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Sports representation and marketing agency Athletes First has signed an agreement with Sinclair that creates a collaboration that will tie events and talent with Sinclair and its AMP Sports portfolio of digital content and original podcasts.

“We are pleased with our creative success and financial performance in Q3 as we continue to execute across our strategic priorities,” said Robert A. Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, as the company released its fiscal third quarter financial results on Wednesday.

On August 16, Gray Media flagship WANF-46 will become an independent station, dropping the CBS Television Network, which is heading to a crosstown Paramount Global property. We now know who will lead the stations following Skydance Media's acquisition of Paramount closes on Thursday.

When it comes to selling tires, there's one brand that has stepped up to the plate and has opted to lure consumers through a Spot Cable campaign. It opens up a potential growth category for cable television networks, with no competitors active in the space.

"The new Board comprises a preeminent group of leaders from across the media, technology, and finance sectors, bringing unmatched expertise and invaluable perspective on the complex intersection of geopolitics, economics, and global business strategy to help build Paramount into a next generation media company," Skydance Media said on Tuesday.

It is a launch that was "contemplated" in the outlook provided in a shareholder letter and second quarter earnings call from the executive leadership team at Roku. Introducing the latest subscription video-on-demand, entering a crowded marketplace eager to grow advertising-supported OTT vehicles.

It is a newly created role that unifies the company’s global content distribution, platform relationships, corporate development, and international growth initiatives. We now know who is filling the post, reporting to CEO Daniel Alegre from its offices in the media and cultural hub of Mexico. 

Metro Video Productions has brought to life a second low-power television station serving the Fort Wayne, Ind. market, and thanks to digital multicast capabilities is providing eight different programming options to local viewers.

State Broadcasters Associations representing television station owners across all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico have united to pass a resolution that seeks the FCC to adopt "a clear, industry-wide date-certain transition plan for the full deployment" of the digital broadcast standard that powers NEXTGEN TV.

The E.W. Scripps Co. says it is "enhancing its consumer insights strategy" with the appointment of a media industry executive to the role of post of VP of Head of Enterprise Research and Consumer Insights. Its a woman who frequently lectures on the power of storytelling with data at several universities.

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.