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June 30
- Why the NFL Probably Won't Pay More Than a Dollar of That $4.7 Billion ‘Sunday Ticket’ Verdict
- End of the Line for Chicken Soup — Redbox Owner Files for Bankruptcy
June 28
- Supreme Court Ruling Deals Blow to FCC’s Regulatory Authority
- ‘Batman’ Binge! Catchy Comedy Hosts Weekend Marathon
- Comscore To Delay Paying Preferred Stock Dividends
- 48 Million Watched CNN’s Biden-Trump Debate
- Carrie Underwood, Green Day Among Those Playing in ‘GMA’ Summer Concert Series
- Scripps Takes Ion Plus FAST Channel Over the Air
- UEFA Euro 2024 Action, 'UFC 303' PPV Event: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (June 29-30)
- Pete Bouchard Named Chief Meteorologist at WBTS Boston
- Kelsey Grammer to Host Fox Nation Docudrama on George Washington
June 27
- ‘Judy Justice’ Cleared in 100% of U.S. TV Markets
- NFL Loses Sunday Ticket Case, Ordered To Pay $4.7 Billion
- Rural Fiber Gets Its Big-Screen Moment With New NCTA Documentary (See It Here)
- Spectrum News Maine Debuts Sunday Morning Politics Show
- Fubo Launches on Xumo and Xfinity Flex Streaming Devices
- ‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’ Crashes Max on Independence Day
- Prime Video Offers a Peek at ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’
- ‘Slow Horses’ Starts Season 4 on Sept. 4
- ‘Crime Exposé with Nancy O’Dell’ To Launch Sept. 23 on Major Market Fox Stations
June 26
- Hallmark Media Names Anaïs Lempereur CFO
- Verizon Extends Bundled 'myPlan' Streaming Perks to Home Internet Customers
- Local Streaming Service Zeam Adds New Sports, Culture and True-Crime Channels
- Tegna Names Christopher Franklin as President and GM of WATN-WLMT Memphis
- AMC Renews ‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’ Ahead of Season 2 Finale
- Dish to Bundle Netflix Free for Existing Customers Who Re-Up for 2 Years
- Former McDonald’s Executive Alycia Mason Named CEO of GroupM’s Wavemaker U.S.
- Paramount Plus To Launch ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 in September
- Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Three-Peats Atop Primetime
- YouTube Shorts Produce Results for Chicken of the Sea Campaign With Jessica Simpson
- Top 6 CTV Shows Repeat in TVision’s Power Score Ranking
- Running for the Gold: History Channel Revisits Jesse Owens' Olympics Triumph in New Documentary
June 25
- Jessica Alba Pulls Viewers With 'Trigger Warning' -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for June 17-23
- HBO To Develop Green Lantern Series
- Lloyd Bucher Named VP/GM at Nexstar’s Philly Station
- ‘A 61% Decline in Profits Is Simply Unacceptable,’ Paramount CEO Hydra Declares During Tuesday Town Hall Meeting
- Barbara Walters Documentary, From ABC News and Imagine, Will Stream on Hulu
- T-Mobile Remains Speed King of the 5G Internet
- Biden-Trump Presidential Debate: How and Where To Watch
- John Malone, Adam Silver Among Speakers Lined Up for Paley International Council Summit
- Clear the Shelters, NBCU Local Pet Adoption Campaign, Runs August 10-September 10
- Tom Fochetta Named Head of Dish Media Ad Sales Unit
- Peacock’s ‘Love Island’ Comes to Steamy Chicago Looking for Bombshells
- Lainey Wilson, Luis Fonsi To Perform at ‘Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks’ on NBC
- Impact Network Launches Gospel-Themed FAST Channel, Taps Cable Veteran Henry Watson as GM
- Roku Introduces Weekly Home Screen Trivia Game
- Viant Working With Cedara To Expand Carbon Measurement
- Gains at Tubi Help Raise Fox’s Share of TV Viewing Among Media Companies
June 24
- ‘The Bear’ Cooks Up New Season on Hulu; ‘Land of Women’ Debuts on Apple TV Plus: What’s Premiering This Week (June 24-30)
- Diamond Must Show Sports Leagues Pay TV Contracts Under Conditions, Bankruptcy Judge Rules
- AT&T Can’t Hang Up on Copper DSL in California
- Netflix Releases Version 4.0 of Its 'Culture Memo': Shorter New Iteration Provides Some Boundaries to Abject Personal Freedom
- Redbox/Chicken Soup Survival Quest Becomes More Dire as Company Misses $4 Million Payment to NBCU
- Allen Media Group’s theGrio To Simulcast CNN Presidential Debate
- Paramount Plus Joins Parade of Streamers Increasing Prices
- Read Future’s 2024 Best of Show Awards Guide
- Jerald Fritz Set To Retire as EVP of Sinclair’s One Media Unit
- ‘Jamie Kellner Changed My Life,’ Says Jed Petrick, Who Worked With Network-Builder at Fox and The WB (B+C Guest Blog)
- Story Television Grabs ‘Forged in Fire’
- Kent Gibbons To Retire As Content Director of ‘B+C’, ’Multichannel News’
- NBCU Creative Impact Lab Makes Olympic Spot for Challenged Athletes Foundation
- Can ARPU-Minded Charter Maintain Its Customer Service Edge?
