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Nexstar revenue boosted by political ads, hurt by Fubo TV issue
Nexstar reported more than $5.2 billion in revenue for 2022, fueled in large part by an uptick in political advertising across local TV stations.
Peacock to add live feed of Reelz Channel
Comcast's streaming service Peacock is adding a live feed of the Reelz Channel, starting next month.
Hulu to move Boomerang from base live TV package
Hulu is moving the retro cartoon channel Boomerang out of its base live television package
Report: Paramount rejected $3 billion offer for Showtime
A former Paramount Global executive offered to buy Showtime from the company for more than $3 billion earlier this year.
Rush Limbaugh to get posthumous broadcaster award
Rush Limbaugh will be honored with a 2023 Leadership Award by the Broadcasters Foundation of America.
NAB slams FCC’s latest move on TEGNA deal
The NAB says the FCC's recent decision to send the Standard General-TEGNA deal to an administrative law judge proves the agency can't self-regulate its scrutiny of media mergers.
Fox Weather gets expanded cable, streaming distribution
Fox News Media's free streaming weather service Fox Weather is now available in even more places, including on LG smart TV sets.
Dish Network confirms cyberattack behind outage
A broad cyberattack was responsible for a multi-day outage affecting various internal and external systems used by Dish Network.
TEGNA misses revenue estimates as merger looms
TEGNA missed revenue estimates for the final three months of 2022, according to the company's quarterly earnings report released on Monday.
Fubo TV continues to lose money, posts subscriber gains
Fubo TV says it ended its most-recent fiscal quarter with over 1.445 million subscribers
WBD sues Paramount over ‘South Park’ rights
WBD claims Paramount made a backdoor deal with South Park Studios that violates the terms of its HBO Max licensing agreement.
WBD pulling out of regional sports network business
WBD intends to exit the regional sports business and has sent a letter proposing to transfer its channels to pro sports leagues.