Tag: ABC
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How to Watch the 2023 Pac-12 Championship Game: Oregon vs. Washington Live Without Cable TV
The battle for the College Football Playoffs is heating up and all eyes will be on the Pac-12 Championship Game when rivals No. 5 Oregon Ducks (11-1) and No. 3 Washington (12-0) go head-to-head at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Known as the Border War or the Cascade Clash, the Ducks and Huskies have a…
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Your Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Station May Soon Have New Owners
A lot has been happening in the world of broadcast TV, with potential deals and shake-ups seemingly always around the corner. The latest turn comes from Byron Allen, CEO of the company that owns The Weather Channel and Local Now, who is reportedly in the process of a possible deal with Scripps to buy some…
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Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Are Struggling & So They Want You to Pay More For YouTube TV, Hulu, Fubo, & More
Recently, multiple owners of local TV stations, including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC reported strong drops in revenue. Tegna reported revenues down 11% in the 3rd quarter compared to the same period last year. Nexstar the largest owner, saw TV ad revenue down 23% in the 3rd quarter of 2023 but was able to use…
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ABC Cancels The Rookie: Feds and The Good Doctor Spinoff Series
ABC has canceled The Rookie: Feds and The Good Lawyer, a spinoff series of The Good Doctor. The Rookie: Feds is ending after one season, whereas The Good Lawyer was canceled after releasing only a single trailer for its debut season. Feds premiered in 2022, a spinoff series of The Rookie with Nathan Fillion, which…
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NFL Football is Winning More Fans Thanks to Widening Broadcast TV and Streaming Reach
The combination of streaming and broadcast TV has resulted in more people watching NFL games. The football league’s viewership climbed 6% this season. The audience boost is likely due to Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football as well as ABC and ESPN networks, according to BNN. Amazon has exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football which…
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Blackouts of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Affiliates Are Likely to Become More Common on Cable TV, According To DIRECTV
Recently, we have been seeing a lot of blackouts with local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates. Over the summer, DIRECTV saw 200 stations go dark in 116 markets when it had a fight over fees with Nexstar. Now, DIRECTV’s Chief Content Officer Rob Thun is warning that more blackouts are likely coming soon. These…
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How to Watch the NBA Without Cable in 2023
Basketball fans will be happy to know that the best players in the world are returning to the court for the 2023-24 NBA regular season. Led by reigning NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic, the defending champion Denver Nuggets look to go back-to-back during their upcoming campaign. The Nuggets are scheduled for an Opening Night contest…
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ABC News and Good Morning America Are Leaving Times Square Studio
Good Morning America is leaving its home studio of the last twenty-four years in Times Square and heading to a new Walt Disney Studios headquarters in Lower Manhattan. The Hudson Square complex will be Disney’s new headquarters, which will house 1.2 million square feet of offices and production facilities in a twenty-two story tall building.…
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ABC Still For Sale? Nexstar and Allen Media Group Hope Disney Will Agree to Sell It
Byron Allen, who last month made a $10 billion bid to buy FX, National Geographic, ABC Network, and the Disney-owned affiliates, reiterated earlier this week that he’s ready and willing to make a deal with the media giant. “I think ABC’s a real possibility. They say they’re not ready,” Allen said at the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery’s…
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Cable TV May Get Even More Expensive As Local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC Owners Sign More Lucrative Deals
You might soon be paying more for cable TV. Broadcasting company Scripps said on Wednesday that it locked down cable and satellite carriage agreements that account for 75% of the company’ subscriber households, and touted a bump in how much it’ll be able to get from cable TV providers. As a result of the deals,…