June 23
- TV Business Pioneer Jamie Kellner, Creator of the Fox and The WB Networks, Dead at 77
June 21
- Michael Phelps Heads to Paris Next Month To Cover Olympics for NBC
- Spectrum News Ramps Up D.C. Bureau
- UEFA Euro 2024, College World Series: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (June 22-23)
- ‘The Monkees’ Takes Over Catchy Comedy’s Weekend Binge
- Can You Say ‘Score?’ Disney Expands ‘Magic Words’ to Sports
- TrillerTV Executive Keith Evans Has Died
June 20
- Netflix’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Series Premieres
- Charter Lays Off More Than 1,000 Call Center Employees Amid Continued Consolidation
- Dominic Brown Joins WBTS Boston Weather Team
- Judge Refuses To Make Bankrupt Diamond Give Up Sensitive Pay TV Deal Data
- ‘Our America: In the Black’ Back on ABC-Owned Stations’ Digital Platforms
- ‘Yellowstone’ Final Episodes To Debut in November; Kevin Costner Return Still Uncertain
- Local News Close-Up: Florida’s Gulf Coast Has Reasons To Boast
- The CW Shares Fall Debut Dates
- Christopher Barry, Cliff Ejikeme Get Expanded Role at A+E Networks
- Hair Metal Gets Close-Up in Paramount Plus Docuseries
- Emad Asghar Named VP/News Director at WNYW-WWOR New York
- Team Whistle Integrates Sponsor GNC Into ‘No Days Off’ Series
- Viamedia To Sell Programmatic Ads for Willow by Cricbuzz as Cricket Gains Popularity in the U.S.
June 19
- Charter to Increase Spectrum Internet and TV Prices in July
- Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Romps in Primetime, Total Day
- Mission Broadcasting Demands Adell Return $250,000 Deposit From Terminated WADL Deal
- NextGen TV Comes Ashore in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Market
- Fox Expands Its Advanced Advertising Relationship With The Trade Desk
- Boostr Working With DanAds To Open Self-Service Sales Channels
- Prime Video’s ‘The Boys’ Blasts Off as TVision Power Score Leader
June 18
- Second Stanza of ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Delivers Plus-Sized Viewership — Netflix Weekly Rankings for June 10-16
- Amid Another Worst Quarter Ever for U.S. Pay TV, Even YouTube TV Lost Subscribers in Q1, Analyst Says
- ‘Disco in Its Essence Is Social Protest’: Producer Shianne Brown Charts the Music’s Legacy in New PBS Docuseries
- Pat Sajak, Host of ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ Waves Goodbye to 11 Million Viewers
- Venu Sports Announces Management Team Under CEO Pete Distad
- Survey: Wonder Women of L.A. On What Viewers Will Watch Next Year, and What Will Disrupt TV
- GroupM Client Domino’s Sponsors History’s Jesse Owens Documentary
- Anchor Laura Caso Departs WKYC Cleveland for WHDH Boston
- Nick Mavar, Star on Discovery's ‘Deadliest Catch,’ Has Died
- Lionsgate Promotes Chase Brisbin to EVP, International SVOD Sales
- theGrio Plans Specials To Mark Juneteenth
- Minnesota Senator Urges Comcast to ‘Return to the Negotiation Table’ With Diamond Sports Group
- ‘Grantchester’ Gets Season 10 Order on PBS
- WBD Taps Former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to Run PR
- Fremantle To Launch 25 FAST Channels on Pluto TV
- Streaming Climbs to Record Share As Total TV Usage Dips in May
- Comscore Working With Kochava To Measure Linear Campaign Impact
- Viant Launches Updated Version Of AI Bid Optimizer
- Magnite To Provide Additional Programmatic Access to Spectrum Reach Ad Inventory
- FreeWheel Upgrades Programmatic Buying of Ads in Live Streaming Events
