TV/Cable News

A new biennial all-star competition featuring elite athletes across six sports presented by venerable sports journalism brand Sports Illustrated is coming to Southern California this autumn. It will see action televised on the national broadcast TV network owned by The E.W. Scripps Co.

TEGNA's Denver television station branded as "9NEWS" will continue as the "Hometown Television Partner" of the city's National Football League franchise.

The E.W. Scripps Company has appointed new Station Managers for its duopoly serving the Motor City and for its FOX affiliate along the Wasatch Front. The new leader for WXYZ and WMYD begins his role on April 14. At KSTU, the new local head takes on her new duties a week later.

Federal income tax returns are due in one week, and for those that still need to prepare and file them, there's one brand that stepped up last week to help build its sales. And, that effort was seen at Spot Cable, the latest data from Media Monitors show.

For 20 years, the NBC affiliate serving Cleveland owned by TEGNA has enjoyed a relationship with the Major League Baseball franchise formerly known as the Cleveland Indians. Now, the station has expanded its relationship with the team today known as the Cleveland Guardians. 

At a press conference held Monday afternoon, the executive leaders of four of the nation's biggest TV ownership groups shared more about their joint venture created to provide robust wireless data services powering the "Internet of Things."

Audio processing and broadcast technology specialist Telos Alliance has reached an agreement with Telestream that brings the full integration of its Minnetonka Audio AudioTools Server with the Telestream Vantage product.

The Walt Disney Company operates on a unique fiscal year calendar, and it is ready to reveal its results for its second financial quarter of 2025. When will that happen? It's coming on the first Wednesday in May.

First, it was TEGNA. Then Nexstar Media Group joined the party. Now the Atlanta-based company that seeks to bring in big dollars from its Assembly Atlanta studio complex has decided to also share its first quarter earnings report on the second Thursday of May — right before Upfronts Week.

PPDS, the provider of Philips digital signage and interactive displays, videowalls and dvLEDs, has set its sights on showcasing its latest broadcast displays at the NAB Show. In particular, the company will demonstrate the products PPDS offers that empower TV studios and newsrooms.

The FCC is presently seeking proposals for realistic alternatives to the Global Positioning System (GPS), should it ever be compromised or attacked. The NAB thinks it has an answer, and at the NAB Show it will demonstrate its "Broadcast Positioning System," or BPS, with the assistance of Sinclair and UrsaNav LLC. 

The FAA has accepted a "Declaration of Compliance for Operations Over People" from Sinclair Inc., making it the first broadcast media company authorized by the federal government to fly drones over individuals and moving vehicles for newsgathering purposes without needing an aviation authority waiver of its rules.

Florida-based USSI Global is teaming up with Sinclair Broadcast Group on a field trial that shows off the benefits gained from Eutelsat Group’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity when seeking the best ways to keep live local news production flowing.

The NewsON video streaming service devoted to local TV station news content has added a pair of channels associated with Lilly Broadcasting, giving viewers in the Twin Tiers and in Northwestern Pennsylvania another way to learn of what's making headlines around the globe and down their street.

A new agreement has brought play-by-play of Minnesota Twins games back to over-the-air TV for the first time since 2012. This will see a limited selection of Twins games get a simulcast on FOX Television Station's KMSP-TV and a group of Gray Media stations in other markets within the team's multi-state territory.