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Even the most beloved and proven TV programming genres and franchises must continuously evolve to keep pace with their audiences. TVNewsCheck will explore how some of the industry’s most creative content producers and executives are doing so during a panel, Rethinking Genres: Games, Travel, Talk and More, at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB Show in Las Vegas. […]

The local TV news industry is groaning under the weight of a massive burnout problem, but Amanda St. Hilare has found a way to shift the load. St. Hilare, an investigative reporter and news content manager at WITI Milwaukee, says since joining the Fox-owned station, she’s been able to organize her PTO for the best […]

Free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels offer viewers new options and new opportunities for advertisers. Leading executives in the FAST space will share their emerging strategies for programming these channels, what’s resonating with viewers and FAST’s potential to dovetail into ATSC 3.0 programming decisions in a panel, FAST Channels And The Evolution of Broadcasting, at TVNewsCheck’s […]

It’s not often a network launches a new newsroom at one of its O&Os, so the lead up to CBS’s debut of local news at Detroit’s WWJ was met with much anticipation. CBS enters a hotly competitive market with well-entrenched players, so the pressure to be distinctive was on right out of the gate. Last […]

Exclusivity, streaming rights and the quest for profitable programming are high on the list of challenges facing the relationship between syndicated program producer/distributors and TV station groups. Industry leaders working to resolve these issues and find new opportunities for successful shows will share their perspectives in a panel, Syndication’s Changing Business Model, at TVNewsCheck’s Programming […]

Keith Dawkins, president of the Harlem Globetrotters, talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about the team’s return to TV with Play It Forward and how the beloved, near-century-old franchise is connecting with new generations across multiple media. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

Last week, Fox Television Stations convened station groups and syndicators for a press- and deals-free ideas exchange in Los Angeles. Attendees said it could become an annual event. (Fox Television Stations photo)

The prospect of $20 million-$30 million talkers may be on indefinite hold, but Michaela Pereira says that doesn’t mean the field has been fenced off. Pereira, a Canadian-born former anchor at KTLA and KTTV, is currently readying her own eponymous talker for fall release with PPI. She says the key ingredient for it — or […]

Gary Brown, owner and CEO of Talent Dynamics, talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about on-air journalists’ continued pursuit of a better work/life balance, anchors’ salary and leverage prospects and the industry’s ongoing shortage of producers. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

NAB Show 2023 will feature a new conference – Programming Everywhere: The Content Event for Linear, Streaming and Syndication – presented by...