TV/Cable News

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.

Netflix earlier this month attracted attention for its reported sharing with media agencies that it now has some 600,000 "monthly active users" for its "Basic with Ads" option, launched three months ago. While there's some notable growth behind those numbers, TVB President/CEO Steve Lanzano has something important to share with media agencies, too — subscribers aren't the same as viewers.

A 30-second advertising airing during the Super Bowl LVII halftime show served as the official kickoff of a new news brand for TEGNA's FOX affiliate serving not just Hartford or New Haven, but the entire Constitution State.

"Magic Mike's Last Dance" may not be a cultural phenomenon, but it is certainly buzzworthy. And, to help build that buzz, the film's marketing and promotion team last week turned up the heat at Spot Cable.

The owner of such broadcast television stations as WPEC-12 in West Palm Beach and flagship FOX affiliate WBFF-45 in Baltimore has announced when it will release its fourth quarter 2022 earnings report and hold its earnings call for analysts and investors.