TV/Cable News

He's most recently served as President of MAX Returns alongside Jon Lammers, who holds the Vice President role of the MVPD-focused broadcast television station consultancy. But, from 1997 through 2008, he served as Chief Operating Officer for Nexstar Broadcasting. Now, the industry is pausing to mourn the death of Duane Lammers.

S&P Global Market Intelligence has released data from Kagan's US MediaCensus online consumer survey that offers an in-depth look at the vMVPD subscriber in 2025. The big eye-opener? Elder Americans are driving the success of Sling TV.

The E.W. Scripps Co. has priced an offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of new 9.875% senior secured second-lien notes, which represents a $100 million increase from the previously announced size of the offering.

Bell and Rogers today announced an agreement to distribute each other's specialty channels across platforms. The deal comes as Bell TV has launched Canadian versions of three popular U.S. cable television networks.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV reports are out for broadcast and cable activity for the week ending July 27, and the big news involves a venerable Unilever health and beauty aid brand that has emerged as a significant user of both Spot Cable and Spot Television.

Gray Media late Friday shared that it has completed its previously announced offering of $775 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior secured first lien notes due 2033. The Notes were issued at par.

That's a question asked by a Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson, who notes, "While we are not offering commentary on the political dimensions of the process, it is worth acknowledging the visible fallout: the disruption of several long-standing and culturally significant franchises in the lead-up to the transition."

Comcast Corporation has revealed the "expected members" of the first Board of Directors of VERSANT Media Group, Comcast’s planned spin-off of select media brands and digital businesses.

It began in 1991, and will officially conclude its life as a television show seen on E! Entertainment Television on September 25. E! News has been cancelled by the network that will soon be housed under the Versant spin-off company featuring various NBCUniversal cable network brands.

The New York Giants NFL club has reached an extended partnership agreement with NBCUniversal that will bring the first Spanish-language pre-season broadcast of an annual contest between the NFC franchise and its in-stadium AFC rival to "Telemundo 47" viewers.

A new partnership between Weigel Broadcasting and the Major League Baseball team housed on Chicago's South Side will see the simulcast of seven regular-season games between now and the regular season on "The U" — beginning with this weekend's battle for Chicagoland supremacy.

It's the home of multimedia commentator Rob Carson and a MVPD-distributed cable channel that continues to pluck away viewers from FOX News. Now, the company led by Chris Ruddy has issued what it calls "a strong public challenge to any move that would weaken or eliminate the national television ownership cap."

On April 2, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that Todd Parkin, who in 2011 owned broadcast TV stations in three cities, had just signed off on a second acquisition agreement — further cementing his return to media ownership. Now, that transaction which saw Kalil & Co. serve as the strategic advisor has closed.

There is an increased wariness among local ad buyers, and less spending is anticipated in Q2 — pushing it to its highest second quarter spending dip since the COVID-19 pandemic. That's a key takeaway from Borrell Associates presented along with its findings regarding local ad budgets as the second half of 2025 begins.

From January 2004 through May 2009, it was a popular Puerto Rico-based music competition series that aired on Univision Puerto Rico and across the mainland U.S. on the former TeleFutura network. Now, it is being brought back in a "revival" courtesy of the media company under the direction of Albert Rodriguez.