WMYD Detroit Will Become Market’s The CW Station WADL dropped its affiliation in late October Broadcasting & Cable · Nov 6, 2023
Disney Acquires Full Ownership Of Hulu In $8.61 Billion Deal Disney aims to boost its streaming plans with complete ownership of Hulu. Zenger · Nov 2, 2023
Nexstar Promotes Tracey Rogers To Senior VP, Regional Manager Exec had been general manager of WKRN-TV, Nashville Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 29, 2023
Nexstar Promotes Tracey Rogers to SVP and Regional Manager With nearly 35 years of management, sales, and marketing experience, Rogers will oversee broadcast and digital operations in multiple markets TV Tech · Aug 29, 2023
Nexstar’s KHON2 Raises $1.187M for Hawaii Wildfire Relief Efforts KLAS-TV in Las Vegas raised an additional $134,253 and the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation donated $20,000 to the effort TV Tech · Aug 24, 2023
DirecTV and Notre Dame Football Fly Above Nexstar Blackout with 4K Channel, New Sponsorship Deal DirecTV hasn't been able to fix the biggest station blackout ever, but it just joined Citi, Allstate and Howard Bailey as Notre Dame sports sponsors Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 24, 2023
DirecTV Presses FCC Again to Investigate Nexstar's Management Role With White Knight and Mission; End of Blackout Seems Nowhere in Sight DirecTV calls BS on Nexstar's claim that it can somehow keep sensitive third-party retrans information out of the hands of its top executives Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 22, 2023
DirecTV Loses Estimated 400,000 Subs in Q2 ... With Monster Nexstar Blackout Lingering and the Start of the NFL Season Looming The business end of the biggest station blackout in pay TV history is at hand Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 15, 2023
Broadcasters Nexstar, Sinclair, Gray and Scripps in Talks With the NBA and NHL, Also Looking to Step in on Abandoned RSN Deals With bankrupt Diamond Sports Group possibly ditching unprofitable NBA and NHL agreements, and WBD exiting the regional sports channels biz, Disney/ESPN, Apple, Amazon and Google have also kicked the tires on acquiring local TV rights Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 11, 2023
Nexstar Names Jon Camera SVP of National Sales Division The sales executive will oversee a newly created national advertising sales team TV Tech · Aug 10, 2023
Nexstar Extends Communications Head Gary Weitman’s Contract Executive joined broadcast group in 2019 Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 10, 2023
Jon Camera Joins Nexstar As Senior VP, National Sales Exe was VP, local seals at Disney Advertising Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 9, 2023
The CW Sees Flat Volume, Higher Prices in First Upfront Under Nexstar Broadcaster’s negotiators are meeting with DirecTV as football season nears kickoff Multichannel News · Aug 8, 2023
Nexstar Profits Fall With Losses at The CW, Drop In Political Ads Distribution revenue rose 7.7% Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 8, 2023
TV Tech · Aug 7, 2023 The CW Network Extends Dennis Miller Contract as President The extension, which will run through 2027, adds another year to the agreement
Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 7, 2023 Nexstar Gives CW President Dennis Miller a Contract Extension New deal runs through 2027
Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 1, 2023 Hearst’s KQCA To Become The CW Affiliate in Sacramento New affiliate agreement also covers Hearst stations in Orlando, Kansas City, Portland, Greensboro, Burlington and Fort Smith
TV Tech · Jul 31, 2023 Nexstar Launches Search for NextGen Audience Measurement Solution Says current methods “inadequately” measure its audiences and their impact
Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 31, 2023 Nexstar, Citing Undercounts, Will Send Requests for Proposals Seeking Better Audience Measurement Contracts with Nielsen, Comscore are expiring
Multichannel News · Jul 31, 2023 NewsNation Seeing 20%-25% More Ad Sales Volume in Upfront Market 50 more advertisers have signed up
Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 28, 2023 The CW Revs Sports Engine, Adding NASCAR Xfinity Series Races Nexstar network will air races 33 weekends per year starting in 2025
Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 26, 2023 Former Verizon Exec Tony Wells Added To Nexstar Board of Directors Wells replaces Dennis Miller, who stepped down when he was named president of the CW
TV Tech · Jul 25, 2023 Fox Corporation Names David Espinosa President Of Distribution Espinoza takes over from Michael Biard who has been named president and COO of Nexstar
TV Tech · Jul 25, 2023 Nexstar Names Michael Biard President & COO Former Fox Corporation exec will join Nexstar on August 21; current president Thomas Carter will continue as senior advisor through end of this year
Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 25, 2023 Fox Exec Michael Biard Jumps to Nexstar as President, COO David Espinosa named president of distribution at Fox