TV/Cable News

While Xperi Corp. CEO Jon Kirchner is pleased with the trajectory the parent of DTS AutoStage, TiVo and HD Radio performed across last year, how did Xperi do in Q4? The company surpassed the consensus estimate on revenue.

The board of directors of The E.W. Scripps Company has approved a new contract for its President/CEO, a sign that it is satisfied with the company's direction and growth track as it ignores a hostile takeover attempt by Sinclair Inc.

Gray Media has brought to life a new 30-minute program designed to provide solutions and hope for the growing population of aging adults and their families across America. The unscripted conversation-style show, "Aging Untold," debuts Monday and will air weekdays on Gray-owned stations.

The world's largest Spanish-language content creator and distributor enjoyed a 15% year-over-year ad revenue increase in Mexico. However, this was nearly offset in its entirety by a double-digit decrease in advertising at its U.S. media brands.

In a month where television viewing reached a 12-month high, Disney captured the largest month-over-month gain in Nielsen’s January 2026 Media Distributor Gauge report, the monthly view of total TV consumption aggregated by parent company.

The WNBA’s Portland Fire and NWSL’s Portland Thorns have entered into a joint multi-year media partnership with a broadcast TV station serving Oregon's largest market branded as "FOX 12 Plus" — a score for Gray Media.

Additional local newscasts are now available to Denver DMA audiences, courtesy of the company that hopes to soon complete a game-changing merger with Nexstar Media Groups. Starting today, "9News" telecasts can be seen at both 12:30pm and 5:30pm local time — on TEGNA's MyNetwork TV affiliate in the Mile High City.

Last week, one restaurant chain stepped ahead of all other brands when it came to its activity on Spot Cable. For Spot Television, the story once again is wrapped around Pharma and accident attorney specialist Morgan & Morgan.

That's a question Zacks Equity Research sought to answer on Friday, as the broadcast TV station ownership group has enjoyed a 20.8% year-over-year gain in its NYSE-traded shares but remains far below where "GTN" was trading today in 2021.

CBS Stations has been trumpeting the use of its augmented reality and virtual reality-driven technology across many of its broadcast TV properties, including KPIX-5 in San Francisco. Now, the Paramount unit has brought its AR/VR newscast advancements to Baltimore, and will put them to the task come Monday.

The company that appears to be nearing the finish line in its merger with Nexstar Media Group has secured a multi-year partnership extension with the National Hockey League franchise serving the Pacific Northwest, brining games to its twin broadcast TV stations in Seattle-Tacoma.

He helped lead Amazon’s sales and marketing partnership with the NFL for “Thursday Night Football” for one year and has most recently headed East Coast sales for Overtime. Now, this 19-year media sales pro will lead efforts to connect national advertisers with Scripps' platforms.

Not convinced that Netflix's advertising dollar ambitions are little to worry about for broadcast television companies across the globe? Chew on this from WARC: Netflix’s ad revenue is forecast to more than double in 2026 and exceed $8 billion USD by 2030.

A definitive purchase agreement has been reached that will see one family-owned cable TV service provider expand its scale and footprint in the Buckeye State and in neighboring West Virginia by acquiring another privately held Multichannel Video Program Distributor.

Television viewing climbed to a 12-month high in January 2026, with overall viewing up 3.7% over December 2025. This, says Nielsen, was fueled by a 9% monthly increase in cable viewership — in combination with major sports events, returning broadcast dramas and winter weather that kept audiences in front of their TVs.