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May 31
- Showtime to Distribute July Errol Spence-Terence Crawford PPV Boxing Event
- ‘Kudlow’ to Replace ‘Kennedy’ on Fox Business
- Weekly Cable Ratings: TNT Ends NBA, NHL Playoffs Coverage on Ratings High Note
- Comet Network Salutes ‘Star Trek’ With Comet Fest ’23
- What to Make of the Media’s 'Succession' Obsession (Wolk)
- ‘Burn It Down’ Book Looks at Abuse in TV Industry
- Meet the New Boss: Major League Baseball Officially Launches Into the RSN Biz With 'MLB San Diego Padres'
- FCC’s Latest Broadband Map Is Still a Work in Progress
- Asian Viewers Look to Streamers for Targeted Content: Horowitz Research
- Adult Swim’s ‘Teenage Euthanasia' To Return With Big Name Guest Stars
- BET Hires Jerry Leo as Exec VP, Programming Strategy
- David Levy’s Horizon Sports Acquires Blake Sports Group
- Final Season of ‘Nancy Drew’ Premieres on The CW
- NBA’s Game 7 Draws 11.9 Million Viewers, Up 21% From Last Year
- BBC Studios Names Melissa Rubinson SVP, Business Development & Partnerships
- Lisa Ling Named CBS News Contributor
- ‘Dish Connected’ Blends Sling TV CTV With Satellite TV Inventory
- VideoAmp Integrates TransUnion Marketing Analytics Into Platform
- Apple’s ‘Ted Lasso’ Tops in TVision Power Score Rankings For Third-Straight Week
- MLB Announces Plans to Air San Diego Padres Games
- ‘Succession’ Finale Draws 2.9 Million Viewers, a 68% Uptick Over Season 3's Wrap-Up
- It's the Western Cable Show All Over Again: The Future of Niche Looks Nice as Ads and Audiences Shift Online (Bloom)
- Arnold's 'FUBAR' Flippin' Unexceptional By Any Reckoning -- Netflix Weekly Rankings For May 22-28
- Diamond Sports Group Pulls Plug on Bally Sports San Diego Padres Games
May 30
- ABC's Gio Benitez to Host NAB Foundation's Service to America Event
- Bret Baier to Moderate Debate Featuring Democratic, Republican Senators
- The Weeknd, Lily-Rose Depp Heat Up HBO’s ‘The Idol’: What’s Premiering This Week (May 30-June 4)
- KMSP Minneapolis Program ‘The Jason Show’ Gets Summer Run in Chicago
- Diamond Stiffs Padres, Club to Break Loose From Bankrupt Bally Sports San Diego (Updated)
- Fox to Open ‘Mars Bar’ to Promote ‘Stars on Mars’
- PBS Kids, GBH Kids Partner on ‘Keyshawn’ Podcast
- Fuse Plus Launches On Roku’s Premium Subscriptions Platform
- Sinclair Sells Control of Stadium to Jerry Reinsdorf’s Silver Chalice
- Modern-Day Video: It’s a Numbers Game (Schley)
- Password-Sharing Crackdown Will Prompt Younger Viewers to Cancel: Study
- ‘AGT’ and ‘Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge’ Premiere on NBC
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Hollywood Power Players
- L.A. TV Week: Holly Henderson To Receive WICT ‘Catalyst Award’ at Wonder Women of L.A.
