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WBD replacing Discovery Science with TLC in France
WBD will launch a local variant of its American cable channel TLC in France and several other countries this month.
Nexstar vows to fight FCC fine over WPIX deal with Comcast
Nexstar Media Group has appealed a $150,000 fine imposed against it over contract negotiations with Comcast concerning carriage of WPIX-TV two years ago.
Fox News Media promotes two ad executives to leadership roles
Trey Gargano will serve as EVP of Advertising Sales for all Fox News platforms; Ryan Roelle tapped for SVP role of national sales.
Roku grows to 80 million monthly active users, execs forecast ad business boom
Roku's platform revenue soared to $3.0 billion during 2023, or 10 percent higher when compared to 2022. Gross profit increased 6 percent to $1.5 billion.
Fox News schedules pair of town halls with Nikki Haley, Donald Trump
Fox News will conduct a pair of town hall interviews with the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination next week.
TV NewsCheck says it needs $300,000 to restart operations
The editors of a popular broadcast industry website says it needs a significant amount of money in order to restart operations.
Vix grows to 7 million subscribers, boosts Televisa-Univision’s ad business
Subscription revenues from Vix and other properties accounted for $700 million during 2023, the company revealed on Thursday.
FCC proposes rules for multi-lingual, sign language emergency alerts
The FCC is proposing a new rule that aims to make it easier for broadcast stations to send emergency alert messages in multiple languages.
DirecTV launches rewards program for satellite, Internet subscribers
The program is open to subscribers of DirecTV via Satellite and DirecTV via Internet.
Altice loses 62,000 pay television customers during Q4 2023
The number of residential customers paying for Altice's Optimum TV was 2.172 million at the end of 2023, the company revealed this week.
Radio DJ killed in mass shooting at end of Kansas City Chiefs rally
Lisa Lopez-Galvan was attending a parade for the Super Bowl champs when she was fatally shot at the end of the rally.
AMC Networks settles class-action lawsuit for $8.3 million
Subscribers of AMC Plus, Shudder and Acorn TV may be entitled to cash after the company agreed to settle a privacy lawsuit.