TV/Cable News

In July, Charter Communications' Spectrum selected a VP of News and Content. The MVPD selected the seven-year VP/Programming and the Senior Director of TV Program Development at The E.W. Scripps Co. Why did Spectrum hire this individual, a former anchor and reporter for two big L.A. TV stations? That experience provides the answer to what Cater Lee will be charged with.

NBCUniversal has taken its first steps toward bringing its NBC O&O, Telemundo station, the NBC Sports Boston cable TV channel and the New England Cable News (necn) operation into a brand-new 160,000 square foot news and content creation center. It's adjacent to the region's Coca-Cola bottling plant, and just steps from the Charles River some 30 minutes west of Boston Common.

Members of SAG-AFTRA on Thursday voted to ratify its "Network Television Code," with 93% of the vote in favor of the new contract. The ratification vote follows the SAG-AFTRA National Board’s recommendation in July for members to vote yes on a new three-year contract with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.

The members of American Cable Association have given their stamp of approval to keep the advocacy and lobbying group's current Chairman and Vice Chairman in their roles for another term.

Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) on August 7 offered a peek at what it expected to report in its Q2 2018 earnings. SBS has now delivered on that report. Did the results match its forecast?

Mark your calendars: Thursday, Sept. 20 at 2:20pm Eastern is the date and time for the 2018 annual nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). For those who were expecting it to occur on a Wednesday: Surprise. 

A mobile video analytics tool designed to provide marketers and media companies a detailed look at the quality and performance of the nation's top mobile video streaming apps has just been released by Nielsen-owned Gracenote.

News that Elliott Investment Management has acquired an 8% stake in Nielsen with plans to push the company to sell itself in its entirety has resulted in a healthy rebound of the company's stock. On Wednesday, shares closed up another 10 cents to $26.15. This is close to the year-end price target on Nielsen from Brian Wieser, the prolific Senior Research Analyst of Advertising at Pivotal Research Group. As such, he's just downgraded Nielsen shares.

With the deal forged Wednesday, TownNews.com's suite of digital tools and services will allow Meredith's 17 TV stations to deliver video, live streams, editorial content, and advertising to their web and mobile sites, OTT channels, and social media platforms.

On Tuesday, Philip Falcone's HC2 Station Group made headlines by grabbing a Class A TV station serving a growing part of South Florida. Now, HC2 is adding a Class A in one of the nation's hippest cities in a deal that could further build a group of owned-and-operated stations for Azteca América.

The largest pay-TV providers in the U.S., representing about 95% of the market, continued to lose video subscribers in the second quarter of 2018. But, is the tide of cord-cutters slowing? Leichtman Research Group findings suggest that's starting to happen, but not for the biggest MVPDs.

Less than two weeks ago, DISH Network stock was flirting with a new record low, achieved in early June. Now, DISH shares could be heading downward once again, as an influential Wall Street analyst downgraded the company. This comes following the loss of its CFO to a large senior living company.

At the Closing Bell, CBS shares were down 2%, to $52.52, on Friday as chatter spread across Manhattan that a good second quarter earnings report from Viacom could fuel efforts by National Amusements Inc. and the Redstone family to bring CBS and Viacom together again.

Meredith Corp. on Friday morning released its fiscal Q4 and full-year 2018 results, and the company's Local Media division, which includes its broadcast TV stations, saw revenue gains. But, it was political growth in the final three months of its fiscal year that propelled TV revenue increases. Minus political, "other revenues" were to thank -- not core advertising.

New Univision CEO Vince Sadusky on Thursday addressed DISH Network’s "blackout" of Univision networks for the first time. He made the remarks during the media company's Q2 earnings call, and come following comments from DISH chairman Charlie Ergen that the bitter impasse between the DBS provider and Univision means the absence of Univision stations is “probably permanent.”