TV/Cable News

In the Tidewater region, The E.W. Scripps Co. owns and operates two TV stations, the CBS affiliate and an independent sibling. Starting Monday, it will have a new General Manager. It's an individual many at the stations are very familiar with.

A newly released report from the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) has been released to help marketers better understand how brands with short versus long purchase cycles set strategy, define success and plan for growth. 

September is already here, and as the Labor Day weekend approached and unfolded, one QSR brand topped another big, heritage fast-food chain in the latest Spot Ten Cable report from Media Monitors. The bigger news: The two brands accounted for more than 110,000 spot plays for the week ending August 31.

AMP Media, Sinclair Inc.'s growing audio-on-demand platform, will launch on September 3 a new local sports podcast designed for fans of the Green Bay Packers, produced in conjunction with the company's "FOX 11" in the upper Wisconsin city that's home to the storied National Football League franchise.

Gray Media has agreed to partner up with the producer and primary rights holder for the play-by-play coverage of the National Hockey League club serving North Texas by bringing 15 TV markets across the team's territory — other than Dallas — several games via a broadcast simulcast.

Hosted by media veteran Dave Ross and former MLB pitcher Jensen Lewis, “VSiN By the Books” will deliver "actionable sports betting news, analysis and insights each day" to the sports fans who start their day by tuning to a FanDuel Sports Network channel delivered via an MVPD.

She's been a familiar pre-dawn face for those who chose to start their mornings with KABC-7 in Los Angeles for years, and first joined the ABC Owned Stations property in 1994. Now, she's saying farewell to local TV news after more than three decades behind the anchor desk and out in the field.

FuboTV Inc. will launch on Tuesday (9/2) what it describes as "a skinny content service" that will offer consumers "a focused sports option at a lower price" while also sharing that it has a fresh agreement with The E.W. Scripps Co. focused on sports.

The Weigel Broadcasting Co. non-affiliated television station that serves as the broadcast home for two pro sports teams has just been added to the streaming lineup for DirecTV in the Chicago DMA.

By this time next year, the company formerly known as Gannett will likely be gone. Until that time, however, TEGNA shareholders will still be reaping the benefits of ownership by getting a little cash bonus.

YouTube continued its streak as TV’s "leading media distributor in July," according to Nielsen. This marks the sixth consecutive month online video hub has been perched atop the dominant ratings and audience data firm’s Media Distributor Gauge report.

FOX Television Stations is moving ahead with a series of leadership promotions across multiple markets where it has properties, resulting in a new Senior VP and Regional General Manager for its stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and for its properties in Seattle and Phoenix.

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.