TV/Cable News

Layoffs? Ad dollar deficits? Yeah, the radio industry is still suffering. But, their broadcast TV brethren have enjoyed a much swifter comeback from those late March and early April swoons -- in particular on Wall Street. In fact, the nation's No. 1 broadcast TV company by number of stations on Thursday saw its stock reach a fresh six-month high.

What happened last night during the 10pm newscast for a FOX affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Co.? A Program Note sent to iPhones said it was "experiencing an interruption due to technical difficulties." It turns out that was a bit of an understatement.

If you didn't think the return of the Court TV brand was limited to digital multicast distribution across the U.S., you're correct. There will now be access to true-life courtroom dramas taking place in America for those residing in the United Kingdom.

On Tuesday, RBR+TVBR reported that Nexstar Media Group subsidiary Nexstar Broadcasting intends to offer, subject to market and other customary conditions, up to $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of new senior notes due 2028 in a private offering. As dusk fell on Wall Street, Nexstar priced its offering, and set a maturity date for the notes.

NY Fashion Week concludes Thursday (9/17) with live streaming sessions through the midday hours. What does this have to do with television? It's all about added ad dollars, and how local and regional luxury brands may warrant a call from one of your AEs.

One of the nation's leading antenna manufacturers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, has launched a new engineering service that enables drone operators to fully and accurately characterize Antenna azimuth and elevation performance without special waivers from the FAA.

In most of the U.S., public radio stations that are members of NPR are largely unaffiliated with the PBS member stations in their market. That's about to change in Vermont.

Travel along Route 17, or Interstate 86, in New York's Southern Tier, and you'll pass through the Binghamton and Corning-Elmira markets. Here, Nexstar Media Group has a presence. Now, the nation's top broadcast TV station owner has a new leader overseeing its properties in each of these DMAs.

TVB President/CEO Steve Lanzano tackles a wide variety of top TV industry topics -- including how technology has helped drive broadcast television forward swiftly in COVID-19 times -- in this Podcast devoted to the TVB ALT FORWARD conference, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

The successful completion of TEGNA's private placement offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Senior Notes due 2026 has come. The news was accompanied by the announcement of a new Chief Diversity Officer at the broadcast TV station owner.

Nielsen Holdings shares were flat in Wednesday's trading on Wall Street following the announcement from the nation's dominant audience measurement and consumer data research company that its Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co. are proposing to issue raise $1 billion in a debt offering.

The broadcast TV company that owns such stations as WUSA-9 in Washington, D.C., and KGW-8 in Portland, Ore., has priced its just-announced private offering of notes with the intent of repaying hundreds of millions in notes due 2021 and some $43 million tied to notes due in four years.

A virtual Census 2020 phone bank gets the green light across ABC-owned television stations in such key electorate markets as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham and Fresno. Things kick off Wednesday, in partnership with the Hispanic Federation.

Some 68% of American respondents of a just-released study say they pay for some sort of live television programming in one way or another. Why? The answer, says research firm CivicScience, is simple: News.

WBRC, branded as "FOX6," has unveiled a new weekday anchor lineup in its evening and late newscasts. Here are all of the details, as the station moves forward with the retirement of Janet Hall after 40 years of service to WBRC.