TV/Cable News

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.

There will be a second year of broadcast television coverage of the Major League Baseball franchise that won the 1985 World Series and has enjoyed a renaissance amid negotiations to build a new stadium in the Power and Light District. 

Entravision Communications seeks to speak to locals of Puerto Rican heritage across Central Florida by bringing a brand from home to an over-the-air channel that once housed a UniMás affiliate. It's thanks to a partnership with Hemisphere Media Group.

Media Monitors' look at the spots aired on both cable and national TV for the final week of January 2026 shows Domino's emerging as the dominant QSR. Otherwise, the disparate activity between broadcast and MVPD-distributed channels continues for a variety of advertisers.

Hey, it's a good dividend already ... right?  Nexstar Media Group's Board of Directors has elected to maintain its current dividend rate. That said, it is one of the biggest cash rewards out there when it comes to broadcast media stocks.