See full videos from all the sessions at TVNewsCheck’s inaugural Programming Everywhere event at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, including panels on syndication’s changing business model, fresh approaches to news content, the future of sports on broadcast TV and where FAST channels are directing the evolution of broadcasting. This content, which previously was limited to TVN premium members, is now available to all.
For Broadcasters, Multiplatform Distribution Gets More Expansive
Executives from Nexstar, Cox Media Group, Gray Television and ABC Owned Stations shared how their content businesses are evolving into 24/7 news networks, diginets, FAST channels, hyperlocal offerings and more at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB in Las Vegas last week. Pictured (l-r): Brad Wall, LTN Global; Adrianne Anderson, ABC Owned Stations; Steve Pruett, Cox Media Group; Sean Compton, Nexstar Media; and Pat LaPlatney, Gray Television. (Alyssa Wesley photo)
Embracing Collaboration, News Groups Push Past Conventions
Executives from Telemundo, Scripps News, CBS News and Stations, Gray Television and SciLine shared the collaborations they’re undertaking and the places they’re taking news content beyond the conventional newscast in a panel at last week’s Programming Everywhere event at the NAB Show.
Syndication, While Challenged, Remains Essential To TV Stations
Station groups and syndicators are looking to collaborate more in an effort to make new shows work for everyone.
Broadcasters Thinking Out Of The Box To Attract Next Generation
Technology such as multicast, FAST, AVOD gives producers of popular genre programming lots of toys to play with. Even a show that’s in its 43rd season, as CBS’s Entertainment Tonight is, is constantly thinking about how to push its brand past its traditional boundaries to meet new viewers.
Ensuring the flow of local and on-brand content is only one of the challenges FAST channels present — innovation to aid in discoverability remains critical, experts advise.
Broadcasters, Leagues And Teams Eye Hybrid Models While Rethinking Regional Sports
RSNs carried by pay TV services are struggling in the face of cord-cutting and are looking for new ways to reach fans old and new. Pictured (l-r): Adam Wiener, Dan Marshall, Ed Desser, Kerry Bubolz, Lee H. Berke and Brian Lawlor. (Alyssa Wesley photo)
For Anthony Zuiker, Passion Is Key To Broadcasting Success
The creator of CSI, who’s now working with Sinclair Broadcast Group to develop a slate of new shows, says his litmus test for whether television is good is whether he feels it in his heart and mind, and whether it raises the hairs on the back of his neck. (Sinclair Broadcast Group photo)