- Departures: ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Signs Off After 14 Seasons on CBS
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Ramsey Naito
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Michele Barney
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Amina Hussein
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Holly Leff-Pressman
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Sharon Levy
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Kristen Cuffee-Brown
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Terri Hines
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Lisa Richardson
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Jennifer Rogers
- The Five Spot: Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming, Starz
- Black Women Artists Hit The Right Notes for TV
- The Watchman: Big Plans for Small Cars on ‘Hot’ NBC Show
- Best of Show Awards 2023: Meet the Winners
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Robin Thomas
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Carrie Brzezinski-Hsu
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Valerie Bruce
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Kirsten Polley
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Donna Thomas
- Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Erin Underhill
- 40 Under 40 L.A.: Industry Stars Are Rising in the West
- Fates & Fortunes | June 2023
- Xumo Play Brings Back Game Show Week for Third Year
- New DirecTV Stream Customers Will Get Priority Access to Free Telly TVs
- Brightcove Names Teresa Tang Senior VP, Head Of Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering
May 29
- Why YouTube, the Biggest Platform in TV, Moved Beyond the NewFronts (Evan Shapiro)
May 28
- Google: Malware Infected Streaming Devices Are Built on Android Open Source Project, Not Android TV
May 26
- Indianapolis 500, Celtics-Heat NBA Playoffs: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 27-29)
- What History Wants You to Know About Its ‘FDR’ Docuseries
- William Shatner Takes Flight Again as Host of Fox’s ‘Stars on Mars’ (Q&A)
- Giselle Fernandez, Spectrum News 1 Anchor, Named ‘MCN’ Woman of Influence
May 25
- Michelle Heron Rejoins WRCB Chattanooga Anchor Crew
- Why Removing Ethnicity from Consumer Data Sets Could Do More Harm Than Good (Guest Blog)
- FirstNet Makes America More Secure in an Insecure World (Guest Blog)
- ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 (Finally) Drops on Peacock
- DirecTV Re-Ups 'NFL Sunday Ticket' For Restaurants and Bars
- ‘The Kardashians’ Season Three Premieres on Hulu
- ‘End Credits’ Memoir Looks At Established TV Writer Who ‘Broke Up With Hollywood’
- ‘Duck Family Treasure’ Returns to Fox Nation June 11
- ‘Run the World’ Star Erika Alexander on How the Sitcom Bridges Generation Gaps (Interview)
- Cineverse Lands ‘Crime Hunters’ Channel on Sling Freestream
- HGTV Puts ‘Brady Bunch’ House On the Market for $5.5 Million
- ‘Stranger Sings!’ Live Streams May 27, May 28
- Roku Adds ViX Premium To Roster of Subscription Channels
- Data Points: OTT Revenue in U.S. Rose 26% to $49.6 Billion in 2022
- Gray Television Sues FCC Over Anchorage Affiliation Purchase Fine
May 24
- NBCU Goes on Super-Aggressive Peacock Promo Push, Offers Service For $20 For 1 Year
- NBC Sports' Fall Notre Dame Football Sked Includes Yet Another Peacock Exclusive
- Comcast's $50 Million Pac-12 Network Overpayment Hits Hard, With Member School ADs Enacting Budget Cuts and Hiring Freezes
- What, a Merger That Makes Sense? BWM Partners With Xperi to Deliver TiVo-Powered In-Car Audio
- ‘The Family Stallone’ Gets Season Two on Paramount Plus
- Warner's New 'Max' Lumps Together Writer and Director Credits, Pokes Hollywood's Already Irritated Creative Bear
- Weekly Cable Ratings: Playoffs-Powered TNT Continues Primetime Ratings Win Streak
