Sinclair Broadcast Group today appointed Jan Jeffcoat to lead Sinclair’s soon-to-be-launched headline news service as main anchor. Set to premier in early 2021, Sinclair said its headline news service “will report on news as it happens, providing dynamic and timely journalism and insight that aims to …
Getty Images, a provider of visual communications, today announced a multi-year partnership with NBCU News Group to exclusively license its news archive, one of the world’s largest broadcast libraries and a source of historical video coverage. The agreement will see hundreds of thousands of hours …
Probably no segment of the broadcast industry suffered a bigger blow from the COVID-19 pandemic than sports production. All big league sports in the U.S. shuttered in early March for several months, and major international events like The Masters and Summer Olympics were postponed while …
Virtual Eye is the sports division of New Zealand-based Animation Research, which is one of Australasia’s leading 3D computer graphics production houses. For more than 25 years, Emmy Award-winning Virtual Eye has specialized in 3D TV graphics that revolutionize the way fans watch high-profile sports, …
Global video advertising platform SpotX says it has seen more than a 900% increase in political advertising spend across its platform of OTT and CTV channels since April 2020. The increase, it said, “represents a broader shift of viewers and advertisers toward streaming platforms.” According to …
The first thing you notice is the weather. That’s because on KSTP-TV’s Nightcast, it actually is first. Every night, “Forecast First” — there’s no anchor intro, just a meteorologist who pops up out of prime time to do what meteorologists do — appears even before …
Even though the streaming ecosystem is getting inundated with competition, Christy Tanner says there’s room for plenty of news organizations. “I don’t think there’s such a thing as too much news,” said Tanner, EVP and GM of CBS News Digital, at TVNewsCheck’s OTT News Summit’s keynote …
More eyes have turned to news this year, giving the industry a chance to show an information-needy public just what it’s made of — and the ability to capture more ad dollars on streaming. Maggie Drake “Our big win was already in process,” said Maggie Drake, senior …
Dejero has made it possible for NBCU-owned KNSD and KUAN-LD (Telemundo) San Diego to turn their new broadcast truck into a self-contained, end-to-end mobile TV studio. The Dejero equipment on board the truck — including the Dejero GateWay M6E6 network aggregation device, PathWay E encoder, and …
Last fall, a full year before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, major social media platforms were already debating whether they should take political ad dollars. The platforms split into two groups: those that have banned political ads from their channels, such as Twitter, and those that …
As mothers prep their kids for an unusual back-to-school season, they’re turning to local television and digital-only sources like social media for updates and the latest developments. When the novel coronavirus first took hold in the U.S. in March, the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) worked …
Key Insights: As lockdowns began, Campbell mobilized her team to capitalize on the spike in streaming use by homebound consumers. ‘Visible leadership’ has become a priority for Campbell during the pandemic. It wasn’t even three weeks into Kelly Campbell’s tenure as president of Hulu when the Covid-19 …
