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07/08/2022
Gray Television Reports 2Q Net Income of $86 Million
Gray Television reported higher second-quarter earnings, driven by acquisitions and strong political ad spending....
07/08/2022
Scripps Expects $270 Million in Political Advertising in 2022
E.W. Scripps swung to a profit in the second quarter as its stations benefited from political advertising while its national networks unit had flat revenue and ...
07/08/2022
TCA: Oprah Docuseries The Hair Tales' Starts on Hulu, OWN October 22
Docuseries The Hair Tales, from Oprah Winfrey, Tracee Ellis Ross and Michaela Angela Davis, premieres on Hulu and OWN October 22. The first two episodes are on ...
07/08/2022
Ron Howard Examines Youth Soccer Team Cave Rescue in New Film
Thirteen Lives, a film about the attempt to rescue a group of young boys and their soccer coach from underground caves in Thailand that are flooding, premieres ...
05/08/2022
Discovery Channel Eats Up More Watch-Time During Shark Week: TV By the Numbers
Below is a snapshot of TV by the numbers for the week of July 25-31, highlighting the most-watched shows and networks using glass-level data from Vizio's In...
05/08/2022
The First Lady' Won't See Season Two on Showtime
The First Lady will not see a second season on Showtime. The anthology series premiered April 17. Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson are in the...
05/08/2022
FCC Probes Arguments of Standard General-Tegna Deal Opponents
Opponents of the $8.6 billion Standard General-Tegna deal met with top FCC officials this week to talk about the former's issues with the deal particularl...
05/08/2022
Spectrum Reach Brings Streaming To Self-Service Advertising Portal
Spectrum Reach, the ad sales arm of Charter Communications, said it has expanded the capabilities of its self-service Ad Portal to enable buyers to create, plan...
05/08/2022
Warner Bros. Discovery Closes Upfront With $6 Billion in Ad Commitments
It might have taken a little extra time, but Warner Bros. Discovery concluded its upfront negotiations, securing nearly $6 billion in commitments from advertise...
05/08/2022
Warner Bros. Discovery Has Big Q2 Loss, Blames WarnerMedia
In its first financial report as a new company, Warner Bros. Discovery reported a $3.418 billion second-quarter loss and reduced guidance for future earnings, c...
05/08/2022
Christina Spade Promoted to CEO at AMC Networks
AMC Networks said it promoted Christina Spade to CEO, effective September 9....
05/08/2022
Comscore Consumer Intelligence To Be Used By Sinclair Station Group
Comscore said it made a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group, whose ad sales force will use Comscore Consumer Intelligence....
05/08/2022
Shark Week Shows Teeth in Generating Search: EDO
Commercials appearing in Shark Week programming on Discovery Channel were 49% more effective at generating incremental online searches than the average primetim...
05/08/2022
Paramount's Streaming Business Adds Subscribers, Loses More Money
Paramount Global said it grew global direct-to-consumer subscribers to 64 million in the second quarter, up 5.2 million subscribers, despite dropping 3.9 millio...
05/08/2022
Record 2Q For Nexstar as Net Income, Revenue Rise
Nexstar Media Group racked up a record second quarter in terms of profit and revenue....
05/08/2022
Spanish-Language Programming, Sports Grew Ad Impressions in First Half of 2022: iSpot.tv
Spanish-language programming and sports were big gainers during the first half o...
05/08/2022
Big Sky' Gets New Title on ABC
ABC drama Big Sky gets something of a name change for season three, as the show is now entitled Big Sky: Deadly Trails. The new season of the David E. Kelley dr...
05/08/2022
NBC Sets Daytime Newscast As Days of Our Lives' Shifts to Peacock
NBC will debut NBC News Daily September 12, the hour-long daytime newscast running in place of Days of Our Lives, which will stream exclusively on Peacock. New ...
05/08/2022
Guest Commentary: The Imperative to Reinvigorate Local TV News and Civic Engagement
The way Americans get their news has undergone a revolution in the past two deca...
05/08/2022
NCIS' and NCIS: Hawai'i' Share Crossover Event September 19
The season premieres of NCIS and NCIS: Hawai'i come together for a crossover event on CBS Monday, September 19. It is season 20 of NCIS and season two of NC...
05/08/2022
Paramount Plus Plans Premiere of Baby Sharks Big Movie
Paramount Plus said its Baby Shark movie will start streaming during the 2023 holiday season....
03/08/2022
Survivor' Standout in USA's Snake in the Grass' Opener
Competition series Snake in the Grass premieres on USA Network August 1. The show features former cast members from Survivor, Big Brother and Naked and Afraid....
03/08/2022
Fox Stations Premieres Game Show Person, Place, or Thing'
Fox Television Stations debuts game show Person, Place, or Thing on select stations as a four-week preview starting August 8. Hosted by Melissa Peterman, Person...
03/08/2022
NBC Renews Weakest Link Game Show
NBC has renewed the game show Weakest Link for a third season. The network greenlit 20 episodes of the Jane Lynch-hosted program. Production on the new season w...
03/08/2022
Gray TV Names David Herrmann, Patience Hettrick General Managers
Gray Television said it promoted David Herrmann to general manager of KWCH-TV and KSCW-TV in Wichita, Kansas, and promoted Patience Hettrick to general manager ...
