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Hawaiian Telcom Inks AMG Carriage Deal
The broadcast media company owned by Byron Allen that acquired a pair of TV stations in Hawaii — one from the Lilly family and another from Richard French — has secured a retransmission consent agreement with a local MVPD that includes continued carriage of seven cable TV channels.
Even With WTXF License Fight, Fox ‘Steady and Ready’
Despite poor comps on ad revenue due to the absence of a Super Bowl telecast in 2024, FOX Corporation's fiscal Q3 financial report is largely rosy. The results led a MoffettNathanson analyst to offer a glowing report signaling its support of the company's current leadership and profit-generation plan.
Revenue ‘Slightly Below’ Expectations for Comscore In Q1
When it comes to CEO Jon Carpenter's Q1 2024 earnings assessment, he's well aware of the results, which saw revenue finish "slightly below our expectations." That said, Carpenter says Comscore is making "encouraging progress against a number of key initiatives" deemed critical to its "transformation."
Pluto TV Gets Fifteen NBCU Local Streaming Channels
A collection of NBC and Telemundo local and regional streaming news channels are heading to one of the most commonly known free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel platforms in the U.S., with five of the 15 channels already launched as of today.
Ahead of Q1 Earnings, TEGNA Selects KGW’s New Head
At the end of 2018, DJ Wilson retired as President/GM of TEGNA's NBC affiliate serving Portland, Ore., ending a 12-year run. He was succeeded by Steve Carter, who transferred from KUSA-9 in Denver to take the role. As of June 3, Carter will be retiring, too.
DirecTV Streaming Customers Get The CW In Four Markets
If you're a DirecTV streaming customer in four cities where The CW Network affiliate is owned by Gray Television, you can now view these channels thanks to a new carriage agreement.
The InFOCUS Podcast: Gray Q1 2024 Earnings
In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, we hear from Gray Television leaders Hilton Howell Jr., Pat LaPlatney and Sandy Breland as well as outgoing CFO Jim Ryan and his successor as we review not only a stellar Q1, but strong guidance, while Howell chided Wall Street for its lack of attention.
DQ Delivers With Spot Cable Surge
There's a new effort taking shape for Dairy Queen, and the venerable quick-service restauranteur and ice cream chain is using spot cable to get its marketing messages across in the most efficient way.
Hispanic Consumer Cord-Cutting Surges, Fueling Streaming Platform Use
MVPD subscriptions fell by a substantial level among U.S. Hispanic households in just one year's time, a new study from M/A/R/C-owned Horowitz Research finds. The big result from that cord-cutting? Demand is increasing exponentially for Spanish-language content on OTT platforms.
The InFOCUS Podcast, NewFronts Edition: LATV
LatiNation Media CEO Andrés Palencia and President Bruno Ulloa sit in on the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to share more about GenZ and Millennial-focused LATV and what was delivered to marketers at a Wednesday IAB NewFronts presentation in New York.
Ad Revenue Gain Can’t Help Big Revenue Dip For Bell Media
Ad revenue for the BCE Inc. unit was up 1.6%, thanks largely to "strong growth in digital advertising and improved out-of-home and radio performance," in addition to Super Bowl LVIII ads tied to the game's coverage in Canada on CTV. Yet, overall media operating revenue sharply declined.
Allen Media Group Addresses RIF Chatter
"Strategic changes" are underway at the broadcast and cable media company owned by Byron Allen, resulting in a reduction-in-force initiative, RBR+TVBR has confirmed.
WBD To Collaborate With Weigel For Cartoon-Focused Diginet
From Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry to Fred Flintstone, there's long been a special kind of love and affinity for these animated characters. Now, a digital multicast specialist is launching a new subchannel network dedicated to classic cartoons in a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery.
RNN-Owned UHF Adds Two Diginets In Boston Shift
"SuperFrank" Copsidas has dropped two digital multicast networks owned by Get After It Media from a Boston station. For those in the market that still wish to see the offerings, Retro TV and The Heartland Network, they'll have to tune to another Boston station's subchannels to view them.
California Broadcast Pioneer Harry Pappas Dies
He is being remembered as the former owner of what was at the time the nation's largest privately-held commercial television broadcast group, with 30 properties. Harry Pappas, who operated California-based Pappas Telecasting, died April 24 in Reno, Nev., at the age of 78.