TV/Cable News

Spring Training is just days away, and many Major League Baseball fans are looking forward to the 2026 season already. For those who follow the St. Louis Cardinals, they'll be pleased to know that "Home Plate" is getting much easier to access via free over-the-air broadcast television.

Maura McDonough Cope has announced her retirement, concluding an accomplished career that most recently saw her lead affiliate relations for Weigel Broadcasting. We now know who is succeeding her.

As millions of fans tuned in for Super Bowl LX on Sunday, history was made behind the scenes in a radio broadcast booth. It involved the broadcast engineer for a pair of Bonneville International-owned Seattle radio stations, a woman who has paved a new path for her female counterparts.

Less than a week after fellow Commissioner Olivia Trusty expressed her belief that broadcast ownership deregulation would boost competition, the FCC’s lone Democratic Commissioner used her State of the Net Conference address on Monday to argue for just the opposite.

It's that season once again for Spot Cable. With Tax Day coming on April 15 and, more immediately, Valentine's Day, the companies seeking consumers through local cable drop-in ads placing significant investment in Spot Cable happen to be a tax preparation service provider and an iconic national jeweler.

A provider of whole fruit, vegetable, and fiber supplements is teaming up with Sinclair Inc. for a national sponsorship partnership in support of Amazing America 250: From Neighborhood to Nation, the TV station ownership group’s multi-platform media initiative celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.

It hasn't been confirmed, but the talk across the Nation's Capital was convincing enough to generate a vociferous statement of dissent from the lone Democratic Commissioner on the FCC. The Commission is said to have opened an investigation into ABC daytime talk program "The View."

Until Saturday afternoon, the NBC affiliate serving Western Pennsylvania had been blocked by law from subscribers to Verizon Fios' cable television services due to a two-month long retransmission consent impasse. Then, just ln time for Super Bowl LX, the dispute ended.

Free TV Networks (FTN), now a division of NBCUniversal spin-off entity Versant, has signed off on a series of new multi-platform distribution agreements that include digital multicast and streaming distribution. CBS O&Os are now in the mix.

He says his company is "building a digital media and content powerhouse" — namely thanks to the strength of its Crave OTT streaming platform. For Mirko Bibic, President/CEO of Bell Media parent BCE, "strong results" seen in 2025 were tied to this strategic priority. But, how did BCE perform in the fourth quarter?

The largest affiliate group for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' Telemundo broadcast TV network is Gray Media. That won't be changing for the next several years, thanks to an expanded partnership that sees a multi-year affiliation agreement get signed by the Atlanta-headquartered company led by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney.

A partnership has been forged between a tech company "building the context graph for marketing decisions" and the privately held parent of a unit comprised of 35 broadcast television stations under the leadership of Michael J. Hayes. Why? To explain the favorable ad spaces across Hearst's digital platforms.

A request filed by Fort Myers Broadcasting Company seeking a limited waiver of the Commission’s rule addressing operational readiness for Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment at three FM radio stations it owns has been granted. At the same time, a similar request involving its CBS affiliate in Southwest Florida has been deemed moot.

Fox Corporation's Class A shares were down by 3.6% in Wednesday's trading, as investors reacted to the release of fiscal Q2 2026 financial results that reflected a notable quarter-by-quarter decline in ad revenue. Flat dollar trends were seen at FOX's broadcast networks and at its owned over-the-air TV stations.

Faced with increased scrutiny from the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) over its audience measurement capabilities, Nielsen has revealed it will be beta testing "a new methodology enhancement to more accurately account for co-viewing." This, Nielsen says, will better reflect the total viewership for live programming.