BALTIMORE—During Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Q2 2017 earning call, CEO Chris Ripley made the case that consolidating news operations in a market would lead to “significant savings.” “Right now there are three to five local players, and to us that doesn’t make sense,” Ripley said.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. announced the winners of its 2017 Broadcast Diversity Scholarship, which was established in 2016 to provide students from diverse backgrounds with the funds they needed to earn degrees in broadcast-related fields.
There will be a new place to find digital-first content on your TV screen come early 2017, as Sinclair Broadcast Group has announced it will launch a new over-the-air TV network, “TBD.”
Critics of the potential Sinclair-Tribune merger have given their thoughts to the FCC through Petitions to Deny filings, and now Sinclair and Tribune have provided their response.
Sinclair Broadcast Group is striking while the iron is hot.
News started buzzing over the weekend that Sinclair was nearing a deal to acquire Tribune Media, and now that news has been confirmed.
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO Christopher Ripley doesn’t argue the fact that the broadcaster is one of the largest in the country, but what he does want people to know is that in this new ecosystem it is actually one of the smallest competitors.
The end of 2016 will also be the end of the relationship between Sinclair Broadcast Group stations in Seattle and Portland, Ore., and Frontier Cable.
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance believes that Microsoft’s push for reversing channels in the broadcast band for unlicensed use for promoting rural broadband would “destroy” hundreds of LPTV and translator stations.