- ‘The Wheel of Time’ Season Two on Prime Video September 1
- ‘American Born Chinese’ Gets Mostly Positive Reviews
- Gray Promotes Matt Moran To Senior Managing VP
- Marina Perelman Named KNBC VP of News, Miguel Gaytán Named KVEA VP of News
- Media Buyer Horizon To Use VideoAmp As Upfront Currency
- A+E’s Paul Buccieri Joins Board Of Elton John’s AIDS Foundation
- Inscape Adds Streaming Spots To Commercial Viewing Data
- Madhive Hires Jon Kaplan as Chief Revenue Officer
- Despite Writers’ Strike, Upfront Show Goes On
- Apple’s 'Ted Lasso' Again Scores Top Spot in TVision Power Score
May 23
- ESPN, Fox Top 2023 Sports Emmys Wins
- Teen Matchmaker-Themed Romcom 'XO, Kitty' Shines Amid Downer Week -- Netflix Weekly Rankings For May 14-21
- The Future Of TV Streams Into Sharper View (Bloom)
- L.A. TV Week: Advanced Advertising Summit Reveals Secrets to Better Campaigns
- Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Finally Hits the U.S., ‘Extra Members’ Cost a Big $7.99 a Month
- L.A. TV Week: Next TV Summit Rings in Streaming’s ‘Postwar’ Era
- ‘Fox & Friends’ Summer Concert Series Starts with 3 Doors Down May 26
- Dish Says Ransomware Hackers Stole Data on 300,000 People, Mostly Employees and Family Members
- Tanya Black Named WJZ Baltimore VP/News Director
- Family Movie Classics Launches On FreeCast
- MTV Sets Live Worldwide VMAs Telecast For Sept. 12
- Kim Lemon Leaving Showtime, Laurel Weir Gets Expanded Research Post
- Cable TV Pioneers Picks New Class of 25 Inductees
- Comcast Introduces $20-a-Month Now TV For Its Broadband-Only Customers, Delivering Peacock, Live Pay TV Channels and FASTs
- Markie Martin Named Co-Anchor on NewsNation’s ‘Morning in America’
- Anthem’s Game Plus Checks Into Chess With Three-Hour Block
- Jimmy Kimmel Caper Show ‘The Prank Panel’ on ABC May 24
- Chicken Soup Launches Viewer Reward Program With TaTaTu
- Scripps Signs State Farm as Title Sponsor of WNBA Games on Ion
- Ally Love Joins ‘Today’ as Contributor
- LL Cool J Joins ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ As Recurring Guest Star in Season Three
- ‘Dark Winds’ Leads NAMIC Vision Awards Winners
- LoopMe Launches AI-Driven Intelligent Ad Marketplace
- Cineverse Names Tony Huidor As COO In addition to CTO
May 22
- Max's $20 'Ultimate' Tier to Feature 8x Increase in 4K Content
- NFL Cuts Amazon a Break, Votes to Pass 'Flex Scheduling' for 'Thursday Night Football'
- Combined 'Paramount Plus With Showtime' Gets Launch Date
- Tegna: Standard General Deal Has Been Terminated
- Standard General-Tegna at the FCC: Process or Prejudice? (Guest Blog)
- Prime Video Shares WNBA Hoops Schedule
- NASCAR's Xfinity Series, a Racing Circuit Named After a Pay TV Service, Speeds Towards Exclusive Streaming
- President Biden Nominates Anna Gomez for FCC Seat
- ‘American Idol’ Crowns New Champ
- Starz’s ‘Power Book IV: Force’ Returns in September
- CBS Shares Summer Season Premieres
- Heckled to the Max: Warner's Zaslav Hears About the Writers Strike While Trying to Deliver a BU Commencement Speech
- Arnold Schwarzenegger's Netflix Series; History's 'FDR:' What's Premiering This Week (May 22-29)
- Lionsgate Gets Distribution Rights To Historical Series ‘The Chosen’
- Two Sweeps, Miami-Denver Finals Could Be a Deflating End for NBA Playoffs
- Cinedigm Rebrands As Cineverse To Embrace Focus On Streaming
- ‘Happy Valley’ Final Season on AMC Networks Trio
- Gray Television Promotes Sandy Breland to EVP-COO
- Play.Works Launching Jimi Hendrix Experience CTV Game On Roku
- Telly Makes Splash With Can't-Miss, Cynical Consumer Proposition: Hey, We're Gonna Get Your Data Anyway, Might as Well Take Our Free TV (Frankel)
- Telly Says 100,000 People Signed Up for Free TV Sets
May 19
- Iconic NFL Player, Actor, Activist Jim Brown, Dies
- Local News Close-Up: Nashville Newsrooms Catch Their Breath
