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Weight loss-focused medication is all the rage. One brand that's hot at the moment is now using Spot Cable to present its options to those who seek to learn more about how to shed pounds in this manner.

A survey of more than 95,000 consumers between the ages of 16 and 65 from across the U.S. has yielded fresh insights into brand loyalty as it pertains to select news programming — potentially potent data as the 2024 political advertising season heats up. It presents good news for NBC and ABC.

The redemption is expected to occur on January 29, completing a debt swap that gives TelevisaUnivision more time to repay its debtors but add a premium, given the higher interest rate.

Diamond Sports Group will live on and emerge from bankruptcy with a partnership — and hundreds of millions of dollars — from Amazon. For two MoffettNathanson analysts, one key question persists: What happens to local sports rights given the collapse of the RSN model?

The agreement allows NCTC's member companies to opt into a multi-year retransmission consent agreement for Sinclair's owned/operated local stations. The renewal also includes an agreement for Sinclair-owned Tennis Channel.

Sinclair Inc. SVP/Head of Distribution and Network Relations Will Bell commented, "We are pleased to reach this comprehensive renewal with FOX, inclusive of the early renewal of 17 markets."

While New Orleans Pelicans fans couldn't enjoy a victory on January 12, they could relish the fact that they could tune in without the need of a pay-TV regional sports network. Guess what? The ratings for the Pelicans-Nuggets matchup on local television topped that of the NBA finals in June 2023 in New Orleans.

A newly released Horowitz Research report finds that while teens and young adults aged 18-24 spend most of their time with social media, short videos, streaming music, and video games, these Generation Z consumers remain heavily engaged with "professional, full-length TV content."

Nine new entertainment and sports free ad-supported television channels from NBCUniversal’s television and streaming portfolio and the NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution library are now available to viewers on The Roku Channel.

Say what you want about how dismal the back half of last year was. Newly released data from iSpot show signs of a "thaw" began in 2023. But, where?

It fell out of the Spot Ten last week. But, the OTT platform from Warner Bros. Discovery that's the on-demand home of programming ranging from Friends to HBO's array of films and series is back in a big way on the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report.

A broadcast television station owned by the company that owns the most over-the-air facilities in the U.S. has been handed a proposed fine for its failure to timely file its quarterly issues/programs lists with the FCC.

It airs on Channel 44 and is a property formerly known as KBCW, with a call letter change coming in September 2023 to better align itself with its CBS-owned sibling. Now, CBS News & Stations faces a small financial penalty for failing to adhere to a FCC rule.

Introducing Dubformer, a company using genAI to provide dubbing to the visual entertainment industry. Is this a threat to the voice actors who have dubbed TV shows and feature films for decades? RBR+TVBR finds out in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.  LISTEN HERE

The MVPD-distributed news-focused network born out of the former WGN America is entering 2024 with its sights on a new daytime lineup scheduled to begin on January 22, followed by the debut on January 27 of a weekend edition of its weekday wake-up offering.