TV/Cable News

One of two individuals who died in an automobile accident on Daniels Parkway in the Brookshire Lakes community to the east of Fort Myers, Fla., is a former Assignment Editor who worked for WJLA-7 in Washington, D.C., and for the CBS affiliate in Fort Myers-Naples.

Brick-and-mortar retailers aren't the only ones using spot cable to drum up holiday business. Look at what Amazon.com is doing.

It may seem like apples and oranges to some, but Zacks Equity Research took out its notepad and compared Gray Television's stock to that of Netflix. Why? It wants to know which stock value investors should buy now. Here's what Zacks learned.

The November 2019 Podrac Podcast Industry Ranking report is out, and iHeartMedia has an even bigger position in the hot audio space than in October. Just how many podcasts does iHeart offer?

The company led by a man known for his stint as Group Publisher of the Los Angeles Wave Publications Group has voluntary filed for Chapter 11 in a Houston-based U.S. Bankruptcy Court. It follows an April lawsuit filed against Nexstar Media Group for what this company says are efforts “to undermine” its three TV stations.

And, that's a wrap ... CBS Corporation's final day of trading on the NYSE is today, and investors made sure to get in prior to the conversion of CBS shares to those associated with ViacomCBS. The new entity's stock begins trading Thursday on Nasdaq.

Meredith Corp., the owner of 17 broadcast TV stations, will present at the upcoming UBS Global TMT Conference. Other sessions of note include a session with ViacomCBS head Bob Bakish and a breakfast event featuring AT&T Chairman/CEO Randall Stephenson.

Some 80% of the world's broadcasters are considering implementing ads tailored to the consumer but are increasingly falling behind streaming services due to hesitance around adopting cloud technologies. That's the chief finding from research carried out on behalf of ATEME, a video delivery provider for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT.

The company that calls itself the "leading audio company in the U.S." has selected Music City U.S.A. — Nashville — as the location for its second digital headquarters. The move by iHeartMedia widens its current New York-based digital team, creating new jobs in the process.

Despite what you may have seen prior to Halloween, the official holiday shopping season has begun. As such, some of the nation's key brick-and-mortar retail chains are putting their dollars into spot television to reach consumers. Which department store comes out on top?

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President/CEO of ViacomCBS." That's how Bob Bakish will likely be introduced when he participates in a Q&A session during the upcoming UBS Global TMT Conference in New York -- to be held just five days after CBS ceases to exist as an independent company.

A just-released research study concludes that U.S. households with TV dropped by four million over the past decade. "The drop is surprising," says InMyArea Research. Why? The U.S. population grew by 20 million people between 2009 and 2019.

When the clock turns on 2020, investors in Sinclair Broadcast Group may be pleased that the company's shares are higher than they were a year earlier. That said, it has been a topsy-turvy 11 months for Sinclair, with its stock presently struggling to overcome a six-month low.

At the center of the dispute is STELAR’s compulsory license, which permits satellite providers to retransmit some broadcast signals at regulated prices without consent. Cutting to the chase, Phoenix Center's Chief Economist asks if broadcasters should charge whatever retransmission fee the market will bear.

There'll be no worries about any potential "great affiliation swap" in any of the markets where Nexstar Media Group and its joint operating partner Mission Broadcasting have stations. That's because Nexstar and Mission have a new affiliation deal in hand with NBC.