03/08/2022
BBC Studios Hires Janet Brown as President, Content Distribution, North and Latin America
BBC Studio expanded its top executive rungs, hiring Janet Brown as president, co...
03/08/2022
Viz Media Picks Whip Media To Track VOD Performance
Viz Media, a producer of manga and distributor of anime, said it selected Whip Media to provide real-time performance data on Viz Media's digital on-demand ...
03/08/2022
DoubleVerify Sees Less TV Off' Ad Fraud With On-Screen' Certification
DoubleVerify said its new system for dealing with the issue of advertisers paying for connected TV ads that appear on devices and apps hooked up to TVs that are...
03/08/2022
ATVA to FCC: Tegna Deal Needs Enforceable Conditions
Standard General, Apollo General and Tegna have pledged to the Federal Communications Commission that they will not jointly negotiate or share information on re...
03/08/2022
Gray TV Gives More GMs Regional Station Oversight
Gray Television said it is changing its management structure by giving more of its general managers oversight of additional stations as regional VPs....
03/08/2022
Syndication Ratings: Dr. Phil, Live Tie for Top of Talk
Talk's top three, Dr. Phil, Live with Kelly and Ryan and Kelly Clarkson, were the loudest voices in the hotly contested 15-show category, and the only ones ...
30/07/2022
Jayne Miller, Longtime WBAL Baltimore Investigative Reporter, Has Retired
Jayne Miller, veteran WBAL Baltimore investigative reporter, has retired. She joined WBAL, a Hearst TV station, in 1979 and had a stint at CBS News....
30/07/2022
Sen. Markey To Introduce Net Neutrality Bill
With no progress expected on new network neutrality rules out of a politically tied FCC anytime soon, net neutrality fan Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is introducing...
30/07/2022
Preman Narayanan Named Hearst VP Ad Operations and Info Services
Hearst Television said it named Preman Narayanan as VP of ad operations and information services, a new position, effective August 1....
30/07/2022
Stranger Things' Star in Paramount Plus Movie Honor Society'
Film Honor Society, a coming-of-age comedy about being an ambitious young woman in the modern world, premieres on Paramount Plus Friday, July 29. Angourie Rice ...
30/07/2022
Jamie Farr Hosts M*A*S*H: The Best By Farr' on MeTV
MeTV commemorates the 50th anniversary of M*A*S*H with a weeklong run of cast member Jamie Farr's favorite episodes, along with commentary from Farr. M*A*S*...
30/07/2022
Series Business: Bonnie Hunt, Showrunner of Amber Brown on Apple TV Plus
Broadcasting + Cables Michael Malone chats with producer/director/actress Bonnie Hunt about how kids series Amber Brown came together....
30/07/2022
PBS NewsHour Recognizes SAG-AFTRA
PBS NewsHour Productions says it has officially recognized SAG-AFTRA/NewsHour Union, saying it supports the rights of its employees to have union representation...
30/07/2022
Roku Drew Record $1 Billion in Ad Commitments in Upfront
Roku said it secured more than $1 billion in commitments from advertisers during the upfront market, a record for the streaming platform....
30/07/2022
Nielsen Says Buyout Gets Regulatory Approvals
Nielsen Holdings said it has received all of the necessary government regulatory approvals it needs to complete its plan to be acquired by a group of private eq...
30/07/2022
Roku Stock Dives Following Downbeat Earnings Outlook
Roku stock plummeted 29% in early trading Friday following the company's disappointing second-quarter earnings report late Thursday....
28/07/2022
MLB Steals Watch-Time, Impressions Leads During All-Star Week: TV By the Numbers
Below is a snapshot of TV by the numbers for the week of July 18-24, highlighting the most-watched shows and networks using glass-level data from Vizio's In...
28/07/2022
NewsNation Gives Chris Cuomo Primetime Show in the Fall
Nexstar Media Group's cable news network NewsNation said that it will be adding former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to its primetime lineup in the fall....
28/07/2022
CoComelon' Set To Sell Tickets For Next Leg of North American Live Tour
CoComelon, a big hit on YouTube and Netflix, said it will be selling tickets to the next leg of its North American live show, announcing the location of 20 of i...
28/07/2022
Atmosphere Picks SpringServe To Handle Programmatic Out-Of-Home Ads
Atmosphere, which provides businesses with in-venue video programming, said it selected SpringServe to handle the delivery of programmatic out-of-home advertisi...
28/07/2022
Nielsen Reports Higher 2Q Earnings and Revenue
Nielsen reported higher second quarter earnings and said its new ratings system would roll out on schedule as it looks to complete being acquired by a private e...
28/07/2022
Disney Flips and Will Accept Political Advertising on Hulu
After being embroiled in another political controversy, The Walt Disney Co. said its Hulu streaming service will accept commercials for candidates and issue adv...
28/07/2022
Kate Winslet Series The Palace' Moving Forward at HBO
HBO has ordered the Kate Winslet limited series The Palace. The show details one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime, as it starts to...
28/07/2022
Pete Williams, NBC News Justice Correspondent, Sets Retirement
Pete Williams, justice correspondent at NBC News, steps down Friday, July 29. Based in Washington, Williams covers the Departments of Justice and Homeland Secur...
28/07/2022
Season Three of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' on Disney Plus July 27
Season three of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series debuts July 27 on D...
