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TEGNA renews affiliation agreements with CBS, Fox
TEGNA says it was able to renew affiliation agreements with CBS and Fox for nearly two dozen of its local broadcast stations.
TEGNA says cable, satellite fees topped ad revenue again
Carriage fee revenue outpaced traditional advertisement revenue for at least the second straight quarter at TEGNA, the company affirmed this week.
TV crew finds piece of doomed space shuttle
A fragment of the doomed space shuttle Challenger was found on the floor of the ocean by a dive crew commissioned by the History Channel.
Elon Musk kills redundant Twitter verification label
For less than a day, Twitter had two different — and somewhat confusing — verification labels.
NewsNation falls behind CNBC for midterm coverage
Around 93,000 households watch NewsNation's coverage of the midterm election in prime-time, according to data reviewed by The Desk.
Fox News Channel dominates midterm election coverage
Around 23 million viewers watched cable or broadcast news coverage of the midterm election results on Tuesday evening.
Comcast confirms live NBC feeds coming to Peacock app
Comcast says it will soon allow some Peacock subscribers to access a live feed of their local NBC station or affiliate.
Twitter to launch two verification systems
Twitter will soon roll out two verification labels — one you can buy as part of Twitter Blue, and one that you can't.
ESPN Plus, Hulu spur subscriber growth at Disney
ESPN Plus was the fastest-growing streaming service owned by the Walt Disney Company this year, the company revealed in a quarterly earnings report on Tuesday.
SiriusXM to launch Team Coco Radio this month
SiriusXM Pandora will launch a live channel curated by Conan O'Brien and featuring Team Coco podcasts in November.
Outage hits Dish Network’s Sling TV
A widespread outage left many customers of Dish Network's Sling TV without service on Monday.
Comcast sets November date for G4 shut down
Comcast is shutting down its online pop culture channel G4 on November 9.