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Sinclair Inc.

Sinclair, Inc. (formerly Sinclair Broadcast Group) is a local broadcast and pay TV network company based in Baltimore, Maryland. The company owns or operates more than 190 television stations in 90 metropolitan areas, most of which are affiliated with a major broadcast network like ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox or NBC.

Through its Diamond Sports Group subsidiary, Sinclair also has a controlling interest in nearly two dozen regional sports networks. Sinclair also operates the Tennis Channel in the United States and overseas and several broadcast networks and streaming content channels — Charge, Comet, T2, TBD and The Nest.

Sinclair’s other businesses include Sinclair Media Networks, the streaming local news platform NewsOn and One Media Technologies. Sinclair is also a proponent of NextGen TV, the next-generation digital broadcast standard utilizing ATSC 3.0 technology.

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Sinclair partners with ROXi on NextGen TV music channels

The channels will offer tens of millions of music videos, with fewer than five minutes of ad interruptions per hour.

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Sinclair Cares initiative launches to raise funds for Texas flood relief

The broadcaster is partnering with the Salvation Army to raise money for relief efforts in eastern Texas.

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Sinclair taps Narinder Sahai to serve as CFO; Lucy Rutishauser to step down

Sinclair today announced the appointment of Narinder Sahai as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

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Sinclair agrees to settle FCC probe over children’s programming

The broadcaster will pay $500,000 but will not have to admit any wrongdoing; the probe began last September under a different administration.

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Sinclair promotes Matt Hamilton to VP, GM of Boise stations

Sinclair has promoted Matt Hamilton, its Market Sales Manager in Boise, to serve as the Vice President and General Manager of its station cluster there.

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Conrad Clemson tapped to lead EdgeBeam Wireless as CEO

EdgeBeam Wireless, the joint venture formed by The E.W. Scripps Company, Gray Media, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair, has appointed Conrad Clemson as its Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

(Clockwise from top left) The logos of Sinclair's multicast networks Comet, Charge!, The Nest and Roar. (Courtesy logos, Graphic designed by The Desk)

Sinclair to add more premium shows to multicast networks

Comet, Charge, Roar and The Nest are getting new programs and movies, starting later this year.

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Sinclair has strong message for advertisers: “Broadcast is back”

Sinclair's strategy of developing brand identities, licensing programs and distributing its multicast network portfolio has increased viewership — and it wants advertisers to jump on board.

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Sinclair renews distribution agreement with YouTube TV

The Google-owned platform will continue to carry the broadcaster's local TV and multicast networks, and add two more in the near future.

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Sinclair reports lower advertising revenue during Q1

The company generated $776 million from distribution and advertising, down 3 percent.

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Sinclair hires former Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn to lead Tennis Channel

Blackburn helped Amazon acquire "Thursday Night Football" and was instrumental in the company's purchase of MGM Studios.

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Dave Schwartz, Sinclair SVP of Station Ops, to retire in June

Dave Schwartz, a long-time executive with Sinclair who has worked as the company's stations operations leader, will retire this summer after a career that spans more than four decades.

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