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CNN viewership slump

CNN has plummeted to an all-time low in viewership among the crucial 25-to-54 demographic. The news network, already in the throes of a significant restructuring which includes anticipated mass layoffs, averaged just 92,000 viewers in this demographic throughout the year, marking a 1 per cent decrease from the previous year’s nadir of 94,000, according to […]

December 19, 2024

CBS News extends Veritone contract

Veritone, a specialist in building human-centered enterprise AI solutions, has announced the renewal of its global licensing agreement with CBS News. The multi-year contract expands the partnership to include exclusive local news content from CBS Owned Stations. For over a decade, CBS News and Veritone’s licensing agreement has paved the way for television producers, filmmakers, […]

December 13, 2024

C4 orders The Trial of Michael Jackson docuseries

Channel 4 has commissioned Wonderhood Studios to produce the 4 x 60-minute series The Trial of Michael Jackson (working title). The series will feature contributors who have never spoken before to plot the story of Michael Jackson’s 2005 criminal trial alongside Jackson’s rise to fame and life in the spotlight. It will forensically examine available […]

December 9, 2024

Fox News reaps Trump bump

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has captured nearly three-quarters of all US cable news audiences in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election victory. Fox News’ daily audience has lifted by 40 per cent since November 5th, while viewership of MSNBC and CNN have dropped 38 per cent and 27 per cent respectively, according to Nielsen. Trump’s […]

November 29, 2024

Musk to buy MSNBC?

Broadcasting giant Comcast is spinning off almost all of its cable channels into a new company, including MSNBC, seen by many as a liberal news channel. The others in the bundle include CNBC, USA Network, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and the Golf Channel. It seems Elon Musk, now with a foot in the door of the […]

November 27, 2024

Dagnell named ITV’s Director of News

ITV has announced that Editor of ITV Network News, Andrew Dagnell, has been promoted to lead news and current affairs content across the whole of ITV, reporting to Kevin Lygo. He succeeds long-standing Director of News and Current Affairs Michael Jermey, who will leave ITV at the end of the year. Lygo commented: “I am […]

November 25, 2024

Actualidad 360 news channel launches in Spain

Love TV Channels, a Spanish start-up specialised in the production of thematic channels, has launched Actualidad 360. The channel will offer 24-hour news and be available free of charge on multiple streaming TV platforms. Actualidad 360 is the first television channel in Spain designed to offer news in collaboration with different agencies and news publishers […]

November 18, 2024

CNN promotes Chalian

CNN’s longtime Political Director David Chalian has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Washington, DC Bureau Chief, the network announced today. In his expanded role, Chalian will now oversee the network’s Washington DC bureau as well as CNN’s Washington political news coverage. He will continue to supervise CNN’s daily political reporting across all platforms, […]

November 15, 2024

Comercio TV partners with FAST Channels TV to launch streaming channel

Comercio TV, the premier Spanish-language financial news network, has announced a partnership with FAST Channels TV to bring its unique programming to a global audience through a new FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel. Comercio TV will deliver high-quality financial news, market insights, and educational content in Spanish, tailored to empower Hispanic audiences in the […]

November 11, 2024

News bump from Trump

How did he do that? A question asked many times about Donald Trump, now to be the 47th President of the US, having already been the 45th. It turns out he’s better at politics than business. When that question is asked about him in the business world, it usually relates to how did he lose […]

November 6, 2024