The eight The CW affiliates in the CBS-owned group will become independent stations in September. They are WPSG Philadelphia, WUPA Atlanta, KBCW San Francisco, KSTW Seattle, WTOT Tampa, WKBD Detroit, ...

The report recommends that advertisers caption their advertisements because 80% of consumers are more likely to watch an entire video when captions are available. The report also found that 50% of ...

Lionsgate said it has made a deal with Nielsen to make its MovieSphere channel the first major free ad-supported television (FAST) channel to get traditional linear audience metrics from the ...

Jennifer Lyons, president and general manager of WBBM Chicago, is moving into a regional GM/president role at WBBM and WWJ Detroit. Lyons has been interim general manager at WWJ since Brian Watson ...

For long-running game show The Price Is Right, the price is now free, as in a free, ad-supported streaming-TV channel.

The Africa Channel will tap the TED Talks catalog of video interviews to create a new series set to debut on the network in June. The collaboration between TAC and the nonprofit TED company will also ...

Nexstar Media Group said it does not intend to renew the affiliations of The CW stations owned by the E.W. Scripps Co. in seven markets. In two of those markets — Norfolk, Virginia, and Lafayette, ...

Nielsen challengers Comscore, iSpot and VideoAmp were granted conditional certification as currency for buying and selling advertising by the U.S. Joint Industry Committee (JIC) set up by media ...

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Mission Broadcasting to sell WPIX New York and fined Nexstar Media Group more than $1.2 million because Nexstar has taken de facto control of the ...

Bob Hearts Abishola will premiere in broadcast syndication this fall on such station groups as Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair, Hearst Television, Tegna, E.W. Scripps, Weigel Broadcasting, Sunbeam ...

DirecTV is embarking on its first major CPE refresh in eight years, introducing its new Android TV-powered "Gemini" set-tops for its satellite TV homes. The 4K-capable boxes, which come with Google ...

The Africa Channel is promoting Liberty & Justice, the first Made In Africa swimwear line. Liberty & Justice, features classic African prints in its designs, earlier this year had its product go on ...