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1 hour ago, MD TV said:

The CW picked up Inside the NFL:

 

 

My DVR will have something else to record now

3 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

LIV and the PGA Tour are merging.

 

 

WHOA!!

Didn't see that coming 

1 hour ago, H-Town TV Fan said:

Sister station KXLT got the GrayONE package as well.

 

They clearly have some execution issues there

New theme too as Unite is being used here

On 6/1/2023 at 8:32 PM, JCB4TV said:

Diamond Sports Group ordered to fully pay MLB teams' contracts

I don't think they can afford to do that. Chapter 7 may be next...

On 5/22/2023 at 3:21 PM, Georgie56 said:

Nexstar is acquiring WSNN-LD in Sarasota.

I don't really get the rationale to get this. It's a low powered news station. I guess if they gather enough repeaters, they could mould it into a sports channel when the Rays, Lightning and Magic rights are available...

24 minutes ago, atlnews2 said:

Wabi has the new gray graphics, also ditched  their custom news theme 

 

 

Ditching that news theme is one thing. But replacing it with This Is The Place? Really, Gray?? Really??

Hmm...Comcast has elected to bring their NOWTV service to the US. Yeah, 20 hr DVR? Are they out of their minds?

I don't know if this is a viable option for me as the lack of sports channels (outside of Peacock and what's offered on Xumo) is inadequate. For non-sports people, even Philo is superior

On 5/24/2023 at 11:03 AM, CircleSeven said:

I really think Tegna needs to lay low on any future M&A takeovers for a good while. 

With Allen, I just can't see a similar mess happening. Less station conflicts and he's a smarter dude compared to Kim who had more money than sense really.

38 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

One of the issues that Gray contends in their suit is that the fine “…violates [the] First Amendment because it “penalizes” Gray’s programming choices without furthering the “legitimate” government interest that any such regulation of speech must further.”

 

There are other corporate-filed lawsuits against government actions that resulted in apparent First Amendment violations (e.g., Disney’s challenge to Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature’s efforts to strip the company of its oversight autonomy over the Reedy Creek district encompassing Disney World over the company’s criticism of the “Don’t Say Gay” law, TikTok’s challenge to Montana’s recently signed law that seeks to prohibit from operating in the state starting in January) which make strong arguments that the motives behind them violated the company’s 1A rights.

 

Unlike those cases, Gray’s argument equating the KTVA-KYES affiliation transfer doesn’t seem like it makes a good argument of a 1A violation, since it doesn’t seem to meet the viewpoint/content-based discrimination criteria that would be considered a definite 1A violation. I fail to see how transferring a network affiliation is a programming decision meets that threshold. They’re better off trying to argue that the FCC was selective in issuing the fine by not making similar decisions regarding similar non-license asset transactions, including those that have happened around that time and since (like those involving Sinclair and NPG). In challenging the fine the first time, Gray cited its 2014 acquisition of the former KHAS’s NBC affiliation and the transfer of the network to KSNB, which it necessitated by its purchase of Hoak and Gray’s existing ownership conflicts with that station in Hastings–Grand Island–Kearney, to form a Top-4 duopoly with KOLN/KGIN, which the FCC didn’t fine.

Did Gray get their lawyers from the Dollar Store?

I can't see how getting fined for grabbing this station violated 1st amendment rights. Of course, they should argue for FCC picking and choosing who to punish for transactions like these

17 hours ago, CubsFan79 said:

Sinclair lost CBS affiliation to KVEO TV and eventually KGBT. It remains to be seen if Sinclair sells some of its TV stations.

Don't forget WDKY

3 hours ago, Megatron81 said:

I didn't see Mission buying WADL which will be branded CW38 guessing MYNet TV will be aired late at night.

Yeah...basically. Either that or WJBK scoops it up and put it on 2.2

2 hours ago, WCAUTVNBC10 said:

We're getting closer to a DTC service for ESPN:

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2023/05/18/espn-plans-to-launch-subscription-streaming-service/70233888007/

I'll believe it when I see it. I imagine they're using this as a bluff tactic to get more money from cable/satellite providers 

On 4/14/2023 at 6:54 PM, MediaZone4K said:

I *speculate* they'll let Chuck make 50 years or break the longest running anchor in America record. NBC then might buy him out, or he might opt to retire after achieving one of those. Ether way, no rush, he should stay as long as he can. 

That may be it. Of course, I'm in no rush to see that man go. He's part of my childhood and he can still go. Let him break the record and then ride off the sunset after. He's only doing one newscast anyways per weekday...

22 hours ago, HoosierNewsie said:

Downloaded a game I thought was kind of interesting from an ad on TikTok (warning games sucks lol). The game started with a fake newscast. 
 

Can you tell where their inspiration came from? 

FullSizeRender.MOV 17.62 MB · 10 downloads  

 

My word. That is blatant

5 hours ago, Adam MadMan said:

Kathy Feng of Common Cause has written a guest article about why the deal is a horrible thing for the industry.

We don't even need an article. Its pretty common knowldege that having basically having 2 mega corporations run by one entity is not good

At this point, you might as well gut syndicated programming and just run news outside of network times. Go nuts

Just pure insanity from people whos out of touch with reality. Making stuff hard to watch legally is counterintuitive to preventing piracy. Even the music industry knows that. They learned the hard way

1 hour ago, nynewsguy said:

Listen guys -

I said Ken was fired for cause. What he said wasn’t right. It’s a disgusting word to use, let alone call someone. 
what I said was that SA has been the same person for 20 years. She is not the nicest person. She knows how to be fake.  If she doesn’t feel like she can gain something from you - she’s not very friendly. 

You....can't just say that without any context...

14 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

NBCLX is shutting down.

That was quick

On 5/2/2023 at 12:04 AM, atlnews2 said:

What in the world is going on in Alaska ? 
 

 

Can someone please buy this station?

This is bad

About time...

Nexstar Ripoff really

Looks like we'll be hearing "Strive" in SW Florida now...

15 hours ago, The Frog said:

The CW (or ION) is being floated as a home for the Pac-12.

Soon it'll be on the local Public Access channels

Way too high. I can't imagine many NY cord cutters want to entertain that. Just imagine in New York, in order to watch all non-National TV Yankees and Nets games, you'll have to pay at least 35-40 bucks a month (as Yankees have a deal with Prime). Just pure insanity.