- Holly Henderson to Receive WICT ‘Catalyst Award’ at Wonder Women of L.A. June 20
- WNBA Returns, ESPN Plus Streams Haney-Lomachenko PPV Boxing Event: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 20-21)
- Android TV Devices Shipping With Pre-Installed Malware
- ‘Indiana Jones’ Movies Shift to Disney Plus May 31
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren Advises FCC to Keep Vetting Standard General-Tegna
- Max To Debut 'Full Circle' Limited Series in July
- OWN Show ‘Love & Marriage’ Sets Up in Detroit
- Sam Zell, Who Acquired Tribune in Controversial Deal, Has Died
- Mission Broadcasting to Acquire WADL Detroit
May 18
- Supreme Court Won’t Kneecap Section 230
- Warner's Zaslav Calls on Rival Media Giants to Bundle Their Subscription Streaming Services Together
- Weekly vs. Bulk Releasing? Well, Tradition-Bound HBO's 'House of the Dragon' Beat Binge-Minded Netflix's 'Wednesday'
- It's Time? ESPN Making Real Plans to Stream 'Flagship' Cable Channel Direct-to-Consumer
- Why Standard General’s Proposed Tegna Merger Hurts Our Democracy (Guest Blog)
- The CW Sees Minimal Impact From Strike
- BBC Studios Names Lawrence Szabo Executive VP, U.S. Content Distribution
- The CW Schedule Features Loads of New Shows
May 17
- Upfronts: YouTube Adopts Non-Skippable 30-Second CTV Commercials
- Upfronts: Netflix Says It Has Nearly 5 Million Users on Ad Tier
- Fox News Ponders Major Post Tucker Carlson Primetime Shakeup: Sean Hannity Moves to 8 p.m., Laura Ingraham Out (Breathless Reports)
- Standard General Tries, Tries Again With FCC on Tegna Deal
- Sunbeam-Owned WSVN Miami, WHDH Boston Add Hour of Morning News
- Weekly Cable Ratings: Live Sports Keep TNT, ESPN At the Top of Primetime Chart
- Broadband Shocker: Usage-Based Customers Now Chew Through More Data Than Flat-Rate Subscribers Do
- Warner Bros. Discovery Talks Up Max Launch at Upfront Presentation
- Max to Launch ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Travel Series
- Kaitlan Collins Named Anchor for CNN’s 9 P.M. Hour
- Jason Momoa to Host Shark Week for Discovery Channel
- Warner Bros Discovery Launches WBD Stream Product for Advertisers
- TNT To Launch New AEW Wrestling Series; TBS to Resurrect ‘The Joe Schmo Show’
- NATPE to Return to Miami in January
- Roku Launches Central Destination to Stream Women’s Sports Content
- Apple’s ‘Ted Lasso’ Jumps To Top Spot on TVision Power Score
- Upfronts: ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ Moves to ESPN But Stays on YouTube
- VideoAmp To Measure Reach And Frequency For YouTube
- Republicans Push for IG Investigation Into FCC Handling of Tegna Deal
May 16
- Disney Upfront Presentation Features Scripted Stuff Near the End
- FITE Plus Secures Major League Wrestling Deal
- Worst Show Ever? 'Queen Cleopatra' Debuts to a Miserable 20.2 Million Streaming Hours, 2% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for May 8-14
- ESPN Sets Serena Williams Docuseries
- Three Misconceptions Holding Programmatic Back at This Year’s Upfronts
- ABC Slots ‘The Golden Bachelor’ on Fall Schedule
- TelevisaUnivision Upfront Features Super Bowl News, Ilia Calderon Crime Show, and Luis Fonsi
- YouTube TV Is Now the 5th-Largest U.S. Pay TV Operator With 5.7 Million Subs (Estimate)
- House Tees Up New FCC Auction Authority Bill
- CNN Shocker: Friday Night Primetime Ratings Fell Below the Newsmax Line
- Roberts: Comcast 'Likely' to Sell Its Stake in Hulu to Disney
- Upfronts: TelevisaUnivision Wants Advertisers to ‘Grow With Us’
- iSpot Is Working With Google To Measure YouTube, YouTube TV
- ABC Orders Kaitlin Olson Crime Drama For Upcoming Season
- Cable Gains Share as TV Viewing Declines 1.9% in April: Nielsen
- WBNX Cleveland To Add Comscore as Ad Currency
- ‘The Family Stallone,’ ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ Launch: What’s Premiering This Week (May 15-21)
May 15
- Fox Upfront Presentation Leads With Tubi
