TV/Cable News

It appears that Apple TV won't be chomping at the bit to get the digital streaming rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, putting Amazon Video in the driver's seat while YouTube could still emerge as a potential service home for the National Football League once its exclusive deal with DirecTV ends in three weeks.

As Monday morning began, the retrans impasse was over between the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations and the NewsNation cable television network and one of the biggest MVPDs operating across the U.S.

Four months ago, there was much chatter that NBCUniversal was seriously thinking about dropping the 10pm hour from the NBC television network, handing it back to affiliates while O&Os took it for their own programming. Now, word has surfaced that the powers that be will not be erasing the 10pm hour from the NBC network lineup — at least not at this time.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has sent a formal request to the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) to initiate a card count by a neutral third party on behalf of thousands of unionizing freelance TV Commercial Production department workers.

Instead of a traditional quarterly earnings call, Netflix releases a video interview with key C-Suite members in which the previous quarter was discussed. For Q4 2022, a Bank of America Securities veteran media analyst will conduct the affair.

It's happened again. A major media entity, this time FuboTV, has become victim of a cyberattack. Is there no way to guard a broadcast media company — MVPD or station owner — from such an incidents?  Given the renewed importance of cyberattack prevention, RBR+TVBR is pleased to offer this encore InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, with Lisa Plaggemier, head of the National Cybersecurity Alliance. LISTEN HERE

It's an airline that until recently offered Sirius XM satellite radio across most of its fleet and presently presents its travelers live and on-demand visual entertainment.  Come Spring 2023, the airline will be giving preferential treatment to NBCUniversal's streaming service.

The multiplatform media company serving U.S. Hispanics from its home base of the Empire Center is partnering with Comcast's TV advertising tech platform as part of an effort to expand its connected TV advertising business.

The ATSC 3.0 bandwagon keeps rolling on, and this time it has flipped the switch on a Mission Broadcasting-owned station that will serve as the "lighthouse" for NEXTGEN TV broadcasts in one of the biggest markets in the U.S. Southwest.

The free streaming service with a focus on local content owned by Byron Allen's Allen Media Group has forged a partnership with PBS. The agreement brings live streaming of member stations and the KIDS 24/7 digital multicast network to the Local Now offering.

In just over two weeks time, 2023 will arrive. For television stations planning on-air, online and social coverage of New Year's Eve, official Times Square New Year's Event content courtesy of Countdown Entertainment and the Times Square Alliance will be available for use — with no bug or logo to deal with.

On October 31, Gray Television shares dipped to $8.97, a price last seen nine years earlier. Since then, shares have rebounded to the high $11 range. That's good news for an independent company director who recently upped his holdings to 44,738 shares worth approximately $507,776.

David and Penny Drucker reside in Evergreen, Colo., and have been active TV station owners for decades. Among the properties they've been associated with are free-to-air television channels in places as disparate as Key West and Alaska. Now, the Druckers are investing in a Mile High property to the south of their residence.

Thanks to a new carriage agreement, consumers seeking content from 14 DMAs where CBS has owned TV stations will be able to "view it" on VUit.

When it comes to top performers on Wall Street for publicly traded companies with links to the broadcast media industry, American Tower Corp. has been one of the finest investments.  Now, those with shares of "AMT," traded on the NYSE, are set to get rewarded with a dividend payment that's significantly higher than its last one.