Live Sports Consumption: Resilient, To A Point
As viewers have shifted away from traditional, linear pay TV, one group of viewers seems immune to the siren call of streaming: sports fans. While total hours spent watching entertainment on linear pay TV fell by more than a third since 2010, time spent watching sports dropped by only about 10%, Bain & Company finds. But fan loyalty only goes so far.
A New MVPD Focus For NATPE
In addition to forming a soon to be named MVPD committee and conducting special MVPD-focused keynotes and sessions during the NATPE Virtual Miami conference, scheduled for January 19-21, 2021, a December 15 kickoff event is in the works.
TEGNA Extends A ‘Multi-Faceted Partnership’ with FreeWheel
TEGNA and Comcast-owned FreeWheel have announced a new multi-year deal "to further transform and automate the way TEGNA’s buyers and sellers transact" — including through CTV/OTT advertising platform Premion.
Byron Allen Withdraws $10B Charter Racial Discrimination Suit
"Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Networks has resolved and withdrawn the lawsuit against Charter Communications." That's the entire "official joint statement" released late Wednesday by both companies, settling a matter that dates back several years for the broadcast media mogul.
Scripps Stations To Explore ‘Hidden Bias of Good People’
The E.W. Scripps Company has agreed to broadcast a commercial-free special across its local stations next week in a move it hopes will "spark a national dialogue around implicit bias while advancing conversations at the local level in the 41 markets where it operates."
CNN Looks at Late-Night TV
CNN Audio has announced the upcoming podcast launch of "Behind The Desk: The Story of Late Night." The podcast will explore the history of late-night television from its beginnings to its present. Podcast Business Journal's Joshua Dudley has this report.
Linear, Digital Audience Resolution? A New OpenAP Product Solves It
It's described as "a unique identifier that enables the resolution of both linear viewership and digital audiences into a common identity framework." Introducing OpenID from OpenAP.
Fox and CBS are delayed ratings winners
At last, The Nielsen Company has corrected computer problems and issued ratings for the week of April 27 through May 3. Fox, powered by...
Nexstar Renews Agreements With The CW
Thanks to Nexstar Media Group's merger with Tribune Broadcasting, it became the owner of one of the nation's biggest affiliates of The CW Network. That relationship will now stay in place for a while, as the company has inked a new blanket agreement for each of Nexstar's CW stations.
Basketball scores big for CBS
“March Madness” – the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – carried CBS to a ratings victory in Households and a tie with Fox in 18-49,...
Scripps Lights Up Sunshine State News Offering
The E.W. Scripps Co. is ready to bring local news to Floridians across some of the state's biggest markets. It's doing so through the launch of an OTT-powered statewide news network that draws on reporting from its operations in five key markets.
CNN cans Rick Sanchez after controversial Sirius XM interview
CNN daytime news anchor Rick Sanchez has been cut loose by the cable news network after a lengthy interview on Sirius XM with Pete...
Katz Resigns As Scripps’ National Nets Head
Jonathan Katz, the founder and President/CEO of the Katz networks, which Scripps acquired in 2017, has resigned as COO and Head of Entertainment for Scripps’ national TV networks business. He'd been in that role for some eight months.
Pitts pitches value of broadcast television to FCC chair
“The finest communications system in the world relies on both free, over-the-air broadcast television and high speed broadband services,” wrote Rep. Joseph R. Pitts...
An Analyst’s Disney Cheer: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Given what Analyst Michael Nathanson calls Disney's "relatively flat share price performance" through the first 8 1/2 months of 2021, his Wall Street financial house believes there is "ongoing tension" in the market between those that look at the drivers of Disney’s Earnings Per Share and those that look at the drivers of Disney’s valuation multiple.