- Roger Goodell Testifies in $21 Billion ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Trial: ‘We Have Been Clear Throughout That This Is a Premium Product’
- Disney Working With Affinity Solutions To Gain Insights Into Retail Behavior
- The Africa Channel to Offer June Afrobeats Documentary, ‘Music For Wildlife’ Concert for Black Music Month
June 17
- Chicken Soup Fails to Meet Terms for $175 Million Debt Forbearance Agreement, Purges Board
- Tim Ingram Named VP and GM at Nexstar’s Baton Rouge Stations
- Diamond Sports Asks Bankruptcy Court for Emergency Hearing as Leagues Demand to See Sensitive Pay TV Contracts
- ‘Survivor’ Alum Drew Basile Plays on ‘Jeopardy!’ June 19
- Horowitz Research Will Resume Cultural Insights Forum in November
- ‘Access Hollywood,’ ‘Access Daily’ Renewed Through 2026
- ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’; ‘Black Barbie’ Documentary: What’s Premiering This Week (June 17-23)
- After It Secured NFL TV Rights, Now Comes the Hard Part for Netflix — Finding Someone to Produce and Call the Games
- Tegna Names Michael Steib To Succeed David Lougee as President and CEO
- Cable One Set To Lay Off 4% of Its Employees
- ‘Rod, White & Blue’: H&I's ‘Twilight Zone’ Marathon Starts July 4
- DirecTV Turns 30: Colorful History, Questions About the Future
- ‘This Company Can Produce a Lot More Value Both in Cash for Shareholders and Also for Customers,’ Says DirecTV COO Michael Wittrock
June 16
- Is Charles Barkley's Retirement Declaration Believable … or Bluff?
June 15
- Charles Barkley To Retire from Broadcasting: ‘Next Year Is Going To Be My Last Year on Television’
June 14
- TMZ Examines Lopez-Affleck Marriage in New Investigation
- Golf’s U.S. Open, NHL Stanley Cup Finals: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (June 15-16)
- HBO Orders ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3
- ‘The Big Bakeover’ Premieres on The CW
- Max’s Dragons Seen Flying Over Roku City Promoting Season 2 of ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel
- Disney Bundle Cuts Hulu Churn Nearly in Half (Charts of the Day)
- Tegna Ending ‘Daily Blast Live’ Effective Sept. 6
June 13
- Tom Green Returns! Prime Video ‘Green’-Lights 3 Projects
- With Moody's Predicted To Cut Paramount to Junk Status, Is a Government Bailout of Hollywood Really Such a Crazy Idea?
- Jimmy Fallon, NBCUniversal Re-Up Deal To Host ‘The Tonight Show’
- Chicago Cubs RSN Marquee Sports Faces ‘Bumpy’ Comcast Renewal
- Soap Opera Effected: Roku Users Stuck in Motion Smoothing Mode With No Way to Get Out!
- Mike McClain, WOFL-WRBW Orlando GM, Sets Retirement, and Jeff Maloney Expands Role
- Another Stephen King Book Headed for Series on MGM Plus
- Weekly Cable Ratings: With NBA Playoffs Finished, Fox News Retakes Primetime Crown
- Reni Calister, Quanny Carr Get Key Roles at Rock’n Robin Productions
- Paula Ebben Shifts to Mornings at WBZ Boston
- Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi To Take Part in Live Hot Dog Contest on Netflix
- Fewer Non-White Actors Getting Lead Roles in Top Shows, Samba TV Reports
- Joint Industry Committee Adds Set-Maker Samsung to Measurement Lineup
- Nielsen Says It Is Interoperable With LiveRamp for Data-Driven Ads
- Seedtag Picks Foursquare To Measure Ad Impact on Foot Traffic
- Merritt Patterson, Christopher Russell to Star in Great American Family’s ‘A Vintage Christmas’
- House Lawmakers Fire Off Another Letter to Venu Sports -- Where Are the 'Firewalls' That Will Prevent Unlawful Collusion?
