Maryland Public Television will debut its one-of-a-kind, “shot from the air” documentary, Maryland by Air, on Thursday, May 1, at 8 p.m. on MPT-HD and online at mpt.org/livestream. Captured from a helicopter, drones, and the cockpit of a 1940s-era biplane, the film’s aerial footage “highlights the natural wonders of the …
Has anyone else noticed that whenever President Trump complains about TV press coverage on his Truth Social platform, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seems to follow up with another condemnation of network news — and often, a threat to local broadcast licenses? A coincidence? I think …
Sinclair today announced the upcoming launch of BFFR, a new weekly podcast from AMP Media hosted by global soccer icons Sydney Leroux and Ali Riley, premiering April 28 across all major podcast platforms. Leroux is a World Cup Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist and forward for Angel City FC, while Riley, is captain of the …
Editor’s note: This post is part of News From Creatorland, a column where journalist and entrepreneur Fernando Hurtado shares learnings and observations from the frontlines of creator journalism. As I was preparing to leave NBC to launch my independent YouTube channel In The Hyphen, I had …
TV ratings have long been central to how we understand audience behavior. We need to know what people are watching, when they’re watching and how programs perform. For programmers and syndicators, this data is critical. Age/gender-based average quarter-hour (AQH) ratings also play a valuable role …
LAS VEGAS — Media industry leaders shared concrete examples of how they’re implementing AI right now — and not just theorizing about its eventual use cases — at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere last week. The session, moderated by this writer, provided actionable insights on balancing automation …
LG Ad Solutions, a global provider of connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, today announced findings from “The Big Shift 2025” — the company’s fourth installment of its annual insights series to determine consumer perceptions and behaviors related to CTV viewership. The connected TV home screen, …
SMPTE, an organization for media professionals, technologists and engineers, announced its call for technical papers for the SMPTE 2025 Media Technology Summit, which will be held Oct. 13-16 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif. The Summit “will aim to present the latest innovative processes, …
LAS VEGAS — As content providers launch literally hundreds of channels of content, everyone is still looking for key pieces of original content that will allow them to break out and find their place in the ever-expanding video ecosystem. The trick is to do that …
In a colorful commentary for the Los Angeles Times, Matt K. Lewis argued that callousness is a central feature of the second Trump administration, particularly its policies of deportation and bureaucratic cutbacks. “Once you normalize cruelty,” Lewis concluded in the piece, “the hammer eventually swings …
Who benefits? That query is posed in detective stories spanning authors from Agatha Christie to Scott Turow and beyond. It’s also what I asked myself when I saw the news about bipartisan members of Congress petitioning the FCC to revisit the current ownership rules for …
LAS VEGAS — Media’s challenge today is not in getting audiences to consume media — they are consuming more media than ever before — but in grabbing and holding their attention. Even more challenging? Holding audiences’ attention at scale, which is something that today is …
