TV/Cable News

Have U.S. televised programming consumers reached a tipping point when it comes to their preference of streaming video platforms versus linear, traditional platforms? New research from Horowitz Research illustrates just how dominant SVOD, AVOD, OTT and Connected TV already are in the 50 states and its territories.

Contextual targeting capabilities are being introduced to FreeWheel’s DSP Beeswax platform. This, FreeWheel and partner Comscore say, is designed to help advertisers more easily identify "valuable impressions" and reach the right viewers in a privacy-forward manner across a fragmented premium video ecosystem.

The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on updates to rules for full power and Class A stations which reflect the digital transition and completion of the post-incentive auction, current technology, and/or Commission practices.

It's a low-power television station serving the Motor City with 12 digital networks, including NewsNet. Now, the parent of that 24/7 information-focused operation is buying the channel — the company's third O&O purchase this week alone.

Until being named VP/GM of KPRC-2 in Houston, Phil Lane was at the helm of the Graham Media Group ABC affiliate serving the Alamo City. Now, Graham has revealed who is taking over the reins of KSAT-12.

Netflix shares soared by some 9.3% in value in Wednesday's trading. Why? While news of password sharing crackdowns excited some shareholders, it was likely the upgrade of the company's stock by one financial advisory house that sparked the OTT giant on Wall Street.

"Streaming is the future. Unfortunately, linear is the present." Those are the words of MoffettNathanson analysts Craig Moffett and Michael Nathanson used to open their latest Cord-Cutting Monitor. For the second quarter of 2022, Moffett and Nathanson lament that "problems abound" for "Big Media's core linear business — U.S. pay TV."

Yes, there is a "WKRP", but you won't find those call letters in any FCC database. Rather, it is the brand of a low-power TV station that is on its way to becoming the latest LPTV property to be acquired by Gray Television.

In a sign that tapping the institutional investment market could get tougher as the global economy remains shaky, a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report finds that early-stage funding in media and telecommunications companies across the U.S. and Canada slowed down in the first half of 2022 after a strong finish in 2021.

FuboTV Inc., which considers itself as a "sports-first live TV streaming platform," has announced that on Monday (9/26), the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted a series of restricted stock unit awards.

The Jim Moskovitz Sports Archives of unedited and previously broadcast interviews on U.S. and Canadian radio and television has just been purchased by a division of Gray Television. The archives are comprised of Broadcast TV, Premium Cable and Radio programming.

Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair Broadcast Group-associated business that is the parent of Bally Sports, has just ensured access to a legion of over-the-top (OTT) TV content consumers thanks to a big agreement that took effect on Monday.

While quick-service restaurants are certainly regularly seen on the Spot Cable reports form Media Monitors, Spot TV is a bit different. This week, one big hamburger chain enters the list, and is inching closer to the Golden Arches for spot supremacy.

Quick-service restaurants are among the top categories at spot cable. For the week ending September 25, this trend continued. Which QSR brand was No. 1?

Across 2022, Gray Television has snapped up LPTVs and FM translators as it seeks to ensure full-market availability of its broadcast TV stations in an era full of cord-cutting while gearing up for the riches associated with ATSC 3.0 on the broadcast internet and data services side of the coin. Now, it is adding a TV translator in the Lone Star State.