Broadcasters want to derive more value from their archives by enriching daily news production, creating original programming for multiplatform distribution and generating new revenues from third-party licensing. But to do so they need to be able to easily search through and access old content, no …
TVNewsCheck’s annual NewsTECHForum last week addressed the exceptional circumstances bearing down on TV newsrooms and how the industry’s leaders are preparing best to meet them in 2024. Across seven panels, dozens of news and technology executives framed up the key problems they’re facing and the …
As local TV station groups focus on fine-tuning their streaming news services, they are finding that the amount and immediacy of data means they can adapt content strategies on the fly, said a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum in New York City last week. There’s good reason …
It’s been my habit, when faced with a question I cannot answer, to break into song. It happened once at a Harvard conference on narrative. Unable to think of a […] The post What I learned about writing and storytelling from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer appeared …
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced $48 million in grants to support pooled and aligned grantmaking in support of Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than $500 million dollars …
Vizrt, a provider of real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, releases new research signifying a shift in the viewing habits of Gen Z when it comes to news consumption. As the first generation born into a fully digital world, this age group according …
In June 2023, Scripps announced that 25 of the company’s TV stations had begun airing national-focused content produced first for Scripps News. A few months later, Scripps expanded that initiative to 43 stations. Content sharing works the other way at Scripps, too, with Scripps News also …
Journalism has always been a stressful career — one of constant deadlines, low pay and public scrutiny — but since the pandemic, stress levels have amped up to sky-high levels, causing newsroom leaders to reevaluate how they manage their teams, said a panel at TVNewsCheck’s …
Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting announced Thursday that they will merge early next year as a single nonprofit news outlet. The merger — which has a closing […] The post Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting to merge appeared first on …
Generative AI is expected to radically transform the way newsroom personnel work — that is, if it doesn’t take their jobs away completely. Discourse about the dangers that generative AI may bring to journalism coursed through TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum last week, particularly during the panel “Chasing …
Broadcast TV saw its share of headwinds in 2023 with nary a regulatory lifeline in sight from the FCC. As it looks ahead to a lucrative election year in 2024 and a burgeoning atmosphere for sports rights opportunities, it will also face formidable challenges, among …
A series of television stations serving the El Paso market in Texas have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV, a new digital broadcast technology. The launch includes KVIA-TV (ABC), KDBC-TV (CBS), KTSM-TV (NBC), KFOX-TV (FOX) and KTDO (Telemundo). Based on the same fundamental technology as the internet …
