Broadcasters’ most recent round of quarterly earnings reports fell under the shadow of a prospective Paramount sale, which brought M&A back into earnings call narratives. Streaming and sports also continued to shape growth trajectories.
Viewers without a Roku device can stream the games on the Roku Channel app, which is free and available on Amazon Fire devices, Samsung TVs and Google TVs. It also is accessible via therokuchannel.com with no login required. (Morry Gash/AP)
OpenAI's latest update to its artificial intelligence model can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and can even try to detect people's moods. Pictured: OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model. It says it works faster than previous versions and can reason across text, audio and video in real time. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
Programming leaders from Gray, E.W. Scripps, Graham and Sinclair discuss a future for syndication with more groups selling to each other and a growing role for FAST channels in this in this panel at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference. Click here to register as a TVN subscriber and get access to all videos from this exclusive event.
The journalism will be shown on air and across Scripps News and ProPublica digital platforms. Scripps News will also feature ProPublica reporters on local and national programming regularly to highlight the organization’s original reporting.
With no cameras recording Donald Trump’s criminal trial, anchors and producers are improvising to animate dramatic moments like Michael Cohen’s testimony. Pictured: Michael Cohen leaving his apartment building on his way to Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday. (Julia Nikhinson/AP)
Shows like Law & Order: SVU, NCIS and Grey’s Anatomy have kept fans hooked for 20 seasons or more. How do they do it?
Marketers expect economic uncertainty, making the tenor of advertising deals difficult to predict — much like last year.
Late Night will continue its run on NBC as its host will continue to develop new projects for the company.
Tokyo-based Sony Corp.'s quarterly profit totaled 189 billion yen ($1.2 billion), up from 141 billion yen the year before. Quarterly sales for the maker of the PlayStation game machines rose 14% to 3.48 trillion yen ($22 billion).
Former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman has soft-launched Lights Out Sports, a free ad-supported sports streaming service. Content partners include Glory Kickboxing, World Poker Tour, Swerve Combat, Chess.com, Streetbeefs, Outdoor America, Speedvision, Cineverse and A7FL.
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a station vice president and general manager and a lifestyle show producer. Existing jobs include openings for a director of student media, a national operations manager, a digital platform specialist and an account executive.
Streaming sales leaders from Gray Television, E.W. Scripps, Hearst Television, Ticker and Megaphone TV will share the latest developments in technology and strategy for OTT and FAST channels. Learn more about this critically important revenue source for broadcasters in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on May 16. Register here.
