WBD’s TNT Sports Inks 10-Year Deal To Air French Open In U.S.
Warner Bros Discovery's TNT Sports has signed a 10-year deal to broadcast the French Open in the U.S. starting next year, the media giant …
Is California’s Film & TV Tax Credit In Danger? Unions Say So
Unions are alleging the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act on the 2024 ballot could threaten California’s film and TV tax …
Baltimore Sun Union Faults Paper For Republishing Reports From New Owner’s TV Station
When Sinclair Executive Chairman David D. Smith bought the Baltimore Sun in January, staffers worried about how the newspaper might change …
Paramount’s Merger Talks With Skydance Fall Apart
There were several hitches in the last week as Skydance, Paramount and its parent company, National Amusements, reached the final stages of …
The CW’s Brad Schwartz Dismisses Concerns That Canadian Series On U.S. TV Are Seen As A ‘Discount Bin’
As The CW has changed its financial model under new owners Nexstar, entertainment president Brad Schwartz has relied more on international …
Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI And CEO Sam Altman
The lawsuit targeted the AI firm's partnership with Microsoft and its decision to launch a for-profit arm after the mogul left the board of …
TV Ratings 2023-24: Final Numbers for (Almost) Every Network Series
Primetime NFL games and CBS's Tracker are the most watched primetime programs of the season.
Canadian Media Giants Play Musical Chairs With Popular U.S. Brands Amid Streaming Competition
Warner Bros. Discovery has moved Canadian rights to popular lifestyle brands like HGTV, Food Network and OWN to Rogers Media and Sports and …
Stock Market Today: Asian Shares Mixed Ahead Of Fed Decision On Interest Rates
Shares were mixed Wednesday in Asia ahead of a decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates. (Eugene Hoshik/AP)
Station Trading Roundup: 3 Deals, $1,258,000
The purchase of five stations by Quad Marketing Group tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, …
Shari Redstone, Paramount End Merger Talks With Skydance
After months of negotiations, Paramount‘s controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has broken off merger talks with David Ellison‘s Skydance. …
Dow Drops 121, Nasdaq Gains 151, S&P Adds 15
Wall Street drifted to a mixed close on Tuesday but still notched some records.
The Many Moving Parts Of The Transition To NextGen TV
Broadcasters await the results of the "Future of TV" task force and a 1.0 sunset.
Divided Paramount Board To Vote On David Ellison And Skydance’s Takeover
Two sources familiar with the sales process confirmed the lead independent director, Charles Phillips, has long been opposed to Ellison’s …
Jon Stewart To Host ‘The Daily Show’ Live After Presidential Debates
The comedian, who hosts The Daily Show on Mondays, is to host two live episodes of the Comedy Central series after the Presidential debates. …
Meta Must Face Suit Over Scam Ads
A federal appellate court has revived a lawsuit by two Meta Platforms users who say they lost money after responding to fraudulent ads on …
Nate Burleson To Host CBS’s ‘Hollywood Squares’
Hollywood Squares, the classic game show, is coming back to television with Drew Barrymore as its famed center square. The CBS show, which …
After Bob Iger Outreach, Shannon Sharpe Inks Expanded Deal With ESPN
The NFL hall-of-famer will continue to appear on First Take and will appear on other ESPN programming.
CBS Entertainment’s Amy Reisenbach: “It’s Definitely A Time Of Tumult And Change”
The executive also talked about CBS franchise series extensions and spinoffs at the Banff World Media Festival.
‘After Midnight’ Scores Season 2 Renewal At CBS
The latenight show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson premiered in January.
Fox To Use DatafuelX For Data-Driven Linear Ads
Fox said it will use analytics company DatafuelX’s M3 platform to create optimized data-driven linear media plans aimed at advanced audience …
Fox Weather Names Sadie Morris Third Scholarship Recipient In Partnership With Mississippi State University
Fox Weather, Fox News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) weather service, has named Sadie Morris as its third annual …
NVISA & ATSC Deploy Next-Gen ATSC 3.0 Warning System At FEMA IPAWS Technical Support Service Facility
The NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA) and the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the broadcast standards …
Pebble Adds Sally Wallington As SVP Sales
Pebble, an automation, content management and integrated channel specialist, has named Sally Wallington SVP sales, assuming overall …
XR & AD-ID Enable Ad Creative ID Framework For Cross-Platform Advertising
XR Extreme Reach, a global technology platform powering the creative economy, today announced its partnership with AD-ID, the industry …
Nexstar Names Lisa Taylor SVP Of Digital Ad Sales
The former Amazon and Meredith executive will be responsible for accelerating digital advertising sales and revenue growth across Nexstar’s …
Utiq And Equativ Unlock Authentic Audiences Through Programmatic Curation
Utiq, a European AdTech company with a telco-powered first-party identifier, that harnesses Authentic Consent to enable responsible digital …
LG Ad Solutions Promotes Dave Rudnick To Chief Technology Officer
LG Ad Solutions, a global provider of connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, has promoted Dave Rudnick to chief technology …
CNN Staffers Fear Layoffs As Network Inks Deal With The Associated Press
CNN signed a deal with the Associated Press to use its copy on its website, the first time it has done so since cutting ties with the wire …
NCTA Calls For New Cable Regulation Rulebook
The FCC needs to update its regulations to reflect the fact that cable operators no longer dominate the U.S. pay TV market, according to …
Smartmatic Seeks To Depose Four Fox Officials As Part Of 2020 Lawsuit
The voting technology company will also be able to obtain communications from Fox Corp. board members.
First Came ‘Spam.’ Now, With AI, We’ve Got ‘Slop’
A new term has emerged to describe dubious AI-generated material.
Personal Data For Up To 2 Million Frontier Communications Customers Held Hostage By Hacker Group
RansomHub, which stole the sensitive info back in April, said the telecom has until June 14 to pay its ransom demand, or it will auction the …
IATSE Aims To Wrap Up Bargaining By June 27
The union announced Monday that it will restart negotiations on both the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement on June 24, …
As Streaming Giants Cut Back On Spending Growth, Europe’s Broadcasters May Capitalize
Commercial broadcasters in Europe's top five markets have seen content budgets drop 19% since 2016 to now fall below streaming spending in a …
What Cable TV Would Look Like Without Sports
During the 2023-24 season, by one measure, major league games captured nine of the top 10 spots and 12 of the top 20 among primetime cable …
U.S. TV Ad Revenue To Fall 0.6% In 2024, GroupM Forecasts
With less than half of households subscribing to pay TV, linear TV is expected to decline 8.9%.
Stock Market Today: World Stocks Are Mixed Ahead Of This Week’s Fed Meeting
World shares were mixed on Tuesday in a busy week that will bring several top-tier reports on U.S. inflation along with a policy meeting of …