- Peacock Signs $110 Million Deal to Host First Ever Exclusive Live-Streamed NFL Playoff Game
- Redbox Free Live TV Adds 24/7 'The Walking Dead' and 'Portlandia' Channels With AMC Networks FAST Deal
- Fixed Wireless Accounts for 95% of Home Broadband Growth in Q1
- NBCU Upfront Show Goes on With Picketing Writers Outside
- Upfronts: Mark Marshall Gets His Closeup Closing NBCU Event
- WOW! Makes YouTube TV Its Go-To Bundled Video Service, Officially Ends WOW! tv+
- NBCUniversal Addresses Exec Changes, Writers’ Strike at Upfront Event
- Fox To Debut 6 New Shows This Coming Season
- Upfront Preview: Economy, Streaming, Measurement Make This Year’s Market Unique
- Telly Offers Viewers Free TVs in Exchange for Targeted Ads and Data
- Writers’ Strike Dims Star Power as Networks Take Upfront Stage
- The FAST and the Delirious: Why the Stampede to Free Ad-Supported Platforms Looks Like a Rerun of the Streaming Wars (Bloom)
- With DirecTV Now Shrinking at Nearly 17%, MoffettNathanson Says Pay TV Has Entered the ‘Doom Cycle’
May 13
- Parties Spar at FCC as Standard General-Tegna Financing Deadline Looms
- The CW Picks Up ‘61st Street’ From AMC
- XFL Championship, NBA Playoffs: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (May 13-14)
May 12
- NBC Fall Schedule Punctuated By 'Night Court'-Led Tuesday Night Comedy Block, 'La Brea' Pushed to Mid-Season and Big Ten Football on Saturday Nights
- NBC Shares 2023–2024 Schedule
- B+C Hall of Fame Speeches: Wonya Lucas, Hallmark Media CEO
- ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Will Amass 323 Episodes When It Signs Off
- Latinx TV Viewers Migrating to SVOD Services: Horowitz Research
- ‘Next Level Chef’ Gets Two More Seasons at Fox
- Jonas Brothers Kick Off ‘Today’ Citi Concert Series
- ‘Kung Fu’ and ‘The Winchesters’ Cancelled at The CW
- NBCU Names Mark Marshall Interim Ad Sales Chair With Linda Yaccarino Headed to Twitter
- NBCU Stations Launch Local News Channels On Amazon Fire TV
- DoubleVerify Reports Big Increase in Q1 Net Income
- Amazon Announces (Hopefully Improved) 2023 'Thursday Night Football' Schedule
- NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino Might Be New CEO at Twitter
May 11
- Oprah Winfrey Stops by WTVF Nashville for Conference Room Dedication
- BET Plus To Launch Ad-Supported Tier in June
- CNN Averages Only 3.3 Million Viewers for Reputation-Wilting Trump Town Hall
- NBCUniversal Pitches Comscore, Innovid for Local Ad Deals
- SVOD Boom Goes Bust as Consumers 'De-Stack' Subscription Video Services (Gobs of Breathtaking Charts)
- Don’t Build Networks to Nowhere: Staying on Track in Broadband Funding
- Lea Thompson Returns to TV in ‘The Spencer Sisters’ on The CW
- Scripps To Air National Spelling Bee Finals, Semifinals On Six Networks
- Lame Changers: AI Is About to Disrupt Everything ... Just Like the Metaverse, Audio Chatrooms and Live Social Video (Wolk)
- NBC, Peacock Set Coverage Plans for Paris 2024 Olympics
- Cash-Strapped Fubo Passes on the 'Sweat Mop Guy,' Sets Marketing Partnership With the Cleveland Guardians
- T. Howard Chief Jo Pamphile Keeps Up Diversity Push as Awards Dinner Celebrates 30 Years (Q&A)
- Eva Pilgrim, DeMarco Morgan Named Co-Anchors on ‘GMA3’
- Upfronts: Telemundo Expands Tplus-Branded Streaming Content
- Warner Bros. Discovery Adds Attribution Companies To Roster
- B+C Hall of Fame 2023 Speeches: Jim Nantz, CBS Sports Announcer
- CTV Grows To 51% Of Global Video Ad Impressions: Innovid
- Freevee's 'Jury Duty' Ranks Highest In TVision's CTV Show Rankings
- Frndly TV Adds New Features for Users of Streaming Service
- Netflix Cancels First Live Upfront After Striking Writers Plan Disruption
- Judge Joker? Court Blocks Phoenix Suns From Bolting Bally Sports for Gray TV Broadcast and Streaming Deal
- Bob Iger to Ron DeSantis: Does Florida Want Us To Invest More, Employ More People and Pay More Taxes, or Not?