June 12
- Jerry West, the True ‘GOAT’ of the Modern $76 Billion NBA, Dies at 86
- Howard Fineman, Political Correspondent and TV Commentator, Dies at 75
- NBCU Finally Pours Water on USA Network -- Series Reboot of John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker' Is Linear Network's First Unshared Scripted Original Since 2000
- A Scott Turow Novel, Then a Harrison Ford Movie and Now a Jake Gyllenhaal Series
- Dennis Evans Named Weekend Sports Anchor at KMBC Kansas City
- ‘Portia’ Renewed for Season 3 on Fox Soul, Select Fox TV Stations
- Rogers Scoops Rights to WBD and NBCU Linear Lifestyle Networks
- Return of the ‘Triple Play’? Consumers’ Most Wanted Bundle Includes Netflix, Broadband and Mobile
- Lionsgate Television To Develop Series Based On ‘Vanity Fair’ Hostage Series
- ‘Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild’ Gets Second Season
- Precise.AI Formed by Tech Vets Adam Helfgott and Jesse Redniss
- Joey Chestnut Out of Nathan’s Hot Dog-Eating Contest
- Alyse Rosenberg Named Senior VP of Content at Elf Labs
- LinkedIn Names iSpot to Measure New CTV Offering
- Fox, FreeWheel Expand Playbook With Dynamic Ad Insertion in College Football Games
- Netflix’s ‘Dancing for the Devil’ Again Tops TVision Power Score Ranking
- Charter's Spectrum Reach Second Only to YouTube in Local Streaming?
June 11
- Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Says Paramount-Skydance Deal is Dead
- Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man' Hits U.S. Targets -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for June 3-9
- Taylor Tomlinson Gets Second Season for ‘After Midnight’ on CBS
- Netflix Locks Down ‘Night Agent’ Creator Shawn Ryan With Increasingly Rare Overall Deal
- Nate Burleson To Host ‘Hollywood Squares’
- BOOK REVIEW: ‘Here Now the News: An Inside Scoop Into New York’s Best-Loved Anchors’
- NBA Finals Rebound: Best Game 2 Ratings in 5 Years
- Byron Allen Gets Fred Dressler Leadership Award at Mirror Awards in NYC
- Read the June 2024 Edition of ‘B+C Multichannel News’
- Fox to Use datafuelX for Data-Driven Linear Ads
- Madhive Agrees To Buy Frequence To Speed Local Ad-Tech Growth
- Four Hosts Named for Wonder Women of L.A. Event
- Personal Data for Up to 2 Million Frontier Communications Customers Held Hostage By Hacker Group
June 10
- U.S. TV Ad Revenue To Fall 0.6% In 2024, GroupM Forecasts
- FX, Netflix Lead TCA Awards Nominations
- Hisense's VIDAA Is Now the No. 2 Smart TV OS Globally Behind Samsung Tizen, Trade Group Says (Chart of the Day)
- B+C Hall of Fame to Honor ABC/CapCities’ Phil Beuth With First-Ever Service to the Community Award
- Veteran Reporters Randy Travis, Beth Galvin Take Buyouts at WAGA Atlanta
- NBA-Bereft Warner Bros. Discovery Pays $650 Million for 10 Years of French Open U.S. TV Rights
- Shannan Ferry Begins Anchoring ‘News All Day’ on NY1
- NBCU Local Podcast ‘My New Favorite Olympian’ Starts June 12
- Robert Berger, Longtime Investment Banker at CEA Group, Dies at 86
- ‘House of the Dragon’ Returns: What’s Premiering This Week (June 10-16)
- ‘General Hospital,’ ‘Entertainment Tonight’ Win Big at Daytime Emmys
- CBS News and Stations Sets Up Crime and Public Safety Unit, Names Its Leader
- Local Broadcast TV Advertising Seen Rising 5.9% in 2024: Borrell Forecast
June 9
- MVP-Less NBA Finals See TV Ratings Crater at a Conspicuous $76 Billion Moment
June 7
- NBA Finals Opener Endures Worst Non-Pandemic Ratings Performance Since 2007
- INSP Promotes Pair of Technology Execs
- ‘The Boys’ Takes Over 92nd Street Y
- Pat Sajak Signs Off of 'Wheel of Fortune' After 41 Iconic Seasons and 8,000 Episodes
- Charter's Spectrum Reach Says Its Partnership With AI Tech Startup Waymark Generated $27 Million in Local Ad Revenue in 1 Year
- ‘Hit Man,’ Earning Raves in Theaters, Premieres on Netflix
- Netflix Renews ‘The Upshaws’ for Final Season
- Netflix's Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Fight Rescheduled For November
- Stanley Cup Finals Begin, French Open Concludes, NBA Finals Continue: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (June 8-9)
- ‘Palm Royale’, With Laura Dern and Kristen Wiig, Gets Season 2 on Apple TV Plus
- Great American Media Appoints Kristen Jenkins as Chief Financial Officer
June 6
