Democratic FCC Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Jessica Rosenworcel condemn the $48 million settlement, saying the agency’s Republican majority ignored the FCC’s own rules and bent the facts to assist Sinclair “with sweeping its past digressions under the rug.”
Attracting, Keeping OTT Viewers Still Daunting
Crafting the right strategy for each service is crucial, broadcast executives say at TVNewsCheck’s OTT News Summit.
Navigating The Wild West Of OTT Measurement
With no common measurement data, OTT services are playing by multiple rule books, broadcast executives say at TVNewsCheck’s OTT News Summit.
Stations Finding Sound Reasons To Podcast
Tegna, Tribune, Scripps, Fox and Graham are among a growing number of TV broadcasters who are exploring adding audio content and advertising platforms. A study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers puts podcast ad revenues at $313.9 million in 2017, and projects that it will more than double, to $659 million, by next year.
The new contract covers Tribune’s 42 television stations and cable network WGN America.
Disputes between cable companies and program providers are typical this time of year. But the dispute between Charter Communications’ Spectrum TV and Tribune Media is beginning to feel anything but typical. Entering its eighth day, this skirmish could be the one that escalates into a prolonged battle.
Exclusives
In an open letter to the roughly six million subscribers of Charter’s Spectrum pay-TV service who are currently without Tribune Broadcasting affiliates in 24 markets, Tribune CEO Peter Kern blasted Charter for offering a “false picture” of the companies’ carriage negotiations.
Tribune Broadcasting television stations in 24 markets across the United States have begun informing Charter Spectrum subscribers that they may lose the local news, traffic, weather, sports and entertainment programming […]
Funding from the Google News Initiative/YouTube Innovation Program will support new formats of video storytelling.
The new multi-year contract covers television stations and cable net WGN America.
Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, has expanded to clearances on 135 stations across the country, bringing the network’s reach to 86% of U.S. TV households. In the new affiliate […]
The broadcast group taps the news director of its KTLA Los Angeles to handle additional responsibilities as VP of content development for the group.
Tribune Broadcasting laid off 120 employees in Texas, including 52 based in Houston, due to the media company’s cancellation of the Morning Dose and NewsFix shows, according to a notice the company filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. The layoffs will take effect on Nov. 6, Tribune said in its letter.
Using Wide Orbit’s Programmatic Open Marketplace allows Tribune stations to accept complying offers for ad time around the clock — even outside of normal business hours.
The new agreement provides audience measurement for all Tribune TV stations and markets as well as diginet Antenna TV.
Coach and Gimme A Break Join Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast entertainment network in January.
Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network Antenna TV will present all episodes of the legendary sitcom All in the Family in one holiday weekend marathon. It will run all nine seasons (207 episodes) on […]
Sinclair’s sidecar partner is paying London Broadcasting $9.5 million for independent KTXD, according to an FCC filing. The deal would give Sinclair a duopoly in Dallas, assuming that its purchase of Tribune also passes FCC muster. Tribune owns CW affil KDAF there.
It’s partnering with digital media agency Dose on a data-driven weekday morning news show. Melissa Rycroft, Brandon London and Laila Muhammad to host. It launches June 29 on six Tribune stations.
Disney-ABC has completed broadcast syndication sales for the sitcom, which has been cleared in more than 90% of the country with Tribune Broadcasting as the core station group for its launch in fall 2018 when the award-winning comedy also begins airing on FX and BET.
WNEP News Loses Two Veterans To Buyouts
Early retirement means viewers in Northeastern Pennsylvania are not going to be seeing anchor Marisa Burke and chief meteorologist Tom Clark after more than 30 years each on the Tribune-operated ABC affiliate.
Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, said today that beginning Jan. 2, 2017, The Joey Bishop Show and Good Morning World will join Antenna TV’s schedule as the network continues to expand its programming […]
Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s multicast network, has surpassed 1 million likes. The page, which is maintained in-house by Kari Bellinger, Tribune Media’s affiliate relations and web market manager, was launched […]
“I can confirm a small number of employees at our stations have been offered voluntary buy-outs,” says a Tribune spokesperson. It’s not known what the station group is offering or if anyone has taken Tribune up on the offer yet.
Tribune Broadcasting on Tuesday announced that it reached a comprehensive, multi-year agreement with Fox Broadcasting to renew the existing Fox affiliations of six Tribune Media stations: KSWB San Diego; KTXL Sacramento, Calif.; WXIN Indianapolis; WTIC Hartford, Conn.; WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich.; and WPMT Harrisburg, Pa. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
On Saturday, Tribune Broadcasting and Dish Network announced a long-term, comprehensive agreement on carriage and retransmission consent. The agreement restores Dish carriage of Tribune Broadcasting’s 42 television stations in 33 markets as well a Tribune’s WGN America cable network, all of which had been off the satellite service since June. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
James Aitken New GM Of WXIN-WTTV
Tribune moves him from VP-GM at its KDAF Dallas to succeed Paul Rennie at the Fox-CBS duopoly in Indianapolis.
The former Sunbeam executive will work with Greg Easterly, Tribune Broadcasting’s SVP/group operations. Wayland ran all three Sunbeam stations, including WHDH Boston, which is expected to lose its NBC affiliation at the end of the year.
Tribune Broadcasting’s Eye Opener morning news show has named Chris Myers executive producer. Myers, who joined Tribune Broadcasting this week, has been manager of digital creative content for ABC Television Group, […]
The sale brings clearances of the show to 71% of the country, including 27 of the top 30 markets.
Diginets Keep Growing, Despite Auction Cloud
While the spectrum auction and repack could raise challenges, most multicast network players say they’re bullish on the business, especially with the likely adoption of ATSC 3.0. Diginets keep adding affiliates and expanding coverage and the top ones have begun attracting general market advertising. This is Part 1 of a four-part special report on multicasting. Parts 2 and 3 also appear today. Part 4, running Thursday morning, will focus on the technology of compression and channel sharing. You can read the other stories here.
The TV news and digital veteran will oversee strategy, business development and operational execution for the station group.
Tribune taps the former GM of its Indianapolis duopoly to succeed Greg Easterly as head of the CW affil and the CLTV cable news channel.
The Dish-Tribune fee fight entered its second month this week with no resolution in sight. On June 11, Tribune pulled its 42 stations from Dish’s lineup after the two companies failed to reach a new carriage pact. Dish and Tribune are quarreling over how much the satcaster should pay to carry the stations, but Dish is also claiming Tribune is trying to require WGN America to be part of the overall package.
Leverage Worries Batter TV Groups Stock
Stock prices of six publicly-traded TV station groups had a rocky first half due to concerns over leverage as well as political, automotive and overall sustainability of the television business model. The companies bounced back a bit in the second quarter, but were still well below where they were on Jan. 1. Analysts, however, see signs for optimism.
Dish Network has filed a lawsuit against Tribune Broadcasting, accusing the broadcaster of deliberately spreading false statements about the satellite provider in the retrans fight that is now in its second week.
The satellite provider proposes binding, baseball-style arbitration to reach a fair market-based deal and restore Tribune’s stations to its subscribers.
The cash-and-barter deal calls for The Goldbergs to be cleared on Tribune stations in 18 markets covering 37% of U.S. TV households, beginning in fall 2017.
Tribune Names Greg Easterly WPIX GM/SVP
After Rich Graziano decides to leave, Tribune Broadcasting puts the former GM of its WGN Chicago in change in New York as interim GM and promotes him to SVP of group operations.
