TV/Cable News

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.

People are paying more attention to midterm election advertising on television than non-political spots. That's according to new data from TVision.

A provider of "timely cross-media advertising intelligence" has caught the eye of some strategic investors. What private investment funding sources believe in MediaRadar?

On July 13, the Commission released a Sixth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment in two Media Bureau dockets on proposals to update rules pertaining to low-power TV and TV translator stations. To rule on the matter, it seeks public comments. The dates for comment and reply comment submissions are now official.

Ahead of today's TVB Forward Conference, a hybrid affair that sees 100 VIP executives attend an event at Chelsea Piers for the first time in three years, BIA Advisory Services unveiled data from its U.S. Local Advertising Forecast that underscores just how fast OTT advertising is growing. What does this mean for broadcast TV station owners?