Scripps Sees Progress In Bounce Sale
E.W. Scripps said that it is getting closer to selling off its Bounce TV multicast network. “We are progressing nicely with our efforts to …
Paramount Global Says It Landed $1B In Digital Upfront Ad Commitments
Sports, broadcast TV and digital paced Paramount Global’s overall performance in the upfront ad market, Co-CEO Chris McCarthy said during …
Disney To Spend $5B On Movies, TV In Europe Over Next Five Years
Fresh off the back of a set of better-than-expected financials, Disney is seeking to splash the cash in Europe. The Mouse House will spend …
EVS Becomes Shareholder In Belgian Broadcast Software Company Tinkerlist
EVS, provider of live video production technology, announced today in a company statement, its investment in Tinkerlist, a Belgian company …
AI Is Learning To Predict The Weather
Like a digital toddler taking its first steps, artificial intelligence is learning to predict the weather. In time, AI-based programs could …
Amazon Cautions That When News Gets Nutty, People Shop Less
The e-commerce giant reported a profitable second quarter, but warned that the third quarter would be harder to predict.
Assistant Director Says Hundreds Of Production Workers Are Sitting At Home
The TV industry veteran provides insight into how shrinking production is affecting lives.
Skip Bayless Abruptly Exits ‘Undisputed’
Skip Bayless announced Friday on X that he is leaving Fox Sports immediately, confirming weeks of reports that the polarizing FS1 sports …
Upcoming Season Of ‘The View’ Will Air From New State-Of-The-Art Studio
The daytime talker was a longtime resident of ABC’s Upper West Side studio on West 66 Street, where it once shared the building with ABC …
Scripps Promotes John Cook To GM Of KTNV In Las Vegas
E.W. Scripps said it promoted John Cook to senior VP and general manager of KTNV, its ABC affiliate in Las Vegas, effective September 3. …
EVS Acquires MOG Technologies
EVS, a provider of live video production technology, has acquired the Portugal-based company MOG Technologies, in what EVS called in a …
Google Pulls Controversial AI Ad From Olympics After Backlash
Google has yanked an ad from NBC’s Olympics broadcasts meant to highlight the power of its Gemini AI tool, but which critics blasted as a …
American Viewers Have Flocked To British Content On Netflix, Prime Since Strikes
Viewership of British shows and movies on Netflix and Prime Video in the U.S. skyrocketed by 40% between Q2 2023 and Q1 of this year, …
Report: Trump Stalled Black Journalists Interview Over Fact-Checking Stipulation
The Q&A with the GOP presidential nominee was delayed more than an hour before he eventually joined a panel of Black journalists and …
Fox-Owned Duopoly Will Relocate After Constructing New North Texas Headquarters
KDFW and KDFI, Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox-owned and -operated duopoly in North Texas will construct a new, purpose-built television studio and …
IBC: Arkona Partners With Manifold For ‘Easy-IP’ Presentation At IBC
Arkona Technologies GmbH, provider of IP core infrastructure solutions, is partnering with Manifold Technologies to present a new concept at …
WISH Adds Specialty Reporter For Coverage Of Diverse Communities
Al Carl, vice president of news at WISH, the Indianapolis station owned by Circle City Broadcasting, today announced the addition of Melea …
Gray-Owned KCTV Names Kerrigan Arnold Lifestyle Show Co-Host
The Gray-Owned Kansas City station KCTV just name Kerrigan Arnold as co-host of the station’s new lifestyle program MyKC Live. Arnold …
Teamsters, Basic Crafts Unions Ratify Contracts
The Teamsters and other Hollywood Basic Crafts unions announced Thursday that they have ratified their new contracts, which provide 7% wage …
Warner Bros. Discovery To Shut Down Boomerang Streaming Service
Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down its Boomerang subscription streaming service in September, shifting most of the service's classic …
After Meta Ban, Canadian News Engagement Dropped Significantly
A new study is painting a grim portrait of how local Canadian news outlets are struggling to reach audiences one year after Meta began …
Olympics Supercharges Max Streaming Growth In Europe
Warner Bros. Discovery racked up more than 4 million viewing subscribers for its Olympics coverage in the first five days of the games, …
Gray Set To Launch South Carolina Sports Channel
Gray will launch a South Carolina sports broadcast channel called Palmetto Sports & Entertainment in October, available on several …
TVN+ FOCUS ON JOURNALISM
A Year In, Scripps’ Risky News Initiative Builds Trust … And Doubt
In 2023, E.W. Scripps launched a reorganization that slashed anchor and sales positions and put more reporters on the street across its …
AI & THE MEDIA
As Gen AI Inches Closer To TV News, Stations Build ‘Policy Groups’ To Be Ready
Forward-looking station groups including Gray Television, E.W. Scripps and Graham Media are forming internal policy groups to tackle the …
NEWSTECHFORUM 2023
Collaborations Now Essential For Survival, News Leaders Say
Executives from Scripps News, Gray Television, NBCUniversal Local and ProPublica told a NewsTECHForum panel last week that their cross-group …
NEWSTECHFORUM 2023
Gen AI Will Transform News. Experts Say The Rulebook Must Be Written Now
Leading technology executives from the BBC, AP, the Partnership on AI and Adobe said news organizations won’t be able to avoid the profound …
TVN’S NEWSROOM INNOVATORS
Scripps’ ‘Executive Reporters’ Light The Way For Upcoming Journalists
A new “executive reporter” position at E.W. Scripps stations provides storytelling tutelage for younger journalists via close daily …
TVN FOCUS ON JOURNALISM
For WRAL, A News Streamer Circles Profitably Back To Linear TV And Radio
Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL Raleigh, N.C., launched a news streaming channel so popular out of the gate that the company carried it over to …
TVN FOCUS ON JOURNALISM
Altice Lays Off Up To 40 At News 12
“It was an extremely chaotic day,” says one laid-off staffer of the cuts and how they were handled at the company’s metro New York area news …
TVN’S NEWSROOM INNOVATORS
Cox’s NeighborhoodTV Looks To Reboot Hyperlocal
Cox Media Group’s NeighborhoodTV project in Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., aims to bring viewers hyperlocal content that harkens back to TV’s …
TVN’S NEWSROOM INNOVATORS
Montclair State Students Build A Streamer To Rival The Pros
Hawk+ is a streaming platform brimming with original content produced by students at Montclair State University. They’re hoping it’s a new …
TVN FOCUS ON JOURNALISM
Northeastern Fellows Poised For ‘Most Ambitious’ Crack At Reinventing TV News
Northeastern University’s Reinventing Local TV News Project will place fellows at three major-market stations — WCBS New York, WCVB Boston …
TVN’S NEWSROOM INNOVATORS
WSOC’s ‘Get Real’ Project Tackles The Thorniest Issues Head On
Cox-owned WSOC in Charlotte, N.C., dives headlong into homeless, mental health and race in an ever-evolving reporting project that has …
TVN FOCUS ON JOURNALISM
Tegna Snaps Gun Violence Reporting Out Of Its Fog
Collaborating journalists at eight Tegna stations across the country took a deeper look at gun violence to reclaim a signal out of crime …
TVN’S NEWSROOM INNOVATORS
In South Bend, A TV-Newspaper News Partnership Takes Off
Gray-owned WNDU has partnered with the Gannett-owned South Bend Tribune to share content and collaborate on a wide array of reporting …