TV/Cable News

It's another week at the top of the peek into play count for commercials airing on the broadcast TV stations monitored by iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors. What brand commands the biggest share of spots seen on national TV? It differs from that of Spot Cable, where auto insurers dominate.

It was a broadcast TV offering that mirrored CNN Headline News circa 1991. And, it saw Manoj Bhargava snap up a collection of LPTV properties to help build out NewsNet. Today, NewsNet is defunct. Former broadcast homes are being divested — including two Michigan LPTVs. Who's the buyer?

Today, Substack is a publishing platform that helps writers, podcasters, and creators build and monetize their work through audio and video, too. This explains the beta launch of an app now available on both Apple TV and Google TV from a platform targeting the DIY content creator.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is putting the finishing touches on its unique and free-to-air Spanish-language coverage of the National Basketball Association for the 2025-2026. It's possible thanks to the return of NBA telecasts to sibling network NBC.

A Fresno-based owner of low-power television stations who has emerged as a pioneer in the use of multiple digital multicast signals has agreed to sell a digital Class A facility serving a portion of California's Central Valley. The buyer is another individual well-known for his LPTV station ownership.

Sinclair Inc.-owned AMP Sports has been selected as the official media partner of Athletes First’s "The Block," a hospitality and content destination during "Big Game Week," scheduled for February 5–7 in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX.

A group of low-power television stations licensed to the Pennsylvania cities of Hazleton, Berwick and Williamsport are in the process of heading to a new owner, paperwork filed with the FCC for its regulatory approval shows.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable and Spot Ten TV reports are out, and for the week ending January 18, there's a tool and equipment specialist eyeing customers of The Home Depot and Lowe's, as well as Menards, as part of a 15-year growth spurt leading the pack in the locally focused MVPD commercial race.

The Media Rating Council has granted initial accreditation to a nationally projectable enumeration examination of consumer behavior in TV and digital media conducted by the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF).

Streaming dominance in December, as illustrated in "The Gauge," was anchored by a historic Christmas Day in which streaming usage surged to 55.1 billion viewing minutes, breaking the previous single-day streaming record by 8%.

One of two PBS Member stations in the Toledo DMA has decided to end its relationship with the source of news and educational programming, with June 30 the day those who tune to Bowling Green State University's TV station will begin seeking another outlet to go to.

The not-for-profit trade association representing America’s local broadcast TV industry has responded to "recent media coverage" about the high number of viewers to a January 10 playoff game exclusive to Amazon Prime Video with statistics that reinforce the NFL's longtime presence on free-to-air television.

Travel around the Five Boroughs and adjacent communities, and you'll see plenty of film and television production studio facilities. Now, the borough of Manhattan has its first film and TV production home. The inaugural tenant is the company led by David Ellison.

The founder and Chairman/CEO of one of the nation's most successful independently owned MVPDs, recognized as one of the most successful Italian immigrant entrepreneurs in our nation’s history, has died.

It's the home of the NHL Stanley Cup Champions, the Florida Panthers, as a crown jewel in the Scripps Sports build-out. Now, it has a new GM and Senior Director of Sales — with a Scripps Sports sales manager and South Florida native earning the role.