Sports TV

Chiefs-Bills Game Draws 56 Million Viewers

NFL football games keep bringing in the viewers and last week’s playoff games were phenomenal for the league. Last Sunday’s Kansas Chiefs at Buffalo Bills game on CBS was the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff Game ever and the first to surpass 50 million viewers, averaging 50.393 million viewers and up +10% vs. last year’s comparable game (Cowboys-49ers, 45.659 million viewers). The […]

News TV

Fox Names New Ad Sales Chief

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES — Lachlan Murdoch, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corporation, announced that Jeff Collins has been appointed President of Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships for Fox Corporation. He will succeed Marianne Gambelli, who retires after more than 40 years as a leading ad sales executive in the media and entertainment space. Collins, […]

TV

21st Century Fox Buying 7 TV Stations

NEW YORK – 21st Century Fox has inked a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media Company to acquire seven television stations for approximately $910 million. The purchase of the stations will increase Fox Television Stations’ (FTS) coverage to nearly half of all U.S. households, and its market presence to 19 of the top 20 […]