TV/Cable News

Now that Labor Day is nearing and summer vacations are ending, The Home Depot is revving up its advertising activity at both Spot Cable and Spot TV. That's according to the latest data from iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors.

Publicly traded Gray Media has become the first broadcast group to upconvert to HDR across all of its "Big Four" network affiliates, just in time for the upcoming NCAA collegiate football and National Football League seasons. At the same time, it is taking pride in a ATSC 3.0-fueled achievement at its FOX affiliate in New Orleans.

Wurl, known for its work in the streaming TV industry, has selected a new Chief Executive Officer as Ron Gutman is retiring from the role.  He reports to Adam Foroughi, CEO of AppLovin, which acquired Wurl in 2022.

The Major League Soccer club catering to fans across the National Capital Region for nearly three decades is agreeing to bring "re-airings" of its matches to the FOX Television Stations station branded as "FOX 5."

On Tuesday, Nexstar and TEGNA formally announced that they've reached an agreement in which the stations owned by the company formerly known as Gannett would be acquired by the nation's largest single owner of TV properties. That hasn't stopped TEGNA from naming a new leader at its Indianapolis operations.

Four digital multicast networks owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, along with the ION Network and streaming-only offering Scripps News, have been added to the 24/7 channel offerings on NBCUniversal's Peacock OTT platform.

The growing broadcast TV station licensee and Assembly Atlanta owner is getting attention for its signing of a video streaming deal bringing what it calls "a full end-to-end solution on Google Cloud, powered by Quickplay, that will redefine the streaming experience for viewers."

Streaming's portion of TV watch-time edged closer to the 50% threshold in July, a month that saw broadcast television networks go light on live sports and original programming as they typically do.

The MU-28 is a SMPTE 2110-7 IP-based truck built specifically for remote REMI production. With high level system compatibility, seamless integration, and futureproof technology, MU-28 marks what LMG considers "another milestone in the company’s mission to deliver flexible, high-performance broadcast infrastructure tailored to evolving client needs."

Dielectric’s Brazilian presence is about to radiate stronger through a new partnership with a company poised to expand Raymond, Me.-based Dielectric's broadcast business throughout the country.

The head of ACA Connects, a pro-MVPD lobby that has regularly pointed fingers at broadcast TV station owners in retransmission fee disputes, says the proposed combination of TEGNA and Nexstar is bad news for consumers.

Perry Sook, in prepared comments distributed prior to a conference call with key media industry financial analysts but not with TEGNA representatives, singled out "the initiatives being pursued by the Trump administration" for making a $6.2 billion proposed all-cash acquisition of TEGNA a possibility.

Four networks. One screen. Zero flipping. That's a feature DirecTV pioneered in the late-2000s. Now, it has launched seven new multiview "Mix Channels" on its streaming platform.

It went independent with its WANF-46 in Atlanta, but that's a unique situation tied to Paramount Skydance's desire to have CBS on an O&O in the South's biggest market and years of anticipation that, one day, the network would land on an owned property. For Gray Media and its FOX affiliates, the situation is very different — and secure.

It was another big week for an accident attorney specialist with Sunshine State roots that has developed a national practice and has gained considerable name recognition among U.S. consumers. A strong and steady video campaign that includes Spot TV is a big reason for that growth.