TV/Cable News

The first full week of February was a big one for sports, and not just for the National Football League. The NBA was the biggest brand among the advertisers choosing Spot Cable for the week ending February 9. But a new campaign from a cruise line is making waves, and deserves notice.

The company behind the MeTV brand that also owns broadcast TV stations in markets such as Milwaukee and Chicago has convinced the FCC's Media Bureau to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on a proposal to shift one of its properties from one city to another in the Land of Enchantment.

“Gray has been a fantastic partner in helping us increase visibility and support in the market by providing fans direct access to see our games,” said Dream President/Chief Operating Officer Morgan Shaw Parker. “Demand for the Dream is at an all-time high, as evidenced by the full-season 20 game sell out last season."

The former Executive VP of Technology Policy & Standards for Paramount is joining A3SA, the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority, as Managing Director. He takes over from Ron Wheeler, who served as Managing Director of the organization from its formation.

The Chief Operating Officer of Fox Corporation, who also serves as a member of the Office of the Chairman, has inked a three-year employment agreement that sees him adding the title of President.

When it came time for yuletide viewing of entertainment, Americans went to over-the-top streaming platforms more than ever. According to Nielsen, Christmas Day 2024 was the most-streamed day of television in the U.S. in its history of audience measurement.

Dennis Richmond, one of the nation’s first Black anchors of a major market TV newscast, joined KTVU as a clerk and rose to the rank of anchor in 1976. He became one of the Bay Area's most well-known news anchors, and is now being mourned.

The 2021 WNBA Champion Chicago Sky are heading to broadcast television in the Windy City, thanks to a freshly inked deal with Weigel Broadcasting. The company's flagship property will provide live television broadcasts of more than 30 Sky games during the upcoming season. Games will be available via streaming and linear platforms.

In a bit of a throwback to the day when the audio for analog Channel 6 could be heard on 87.7 MHz, a FOX Television Station is bringing its audio to a HD multicast signal of an Atlanta FM. This time, that audio feed can be found on the right end of the dial.

It is a privately held broadcast media company with television and radio stations in a variety of markets ranging from Albany, N.Y., to Albuquerque. And, it has just signed a new multi-year agreement for local TV measurement from Nielsen in three of its markets.

The Major League Baseball club that won the World Series in 2015 and 30 years before has announced a partnership that will allow ten of its regular-season games to air on Gray Media stations in the team's home market.

That's the somewhat skewed look at video consumption presented in a new report from Statista, which also shows robust consumption of digital videos during the same 12-month period.

Gray Media has renewed its daily, 30-minute news magazine InvestigateTV+ for a third season. The company also renewed the weekend edition of the show for 2025-2026, its fifth season.

So much for an impasse: Paramount has licensed new Nielsen services including Advanced Audiences, Big Data + Panel, Ad-Supported Streaming Platform Ratings, Nielsen ONE Ads for Connected Television, and National OOH expansion to inform advertising, programming and licensing strategies.

A new report from MX8 Labs offers a guide on where growth for over-the-top and free ad-supported TV services, or "FAST" channels, is heading in 2025. The quick answer? Netflix "still has room to grow in terms of consumer coverage and subscriptions," while Tubi is fast becoming a top cable TV replacement service.