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Fox News launching streaming weather service

FOX News Media will launch a new, advertising supported, streaming weather service entitled FOX Weather in Q3 2021. The announcement was made Suzanne Scott, CEO of FOX News Media. Sharri Berg, currently the Chief Operating Officer of News & Operations for FOX Television Stations (FTS), will take on the additional role of President of FOX Weather, […]

December 9, 2020

Tubi Mexico to premiere Consciencia

Tubi, a division of FOX Entertainment, has announced the acclaimed Mexican romantic drama film Consciencia will premiere exclusively on December 16 in Mexico, the US on Tubi en Español, and Canada. Consciencia marks the first world premiere of a title on the platform in Mexico, in a deal brokered alongside Tubi’s partner in the country, […]

December 8, 2020

Fox Nation to present its first original holiday production

FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s on demand subscription-based streaming service, will debut its first holiday-themed original scripted production entitled “Christmas in the Rockies.” Available on the platform beginning November 26th, the film will feature cameos from FOX & Friends’ co-hosts Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt. Produced by Brain Power Studio in association with INSP Films […]

November 23, 2020

FOX will find another of its faces

Fox News won the ratings war in the US election hands down. But its candidate lost, even if that is taking a while to sink in. Ironically, Fox’s statisticians were the first to call the poll for Biden, something that has brought them condemnation from the station’s headbanger Alt-Right poster boys who are wildly popular […]

November 11, 2020

18th annual WWE Tribute to the Troops To Air On Fox

The 18th annual WWE Tribute to the Troops will air on FOX on December 6th, adjacent to Sunday’s regional NFL broadcasts. Viewers with an NFL matchup airing at 1:00 PM ET can watch WWE Tribute to the Troops at 4:30 PM ET; viewers with an NFL matchup airing at 4:05 PM ET can watch the […]

November 11, 2020

Fox News leads election night amid uncertain outcome

There is no final result to the presidential election in sight at time of writing, but the primetime tune-in numbers show that Fox News was the clear winner in the US with 11.6 million households between 7pm and 2am eastern, according to data from Samba TV. CNN was second with 10.7 million households, followed by […]

November 4, 2020

Viu expands MENA offering

OTT service Viu has tied up programming from FOX+ and is now offering an expanded service for MENA viewers. Viu is Hong Kong-based and backed by PCCW. It is available in 16 markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East including Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, […]

November 3, 2020By Chris Forrester

NBCU’s Peacock goes live in US

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, has officially launched in the US offering consumers across the country a collection of live and on demand programming from NBCUniversal and beyond. Unlike most of its competitors, Peacock will offer a free ad-supported tier – although premium subscription plans are available. At launch, Peacock offers more than 20,000 hours of […]

July 15, 2020

2nd next-gen transmitter for Phoenix Model Market

Another chapter in the rollout of next-generation TV service in the US is being written in the collaborative Phoenix Model Market, with the launch of ATSC 3.0 signals from KASW-TV (CW). The station becomes the second TV transmission source in the nation’s 11th largest TV market. Phoenix now has two ATSC 3.0 transmission towers whose […]

July 9, 2020

FOX News has ‘most-watched week’

FOX News Channel (FNC) continued its reign as the most-watched network in basic cable across with news coverage of the nationwide protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, according to Nielsen Media Research. During the week of June 1st through June 7th, FNC delivered 2 million viewers and 415,000 in the 25-54 demographic in […]

June 10, 2020