May 10
- Bob Iger Is ‘Bullish’ on Combining Disney, Hulu Content, But Won’t Predict Buying Comcast Stake
- Disney Cuts Streaming Red Ink, Posts Higher Q2 Profits
- The CW Shares Summer Programming Plans
- Bobbi Gearhart Named VP/News Director at KTTV Los Angeles
- Netflix's Abandonment of the DVD Rental Biz a 'Catastrophic Act of Cultural Destruction,' WSJ Declares
- ‘Animal Control’ Renewed at Fox
- Xperi Touts Second 'Top 10' Smart TV OEM For TiVo TVOS in Europe, But Vestel Deployments Are Delayed
- ‘Walker: Independence’ Canceled at The CW
- CBS Reveals 2023-2024 Schedule
- Weekly Cable Ratings: TNT, ESPN Dunk Competition in Primetime
- Fox News Solos on GOP Oversight Press Conference
- Tegna Reports Lower Q1 Earnings As Standard General Deal Nears Expiration
- ‘The Game Show Show’ Starts on ABC May 10
- Broadcasters Push Extended Audible Crawl Rule Waiver
- NBCUniversal Sees Upfront Market Gathering Strength
- Fubo Working With iSpot.tv To Measure Incremental Impressions
- Amazon Gets Jets-Dolphins for First Black Friday NFL Game
- Elizabeth Taylor Next Up for ABC News ‘Superstar’ Special
- ‘Fantasy Island’ Canceled at Fox
- Roku Adds Home Monitoring System to Smart Home Gadget Line
- Paramount Eliminates 25% of Staff at Cable Networks Group, Shuts Down MTV News
May 9
- Tucker Carlson Announces New Twitter Show, May Have Breached His Still-Active Fox News Contract in the Process
- 10.3 Million U.S. Viewers Watched Coronation Of King Charles III
- Comscore Loses $12.5 Million In 1Q As Revenue Declines
- Jared Padalecki’s ‘Walker’ Gets Fourth Season at The CW
- ‘Minx’ Set to Debut on Starz in July
- Smart-TV Maker Vizio Shrinks Loss as Platform Plus Profits Grow 14%
- 'Bridgerton' Spinoff 'Queen Charlotte' Spikes -- Netflix Weekly Rankings For May 1-7
- Final Season of ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ on Prime Video in June
- Harmonic Soars Over 20% on Q1 CableOS Dominance, Now the Top Cable Tech Vendor
- End of the Line for ‘East New York’ at CBS
- Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Eyes Bidding Wars for The CW Affiliations
- Lachlan Murdoch: After Huge Dominion Settlement, Fox News Faces a 'Fundamentally Different' Legal Challenge With Smartmatic
- New CEO Kristin Dolan Prepares AMC Networks for ‘Streaming Bundle’ Future
- Travis Sattiewhite Named KVUE Austin News Director
- NBA Launches Campaign Promoting The Finals
- CBS Un-Cancels ‘S.W.A.T.’
- Fox News Dedicates London Bureau to Cameraman Killed in Ukraine
- ‘True Lies’ Canceled at CBS
- The CW Grabs Canadian Comedy ‘Son of a Critch’
- ESPN Plus Launches ‘Quest for the Stanley Cup’ Docuseries on May 12
- Dominion Settlement Leaves Fox With $54 Million Q3 Loss
- The CW Network Losses Help Push Nexstar Earnings Lower
- TransUnion Bolsters Media Business, Adding Julie Clark as Senior VP
- Sinclair Over-the-Air Networks Add Familiar and Original Series
- AMC Networks Q1 Earnings Edge Down to $103.6 Million
- ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Final Season Kicks Off: What's Premiering This Week (May 8-14)
May 8
- Amazon Launches MGM Studios Distribution, Looks to License Originals Including ‘Mrs. Maisel’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Global Market
- Gilma Avalos Promoted to 11 a.m., 5 p.m. Anchor at WNBC
- Tony Valdez, Veteran KTTV Los Angeles Reporter, Has Died
- Canelo Alvarez Dominates John Ryder in PPV Boxing Event
- Dish Network Lost $30 Million on Cyberattack
- FX’s ‘The Bear’ To Return for Second Season in June
- REVIEW: ‘Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical’
- ‘Kelly Clarkson’ Moving Production to New York City
- ‘S.W.A.T.’ Canceled at CBS
- Allen Media Group Sues, Claiming McDonald’s Failed To Spend Ad Dollars on Black-Owned Media
