TV/Cable News

Earlier this year, Chad Matthews stepped into the role of President of the ABC Owned Television Stations. Now, his successor at WABC-7 has been revealed. It is a 21-year station veteran who has served as VP of Community Engagement and Development and as the Diversity Equity Inclusion lead for Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution Networks.

Amagi, known for its cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has forged a partnership with the global distribution arm of independent TV producer Banijay to drive its Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) strategy worldwide.

London-based independent video software provider Synamedia has acquired a U.K.-based privately owned content discovery platform provider with products targeted at the entertainment industry.

Newly atop the Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report this week is The Home Depot. It's a big contrast from the leader at Spot Cable, and illustrates the contrasting marketing plans for the two biggest home improvement retailers in the U.S.

What do Salt Lake City, Buffalo, Green Bay and the Michigan city of Marquette all have in common? Each of these municipalities are welcoming new VP/GMs at the Nexstar Media Group properties serving the three DMAs.

On Thursday, June 2, former President Donald Trump will be participating in a rather notable one-on-one interview. It's conducted in English but will be shown with Spanish-language subtitles. Why? It is set to air on Spanish Broadcasting System-owned MegaTV.

One of the largest operators of advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) streaming services has finalized an agreement to launch five "FAST" channels on Local Now, the Allen Media Group-owned free TV streaming platform.

A global media company has inked an agreement that allows it to use Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) “Always On” measurement. The agreement enables it to run DAR in all 37 global markets where DAR is available.

That's a question asked today by Zacks Equity Research. What's the conclusion? It's a highly positive one for the broadcast media company that owns broadcast TV stations, NewsNation and WGN Radio in Chicago.

The pioneering television service powered by ATSC 3.0 has launched in the Pacific Northwest's second-largest market, fresh off of a new partnership announced Wednesday with Sling TV.

The innovative NextGen television service presently operating in the Mountain West's fastest-growing DMA, has reached an agreement with Dish that allows subscribers to add two vMVPD options to their package.

'¡Señores, enciendan sus motores!" While that not be heard for viewers of a NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises cable TV channel on Sunday morning, the commentary for one of the biggest auto racing events of the year will be in Spanish, for the first time.

Digital Networks has officially launched a low-power TV station in the Volunteer State, a move that brings the market over-the-air access to a quintet of digital multicast networks including Retro TV and Heartland Network.

She first became known at CNN, and then shifted to Fox News. After that, she landed at MSNBC before most recently hosting a Sunday morning public affairs program for all Gray Television stations while contributing to the U.S. government's Voice of America. As of today, Greta Van Susteren is a host at the cable TV channel led by CEO Chris Ruddy.

The TEGNA Foundation, the charitable foundation sponsored by the company being acquired, pending regulatory approval, by Standard General, has announced its first round of 2022 Media Grants to support training for the next generation of diverse journalists and education and development opportunities for professionals in the media field.