- AMC Will Open Up ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol’ in September
- BET Plus Renews ‘Average Joe’ For Second Season
- Travis Scoles Promoted To EVP at Paramount Advertising
- 58 Years Ago Today, Don Alhart Began at WHAM. Today, He Signs Off
- Leichtman Research Group Ends Distribution of Public Reports
- Cable Controlled 75% of U.S. Mobile Growth in Q1, Is Exploiting Convergence Advantage Over Wireless, Analyst Says
- Celina Donada Named Sports Anchor at KTLM in Southern Texas
- MTV Entertainment Studios Orders More ‘Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head’
- ABC, ESPN Banking on Star Power To Drive NBA Finals Ratings
- David Oyelowo’s Mansa Adds New Content to Streaming Platform
- ‘Big City Greens’ Heads to Outer Space
- ‘Keep the World Laughing Together:‘ Hartbeat's Luke Kelly-Clyne Outlines Studio’s Production Strategy (Content Spotlight)
- BranchLab Gets Seed-Round Funding For Healthcare Marketing Product
- DirecTV Unveils Group of Enhanced Ad Products
- GumGum Says In-Video Ad Units Boost Attention 30%
- Amazon Partners With the NHL for 'Hard Knocks'-ish New Behind-the-Scenes Docuseries
- Comcast Using TransUnion Identity Data To Create Audiences for Addressable Ad Campaigns
- Sarah Pilla of Spectrum News 1 to Host L.A. TV Week 40 Under 40 Awards
June 5
- Comcast and Charter Are in a Better Position Than Smaller Cable Companies To Resist Fixed Wireless Competition, S&P Global Ratings Says
- Adam Levine To Return to ‘The Voice’ as Coach
- Cogeco Combines Canadian and U.S. Cable Operations, Breezeline President Frank van der Post Departs
- Royals, Wrestlers and Lots of Reality Stars in the Next ‘The Traitors’ Cast
- NBA Closing In on $76 Billion in TV Money Over 11 Years … With No TNT
- Paramount Plus Orders More ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’
- Weekly Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Drive TNT to Sixth-Straight Primetime Win
- Family Movie Classics To Launch Family Movie Night
- Yahoo To Combine Set-Top Box, CTV Data To Target Campaigns
- Effectv Brings Audience Addressable Campaigns To Regional, Local Clients
- Netflix Dances To Top of TVision Power Score Rankings with ‘TikTok Cult’ Documentary
- Revolt Founder Sean Combs Sells His Majority Stake
June 4
- Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sad Puppeteer-Based Drama Series ‘Eric’ Loses Its Strings — Netflix Weekly Rankings for May 27-June 2
- Netflix to End App Support for Groundbreaking Gen 2 and 3 Apple TV Gadgets
- Diamond Sports Must Come Up With a 'Very Clear Business Plan No Later Than July,' Judge Rules, as NBA and NHL Express More Concerns
- Roku Makes First Major Hires Under New Ad Chief Jay Askinasi
- Julianne Hough, Utkarsh Ambudkar Host Tony Awards Pre-Show
- KRON San Francisco Debuts 4 P.M. Newscast
- Lionsgate’s MovieSphere Becomes First Nielsen-Rated FAST Channel
- Prime Video Offers Peek at Roger Federer Farewell Documentary
- Jay Warren, WCPO Cincinnati Reporter, Has Died
- Less for More: Warner Raises the Bill for America's Priciest SVOD, Max
- Awaiting Buyout, Paramount Execs Lay Out Plans For Cost-Cutting, Streaming Joint Ventures at Annual Meeting
- Viewers Spending a Long Time With FAST Channels: Xumo Study
- Charlie Grisham Gets WRTV Indianapolis GM Job
- Guess What’s Getting Streamed More? Linear TV, Inscape Says
June 3
- ‘Off We Go to the Next Horrible Tragedy,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ Showrunner Teases About Season 2
- Asia-Pacific Will Control More Than Half of Subscription Streaming Subscribers By 2031, Research Company Says
- The Ill-Fated Pac-12 Network To Shut Down This Month
- ‘All American’ Gets Season 7 on The CW
- Chicago's Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox Bolt Comcast-Owned RSN, Launch New Multiplatform Channel With Standard Media Group
- Disney Plus Debuts ‘The Acolyte’; Starz’s ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Returns for Final Season: What’s Premiering This Week (June 3-9)
- Altice USA Rebrands a4 Ad Unit as Optimum Media
- Paramount Agrees To Merger Terms With Skydance, Private Equity: Report
- Starz’s ‘Outlander’ Returns in November
- ABC To Air ‘CMA Fest’ Concert Special June 25
- Seedtag Boosts CTV Capabilities With Acquisition of Beachfront Media
- Fox News ‘Weaponizes’ Post-Verdict (and Caitlin Clark) Outrage