- Do the Collapse: Dish Becomes the Latest Major Pay TV Operator to Accelerate to Double-Digit Cord-Cutting Rate (Charts of the Day)
- John Roland, Longtime New York Anchor, Has Died
- ‘Call Me Kat’ Finished at Fox
- Paramount Pleased As It Concludes Round of Smaller Upfront Dinners
- Nexstar Media Agrees to Acquire KUSI San Diego for $35 Million
- Samba TV Tells Advertisers How To Reach Gen Z, The Streaming Generation
- Dish Network Loses 552,000 Subscribers, Earnings Plunge to $233 Million
- Cannella, Chris Pizzurro’s Leap Media Launch Long–Form Brand Engagement Product
- PubMatic Launches Activate, Enabling Direct Deals Via Programmatic Platform
May 7
- TV Fan and Critic Newton Minow Dies at 97
May 6
- Canelo Alvarez-John Ryder PPV Boxing; NBA, NHL Playoffs: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 6-7)
May 5
- TNT Debuts Second Season of ‘Rich & Shameles$’ True Crime Series on May 7
- It’s Time to Fix a Broken System, Say Writers Picketing in New York
- Holy ($25-a-Head) Cow! Taylor Sheridan's Reported $500 Million Production Largesse Amid Staggering Paramount Losses Roils Striking Media Biz (Frankel)
- ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Returns on Prime Video July 14
- Zaslav Champions 'Both Sides' Journalism For CNN: 'We Need to Hear Both Voices'
- All 8 CBS-Owned The CW Affiliates Are Going Independent
- Photo Gallery: 31st Annual B+C Hall of Fame
- ‘Our Streaming Business Is No Longer A Bleeder,‘ WBD’s David Zaslav Says
- President Biden Sits With Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC
- ‘Yellowstone’ To End After Season Five; Series Sequel Set
- Fubo Cuts First-Quarter Loss Despite Shedding U.S. Subscribers
- 15 Advertisers Sign Up for HBO Original Series on HBO Max
- Scripps Reports First-Quarter Loss As Revenue Falls 6.7%
- Warner Bros. Discovery Posts $1.07 Billion First-Quarter Loss
- Gray Posts Q1 Loss Amid Production Facility Charges
- Paramount Takes Its Lumps From Wall Street Analysts
- NewFronts: Vevo Launches on Philo, Expanding CTV Footprint
May 4
- Second Court Upholds FCC’s Broadband Subsidy Delegation
- Hulu Cooks Up ‘Searching for Soul Food’ Travel Series
- NHL's Vegas Golden Knights Bolt AT&T SportsNet, Will Air Games on Scripps Local Broadcast
- Let the Expert Regulators Investigate the Tegna Deal
- CBS Orders Game Show ‘Loteria Loca’, With Jaime Camil Hosting
- Writers Strike Could Last Over 3 Months, Theater Chains Will Suffer Most, and Netflix Will Be Just Fine — Moody‘s
- Lance Armstrong, Ronda Rousey Among the Dozen Celebs Lined Up for ‘Stars on Mars’
- Fox Television Stations Debuts Fox Local App
- Total U.S. SVOD Revenue Expanded By Over 22% in Q1
- Star Power Drives TNT’s NHL, NBA Playoff Ratings Push, Says WBD’s Craig Barry (Q&A)
- Season Two of Gloria Calderón Kellett Dramedy ‘With Love’ Coming to Prime Video
- Hulu + Live TV Adds Local PBS Stations
- Paramount Global Stock Plunges After Reporting $1.1 Billion Q1 Loss
- Gray Television Deploys Waymark AI-Based TV Commercial Production Platform Across Its National Station Footprint
- ThinkAnalytics Names Jo Kinsella as Strategic Adviser
May 3
- FTC Proposes Banning Facebook From Monetizing Youth Data
- HBO Kickstarts Sports Documentary on NWSL’s Angel City Football Club
- NBCUniversal Teams Up With Twitter to Promote 2024 Paris Olympics
- NewFronts: Crackle Connex Greenlights New Branded Series
- NewFronts: Teads Talks Tying Attention to Campaign Outcomes
- Altice USA Looks to Kickstart Growth Following Accelerated Broadband Customer Losses in Q1
- Gigi Sohn To Head Municipal Broadband Advocacy Group
- GOP Senator Pushes Bill To Force Google, Facebook Ad-Side Divestitures
- Diamond Sports Sues the Phoenix Suns After NBA Team Bolts Bally Sports for Gray TV Local Broadcast Deal
