TV/Cable News

Deep East Texas' "leader" for breaking news, severe weather and sports coverage for Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Diboll, Angelina County and Shelby County — a Gray Television-owned television station offering ABC and Telemundo programming to viewers — has just won FCC approval to upgrade its facilities.

Until recently, she was the News Director of TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate WXIA "11Alive" in Atlanta. Now, she's joined Gray Television's recently launched in-house news research and consulting team for a key leadership role in the organization.

Major League Baseball has added three executives to a newly created local media department. Why? The AP reports that it is preparing for a possible takeover of local broadcasts for 17 teams amid the problems associated with Bally Sports and AT&T SportsNet.

He's enjoyed a long career in the media business and has held such roles as President of Network Distribution for Fox Broadcasting Company and President of the ABC Television Network. Now, Preston Padden can add a role at the LPTV Broadcasters Association to his CV.

POLARIS, a 100% Black-owned television network and digital platform, has struck an exclusive partnership with Allen Media Group (AMG)'s free-streaming digital platform, HBCU GO. It sees the creation of unique and exclusive content for several AMG properties.

Larry Morton is still recalled for his efforts at the former Equity Communications. Now, Morton is parting ways with a low-powered TV station in Arkansas through his KTV Media enterprise.

Add the President/CEO of the NAB to the list of individuals who believe the FCC's Media Bureau decision to initiate a Hearing Designation Order for Standard General's proposed acquisition of TEGNA goes too far.

On exceptionally heavy trading of nearly 43 million shares, publicly traded sports-first vMVPD Fubo TV saw its stock price drop by 14% as Monday. The reasons for the dip are largely two-fold: negotiated discounts on stock sales, and a lackluster Q1 forecast.

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. 

Marketers how have an easier way to find and buy their audiences across The Weather Channel TV Streaming App and Local Now, the FAST-channel platform owned by Allen Media Group (AMG). It's thanks to an integration the Byron Allen-led company has signed off on with LiveRamp.

A massive $1.66 billion impairment loss taken in the fourth quarter of 2022 by TelevisaUnivision was the talk of the U.S. Hispanic market on Thursday. But, just how did the world's biggest purveyor of Spanish-language entertainment and news content fare in the last 90 days of last year?

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.