Trujillo Joins Padrón At Diginet Provider ‘GAIM’
He's been an Univision Communications veteran with experience at BBC Studios who has been a Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships for the Miami Dolphins NFL team. Introducing the new Chief Commercial Officer at Get After It Media (GAIM).
Mets Broadcasts Stay With ‘PIX, Gain New Over-the-Air Homes
Fans of the MLB club that calls Citi Field its home will be able to continue tuning to a Nexstar-operated — but not owned — TV station in New York to follow all of the play-by-play action. For the first time, stations in Upstate N.Y. and in Connecticut will join WPIX-11 in offering live broadcasts of New York Mets games.
Morton, Fess Snag An Edge Spectrum LPTV Station
The licensee of low-power broadcast television stations led by CEO Randy Weiss has signed off on a deal that will see a transfer of control of a LPTV property serving Little Rock to an entity co-owned by Larry Morton and Greg Fess.
Paula Kerger To PBS Staff: Reduction-in-Force Is Here
A memo received by staff indicates that about 15% of PBS staff will be eliminated. It's a direct result of Republican efforts on Capitol Hill to put a kibosh on federal funding of the CPB.
Roku Integrates YouTube TV into the Sports Experience
Sports fans who use Roku devices to access video entertainment will now be able to find the games they wish to watch via the integration of YouTube TV in the "Roku Sports" platform. The timing coincides with the start of the 2025 National Football League season, making access to "NFL Sunday Ticket" easier.
Streaming’s Gravitational Pull Yields Global Linear TV Ad Spend Dip
It's well known that, more than ever, consumers of video content are turning to digital and streaming platforms and watching it on screens of all sizes. It turns out it is now a global phenomenon — one that has led to the worldwide shrinking of linear television ad spend, new data from WARC show.
CBS Boston Welcomes A New News VP
He's been a News Director for Sinclair Inc.'s CBS and Telemundo affiliates serving Austin, Tex., for 11 years and has nearly three decades of experience in broadcast journalism. Now, he's agreed to take on the role of VP of News for Paramount Skydance's CBS Stations in Boston.
Major Change Freeze Ends For LPTVs, Class A TV Stations
It's been the desire of the LPTV Broadcasters Association and its founder, "SuperFrank" Copsidas, to have the FCC lift its freeze on major changes to low-power and Class A broadcast television facilities. The Commission has just turned its heat lamps on the ice, allowing these LPTV stations to engage in major modifications.
Reams Adds GM Duties For Scripps’ Tidewater Duo
In the Tidewater region, The E.W. Scripps Co. owns and operates two TV stations, the CBS affiliate and an independent sibling. Starting Monday, it will have a new General Manager. It's an individual many at the stations are very familiar with.
VAB Study Uncovers How Marketers’ Priority KPIs Differ
A newly released report from the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) has been released to help marketers better understand how brands with short versus long purchase cycles set strategy, define success and plan for growth.
Domino Effect: A Big Spot Cable Holiday Weekend Push
September is already here, and as the Labor Day weekend approached and unfolded, one QSR brand topped another big, heritage fast-food chain in the latest Spot Ten Cable report from Media Monitors. The bigger news: The two brands accounted for more than 110,000 spot plays for the week ending August 31.
Packers Podcast Marks Latest Addition to Sinclair Slate
AMP Media, Sinclair Inc.'s growing audio-on-demand platform, will launch on September 3 a new local sports podcast designed for fans of the Green Bay Packers, produced in conjunction with the company's "FOX 11" in the upper Wisconsin city that's home to the storied National Football League franchise.
Gray Makes Stars Shine In NHL Team’s ‘Outer’ Markets
Gray Media has agreed to partner up with the producer and primary rights holder for the play-by-play coverage of the National Hockey League club serving North Texas by bringing 15 TV markets across the team's territory — other than Dallas — several games via a broadcast simulcast.
‘VSiN By the Books’ Added To FanDuel Sports Network
Hosted by media veteran Dave Ross and former MLB pitcher Jensen Lewis, “VSiN By the Books” will deliver "actionable sports betting news, analysis and insights each day" to the sports fans who start their day by tuning to a FanDuel Sports Network channel delivered via an MVPD.
A Longtime KABC-7 News Team Member Is Retiring
She's been a familiar pre-dawn face for those who chose to start their mornings with KABC-7 in Los Angeles for years, and first joined the ABC Owned Stations property in 1994. Now, she's saying farewell to local TV news after more than three decades behind the anchor desk and out in the field.