapidly agreeing to acquire broadcast TV properties, rather than lease digital multicast channels tied to other owners. Now, it is agreeing to purchase a Class A digital TV property serving the Tidewater region of Virginia.

With teams including Princeton and Florida Atlantic University in the Sweet 16, anything goes in the next round of NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament games. Could that see increased activity for one of America's biggest retailers at Spot Television?

Captivating content created by storytellers and filmmakers from around the world was judged online by NYF’s TV & Film Awards Grand Jury panel. Shortlisted entries included content in primetime entertainment, documentaries, investigative journalism, sports coverage, promos, streaming media, and brand image films.

Formerly known as Atlantic Broadband, Breezeline has been building out a new cloud-based IPTV platform for customers. Now, it is being made available across several Keystone State cities.

The FCC at its March Open Meeting on Thursday moved ahead with a proposal to widen audio description regulations to all remaining market areas where the requirement does not already apply. Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, in particular, was in favor of the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Free, ad-supported television, or "FAST" channels, are growing at a fast pace. Is there an opportunity for broadcast television companies to capture audiences, and ad dollars, in this space? Perhaps a 2023 NAB Show session moderated by a veteran media and entertainment business journalist will provide answers.

At 1pm Pacific on April 18, Netflix will release its first quarter 2023 financial results.  SVB Moffett Nathanson Senior Analyst Michael Nathanson will be looking intently at the fiscal health report, as he believes Netflix is in the midst of "two significant changes to their revenue model at a time of dramatic change to the streaming landscape."

It's business as usual for TEGNA, despite its privatization plan led by Soohyung Kim's Standard General now in limbo given a FCC Media Bureau decision to designate for hearing key questions about the transaction for an Administrative Law Judge to adjudicate.  As such, starting April 3 it will have a new President/GM for its NBC and ABC affiliates in Jacksonville, Fla.

Allen Media Group's trio of free streaming platforms are now streaming the Speedvision FAST channel, which offers more than 500 hours of "premium automotive programming" to viewers.

The nation's largest owner of broadcast TV stations has successfully reached a "comprehensive multi-year distribution agreement" with the vMVPD. At the same time, the TV network this company owns has reached a carriage deal ensuring every one of its affiliates remains available to YouTube TV users.