The $215 million deal for six stations extends Gannett’s Texas coverage to 83% of the state’s households.
Matthew Hupfeld, the former finance chief at Newport Television, will succeed Carl Kornmeyer who becomes chief operating officer of London’s LBK Entertainment
The former KRON San Francisco GM heads to Big D for “the kind of challenge I’ve been preparing for my entire career.”
The former GM of KULR Billings, Mont., takes over the VP-GM slot at London Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate that includes NBC and MNT feeds on subchannels.
It changes calls from KTAQ to KTXD and in February becomes a Me-TV affiliate. The deal’s closing means London stations cover nearly 40% of Texas TV homes.
Multi-screen media measurement firm Rentrak Corp. announced that London Broadcasting’s KTAQ Dallas (DMA 5) has signed a multi-year contract for Rentrak’s StationView Essentials service. London Broadcasting currently subscribes to Rentrak’s census-like TV ratings currency at 10 other stations in Waco-Temple-Bryan, Tyler-Longview and Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas. “Rentrak’s ratings information is invaluable to our television stations,” said […]
Rentrak Reups One, Adds Two Texas Stations
Multi-screen media measurement provider Rentrak Corp. has renewed its contract to provide its StationView Essentials local market measurement service to London Broadcasting Co.’s KBMT Beaumont, Texas, and added two other London stations in the state: CBS affiliate KYTX Tyler and NBC affiliate KCEN Waco. “London Broadcasting values the outstanding relationship we’ve built with Rentrak and […]