- Dentsu Ramps Up Addressable Advertising With LG Ad Solutions
- ‘Sweet Tooth’ Has a Sour Season 2 Debut — Netflix Weekly Rankings For April 24-30
- Revry Brings New Slate to NewFronts
- ‘The Goldbergs’ Producers Share Favorite Moments From 10 Seasons
- Former President Trump Lined Up For CNN Town Hall
- ‘Searingly Honest’ Ed Sheeran Docuseries on Disney Plus
- Weekly Cable Ratings: TNT, ESPN Shoot To Top of Primetime Ratings Chart
- NewFronts: Disney Working With Innovid To Measure Addressable Ad Results
- Sinclair Reports Lower Q1 Earnings as It Unwinds Regional Sports Net Unit
- NewFronts: Digital Video Ad Spending Seen Growing 17% in 2023: IAB Report
- NBC-Owned Stations Debut Reality Show After ‘SNL’ May 20
- Nielsen Debuts Nielsen One Alpha for Measuring Content
- Roku Sets Unscripted Series Starring Singer Charlie Puth
- Striking Writers Picket Peacock NewFront Event
May 2
- Diamond Coughs Up Bally Sports Rights Payments to the Reds, Keeps Team From Launching Its Own RSN
- Google Rolls Out Storage and Performance Upgrades For Google TV
- NewFronts: Roku Touts Ways To Reach Its Streaming Consumers
- How AI Will Shape the Future of TV Advertising
- NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton Leads Next ESPN ‘30 for 30’ Sports Documentary
- Amazon to Stream 'Air' on Prime Video 38 Days After Theatrical Release -- Was the $80 Million Box Office Haul Worth It?
- ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Headed Back to ABC
- Law&Crime Signs Deal Carriage Deal With National Content & Technology Cooperative
- ‘FBoy Island’ Ends Up at The CW
- NewFronts: NBCU Unveils New Ad Formats at Peacock Pitch
- Warriors-vs.-Kings Game 7 Averages 10 Million Viewers, ABC's Biggest Non-Finals NBA Audience Ever
- Amazon Builds Roku Channel-like Offering For Fire TV
- Fox Nation, Professional Bull Riders Create Competition Series
- Kantar Media Names Patrick Béhar Global CEO, Effective September
- Kids Online Ad-Labeling Bill Returns
- Sinclair Replaces Local Newscasts With ‘The National Desk’ in 5 Markets
- Family Entertainment Television Renews Films Starring John Wayne
- NFL Network Returns to Comcast After One-Day Blackout
- Ed Sheeran, Alanis Morissette to Be ‘American Idol’ Judges May 7
- Anthony Antoine Joins KRIV Houston Evening Anchor Team
- Samsung Starting FAST Channel Featuring Conan O’Brien Content
- The Weather Channel Dons Carhartt Gear in Integration Agreement
- Upon Further Review, Nielsen Gives Fox More Super Bowl Viewers
- Writers Guild Calls for Strike, Says Producers Are Trying To Force Scribes Into ‘Gig Economy’
May 1
- NewFronts: Amazon Has Bigger Ad Plans For Season 2 of ‘Thursday Night Football’
- ‘White House Plumbers,’ ‘Silo’ Debut: What's Premiering This Week (May 1-7)
- Drama ‘9-1-1’ to Shift From Fox to ABC
- Reds Ready to Go It Alone Sans Bally Sports Starting Saturday
- UP Entertainment to Launch AspireTV Plus, GaitherTV Plus SVOD Services
- DVD and Blu-ray Still Generating $1.34 Billion in Annual Sales
- Cozi TV Lines Up ‘Little House’ Mother’s Day ‘Ma-A-Thon’
- NewFronts: Amazon Prime Video Originals Moving to Ad-Supported Freevee
- Nexstar Signs Deal With Hulu Covering MyNetworkTV Affiliates
- ‘A Small Light’ Offers a Unique Take on Anne Frank’s Story
- FCC Judge Suspends Standard General-Tegna Review
- NewFronts: YouTube Pitches New Way To Work With Shorts
- ‘The Morning Show’ Gets Season Four on Apple TV Plus
- NewFronts: Vizio Launches Branded Content Studio and Sponsored Series
- NewFronts: New Latino Streaming Platform mitúTV Launched by NGLmitú
- Buyers Cite Advanced Advertising Challenges In Survey From Yahoo
- Disney and Iger Find the Best Defense Against DeSantis Is More Offense (Bloom)