Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Scripps First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions]
I ll turn the call now over to Ms. Carolyn Micheli, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Carolyn Micheli
Head of Investor Relations
Thank you, John. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us for a discussion of The E.W Scripps Company s financial results and business strategies. You can visit scripps.com for more information and a link to the replay of this call.
A reminder, that our conference call and webcast includes forward-looking statements and actual results may differ. Factors that may cause them to differ are outlined in our SEC filings. The COVID-19 pandemic enhances the uncertainty of forward-looking statements we make about our operations and financial conditions. We do not intend to update any forward-looking statements we make today.
Scripps To Offer Newsy As Free, OTA Network
Beginning Oct. 1, Newsy will be available over the air in at least 80% of U.S. television homes and in all major markets carried primarily by Scripps-owned Ion stations and select Scripps stations plus those of other station groups.
By Mark K. Miller | April 6, 2021 | 1:20 p.m. ET.
The E.W. Scripps Co. will soon launch its popular over-the-top national news network Newsy over the air as well serving the growing free OTA market of cord-cutting self-bundlers.
Newsy’s distribution over the air will make it the only American news television network with ubiquitous OTT and OTA distribution, Scripps says.
Share this article
Share this article
CINCINNATI, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) will soon launch its popular over-the-top (OTT) national news network Newsy over the air (OTA) as well – serving the free, growing OTA market of cord-cutting self-bundlers with Newsy s award-winning, objective reporting.
Newsy s distribution over the air will make it the only American news television network with ubiquitous OTT and OTA distribution.
Newsy (PRNewsfoto/The E.W. Scripps Company)
At its launch on Oct. 1, Newsy will be available over the air in at least 80% of U.S. television homes – and in all major markets – carried primarily by Scripps-owned ION stations and select Scripps local television stations and those of other station groups.
Scripps caters to cord-cutters by launching Newsy as a free, over-the-air network prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Print
On Friday, the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a detailed report analyzing representation in front of and behind the camera at Netflix, and the numbers were dismal.
According to the report, which took a look at 126 U.S. Netflix movies and 180 scripted shows made in 2018 and 2019, only 2.6% of all stories had a Latinx lead or co-lead and only 4.5% of main cast members were Latinx.
Behind the camera, the report found that only one director, one writer and five producers had worked for a Netflix-produced film in that period. On Netflix series, only 2.7% of creators, 2.6% of producers, and 2.5% of writers and directors were Latinx.