Surge in viewers leads ION TV to extend broadcasting deal with WNBA
The deal extends the network’s existing three-year deal reached in 2023 to broadcast regular-season games and host a weekly studio show.
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Fox network plans to apply its ‘in your face’ attitude to 500 debut
Fox Sports, which launched in 1994 with an entertaining approach to broadcasting NFL games, will carry the race for the first time as part of a multiyear contract with the NTT IndyCar Series.
NY celebs like Timothee Chalamet vs Indy celebrities like … County Treasurer Barb Lawrence?
IBJ talked with Lawrence about her 15 minutes of fame after her mention in a comedy bit on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Indiana Fever’s new streaming service will let fans watch live games, replays
Fever Direct, a partnership between Pacers Sports & Entertainment and New York City-based Endeavor Media, will offer broadcasts of more than a dozen regular-season games, as well as replays and other Fever-produced content.
Fever, WTHR-TV owner announce deal to show games in 11 other markets
The plan from Tegna Inc. and Pacers Sports & Entertainment is expected to make the 18-game slate being carried by Channel 13 and its sister station, WALV-CD, available for free to 4.6 million households across five states, including Indiana.
Former IU football coach Corso to retire after 38 years on ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’
Lee Corso, 89, has been a mainstay on ESPN’s Saturday college football preview show since its inception in 1987.
Fever, WTHR sign multiyear broadcast deal ahead of 2025 season
WTHR-TV Channel 13 and sister station WALV-CD are set to carry a combined 18 games in the Indianapolis television market this coming season.
Kevin Gregory to retire after 35 years of WRTV weather forecasts
Kevin Gregory, who joined the WRTV-TV Channel 6 staff in 1989, is set to wrap up his career at the ABC affiliate. It will be the first time since 1972 that no member of the Gregory family will deliver weather forecasts on Indianapolis TV.
Trump’s casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred
There’s a common trait that President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing as he selects those to serve in his new administration: experience on television.
Diamond Sports set to continue broadcasting NBA games through upcoming season
The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA teams and nine NHL teams—including the Indiana Pacers—through their 2024-2025 season even as it moves through bankruptcy proceedings.
Phil Donahue, pioneering daytime talk show host, dies at 88
Donahue’s first TV show, “The Phil Donahue Show,” which launched in 1967, aired in only four cities: Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus and Indianapolis.
Federal judge overturns $4.7B jury verdict in ‘Sunday Ticket’ suit in ruling for NFL
The jury had ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.
NBA: New 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon worth $76B
Under the deal, the 2024-25 NBA season will be the last for TNT after a nearly four-decade run, but a legal fight could be in the works.
IBJ wins 8 national awards; Inside INdiana Business wins an Emmy
IBJ’s AABP awards covered design, graphics, photography, podcasts and reporting published in 2023. IBJ designer Sarah Ellis won awards in three categories.
Sportscaster Dave Calabro retiring after 32 years at WTHR-TV
Dave Calabro, a graduate of Ben Davis High School and Butler University, joined the staff of WTHR-TV Channel 13 in 1992.
IndyCar moving to Fox Sports in 2025 after 16 seasons with NBC
Fox promised all the races would be broadcast nationally, as well as qualifying for the Indy 500.
Class-action lawsuit against NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers gets underway
The class-action case covers more than 2.45 million commercial and residential subscribers from 2012 to 2022. The NFL could be liable for up to $21 billion if it loses.
Rafael Sánchez to join Fox59 and CBS4 news teams
Sanchez, who ended a 26-year run at WRTV-TV Channel 6 earlier this month, will take his new position in April, but he won’t be appearing on the air for a long time afterward because of non-compete agreement.
NCAA makes $920M deal with ESPN for women’s March Madness, 39 other championships
The eight-year deal covers 21 women’s and 19 men’s sports, adding tennis, track and field, men’s gymnastics, the women’s Division II and III volleyball and basketball championships and the men’s DII and DIII basketball championships.
IBJ Podcast: Debby Knox hopes to lose news ‘addiction’ in second shot at retirement
The legendary local broadcaster shares a wide-angle view of her career, including the most difficult and most rewarding days on the job.