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An award-winning content creator, writer, and producer best known as the mastermind of the global hit franchise "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has agreed to "a broad, multiplatform creative partnership" with Sinclair Broadcast Group.

It's a gamble that Amazon believes will give its National Football League contract a little more oomph in the coming years. A new "Black Friday" matchup is being added to the NFL schedule, starting next season. And, Prime Video will be the only place fans across the U.S. will be able to view the game.

FuboTV Inc., which pitches itself as a sports-first live TV streaming platform, on Monday shared its preliminary third quarter 2022 results. But, those are likely overshadowed by the revelation that its Fubo Gaming subsidiary is shutting down.

Netflix and DoubleVerify have signed a first-of-its-kind partnership for media verification. The agreement comes on the heels of Netflix offering a low-cost "Basic With Ads" plan for consumers.

It's been questioned by one leading Wall Street analyst. It's been a hot topic of conversation among consumers and linear media leaders, too. Netflix's basic ad tier is coming soon. What should broadcast TV be aware of?

News Corporation on Friday shared the news that its Board of Directors, following the receipt of letters from K. Rupert Murdoch and the Murdoch Family Trust, has formed a Special Committee to begin exploring a potential combination with Fox Corporation.

He joined Comcast seven years ago as Chief Financial Officer after more than 20 years in the financial services industry. Now, he has been promoted to President.

Tubi TV has integrated FreeWheel’s Beeswax technology into its proprietary ad technology. The enhanced bidding capabilities of Beeswax will result in mutual clients will have full access to programmatically acquire incremental inventory and extend audience reach in one easy workflow.

Roku is continuing its international expansion by offering viewers south of the border a streaming service that includes more than 30 original Roku programs — and the usual slate of movies and TV channels available without a paid subscription.

A new study from Samba TV in partnership with research firm HarrisX sheds new light on the struggle to maintain a majority of U.S. households for MVPDs. And, it's a timely research report, as it offers a window into the future of political engagement — and why spot cable may not be the wisest home for candidate and issue-oriented advertising.

As Jeffrey Wlodarczak of Pivotal sees it, Netflix shares "have caught a (relative) bid" following weak Q2 2022 results and equally tepid Q3 guidance "amidst optimism regarding the supposed potential upside of an ad-supported tier to potentially accelerate subscriber and possibly even ARPU growth." Yes, Wlodarczak remains unconvinced this optimism will bring big revenue growth to Netflix.

It's being pitched as "one of the few first-party" — and third-party cookie-less — audience targeting products in the local media landscape today. And, it has been brought to market by the company that hopes to be taken private by Apollo Global Management as a non-voting equity interest partner and Standard General as the majority shareholder.

In early 2021, a trio of low-power TV stations serving the resort cities of Aspen, Steamboat Springs and Vail, Colo., were spun to South Asian entrepreneur and former KGO-TV reporter and anchor Ravi Kapur. RBR+TVBR has learned that the stations have been cancelled by the Media Bureau. Here's why.

A pro-MVPD lobbying group eager to point fingers at broadcast television station owners whenever a retransmission consent negotiation goes awry has preemptively accused the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast television stations of being "about to black out" a regional cable TV service provider. Nexstar's EVP and Chief Communications Officer has responded.

Company executives, led by President/CEO Chris Ripley, have selected early November for a pre-market release of the Q3 2022 results, followed by a 9am conference call. This will transpire just two weeks after six executives representing Sinclair, ONE Media 3.0, and Bally Sports are slated to appear as NAB Show New York speakers.