The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he’ll move to weaken or kill local media ownership restrictions next month, potentially clearing the way for more consolidation among companies that own TV and radio stations.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. received bids for as many as 10 television stations as it takes steps to win approval of its proposed merger with Tribune Media Co., people familiar with the matter said. Tribune Media owns two local stations.
More and more viewers are plowing through a streaming network series’ full season in less than 24 hours after the release of those episodes.
Local subscribers to the services lost access to the channel’s programming in early September as the parties negotiated on a contract.
Barring a major fourth-quarter comeback, 2017 is on course to be the worst year for conventional pay-TV subscriber losses in history.
A media group that owns more than a dozen newspapers in Indiana—including publications in Zionsville, Avon, Lebanon and Anderson—has announced it is merging with a company with dozens of TV and radio stations.
A Scripps official flew in Monday to inform the WRTV staff of Larry Blackerby’s firing and his interim replacement.
Michael Grady, a sports reporter at WRTV-TV Channel 6 and public address announcer for the Indiana Pacers, has taken a position as sideline reporter for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.
Howard Caldwell, a fixture on Indianapolis television news for more than 35 years, died Monday.
Companies across central Indiana are banding together to publicize a drive for food, beverages and other essential items needed by those displaced by the hurricane and tropical storm.
Naomi Pescovitz, a North Central High School graduate, will help to launch a 7 p.m. newscast at KMSP-Fox 9, which she said will “give me my weekends back and I’ll be able to turn off that 1:30 a.m. alarm clock.”
21st Century Fox is in talks to operate local TV stations across the nation with Ion Media Networks, potentially paving the way for Fox to dump Sinclair Broadcast Group as an affiliate partner, a person familiar with the situation said. Sinclair is acquiring two local stations from Tribune Media.
The Indiana Media Directory’s clients ranged from Cook Medical and Donato’s Pizza to the United Way and YMCA. It was widely used by public relations and advertising firms.
The Big Ten Network will triple its prime-time national TV exposure during football season and also add more prime-time basketball games, thanks to new broadcasting deals.
Officials for Channel 6 said the station is canceling “The Now” to make room for a new show produced by its parent company, Scripps, in partnership with singer Faith Hill.
Starting Sept. 11, WISH-TV Channel 8 plans to air nothing but local programming from 4 a.m. to noon. But the “Rachael Ray Show” will replace its noon newscast.
The rapidly changing sports media landscape has left a hazy cloud of uncertainty over the future of the race. Its current contract with ABC runs through next year, and some experts anticipate new bidders.
The entrepreneur's $5 million gift allowed the university become the first school in the nation to use so-call freeD video technology to produce 3-D replays inside its basketball arena.
Could Sinclair Broadcasting Group make staffing cuts and/or push the stations to the political right?
Telecommunications company Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying rival Tribune Media Co. in a deal between the nation’s two largest TV station owners. Tribune Media owns two Indianapolis TV stations.
