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While the number of hours that TV stations must fill has increased with the emerging demands of OTT, the syndication market has also constricted, becoming a far less reliable source of bankable content. The timing couldn’t have been worse, but some show must go on, and execs have been rethinking their approach to programming, with […]

It can be hard to keep track of just how many business lines Sinclair Broadcast Group has branched into. Between its local television stations; regional sports networks; The Tennis Channel; OTT plays including STIRR, NewsON and Stadium; diginets and digital businesses like Compulse, not to mention its aggressive role in NextGen TV deployment, the company […]

Hopkinsville Man Charged With Theft Of Identity

Sean Compton, president of the Nextstar’s networks division, says its nascent NewsNation network is progressing “exactly as we designed it to go,” on a trajectory to 24/7 programming, a doubled staff and future content from Nexstar-owned The Hill in the cards.

Executives from Fox Television Stations, Gray Television, Tegna and E.W. Scripps will discuss how they’re diversifying local programming to replace syndicated content and create new options for their linear and streaming channels, all while containing costs, in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on April 14 at 1 p.m. ET. Register here.

Wendy McMahon, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations, says while audiences trust local news, “they are largely unsatisfied with the product,” and reconnecting with viewers’ priorities is an industry-wide problem.

Byron Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group and Entertainment Studios, is unyielding in his efforts to get corporate America to spend 15% of its ad budgets on Black-owned media and redress generations of inequity, including a yawning absence of minority-owned media. “America should not be proud of the fact in 2022 you are looking at the one and only Black person in America that owns Big Four network affiliates,” he says.

Leaders from Tegna, Graham Media Group and Social News Desk will share pragmatic ideas for building and retaining audience across linear and digital platforms in a TVNewsCheck webinar on Feb. 11. Register here.

Broadcast has dabbled in diversity and inclusion efforts for years, but Anzio Williams, NBCUniversal Local’s SVP of DEI, says something has changed in the current zeitgeist, which has moved beyond “quick fixes” to more deeply ingrained practice. Williams, a veteran news director with stints at NBCU Local’s WCAU-WWSI Philadelphia, Hearst’s KCRA Sacramento, Calif., and Hearst’s […]

Broadcast has dabbled in diversity and inclusion efforts for years, but Anzio Williams, NBCUniversal Local’s SVP of DEI, says something has changed in the current zeitgeist, which has moved beyond “quick fixes” to more deeply ingrained practice. Williams, a veteran news director with stints at NBCU Local’s WCAU-WWSI Philadelphia, Hearst’s KCRA Sacramento, Calif., and Hearst’s […]