Paige Albiniak

1 week ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

LAS VEGAS — Media companies and content creators are busily building content businesses across a wide range of platforms, each of them applying their own approach. While some things remain the same — viewers are always seeking connection to talent and strong storytelling — the way content is delivered, measured and monetized is changing rapidly and drastically, said panelists at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference here last week.

1 week ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

LAS VEGAS — As content providers launch literally hundreds of channels of content, everyone is still looking for key pieces of original content that will allow them to break out and find their place in the ever-expanding video ecosystem. The trick is to do that on an ongoing basis while remaining on budget. “The marketplace differentiator is original content.

1 week ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

LAS VEGAS — As the television audience has become deeply fragmented and ratings decline, TV station programmers are having to find “nickels in the couch cushions” to keep shows on the air. Finding and keeping those nickels is forcing them to get creative, a panel of executives said at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show here last week.

1 week ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

LAS VEGAS — Media’s challenge today is not in getting audiences to consume media — they are consuming more media than ever before — but in grabbing and holding their attention. Even more challenging? Holding audiences’ attention at scale, which is something that today is done best by major live sporting events like the Super Bowl or March Madness, and live breaking news like the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January.

2 weeks ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

The Jennifer Hudson Show, Extra and several other Warner Bros. Discovery-produced shows have been fully cleared across the country headed into NAB 2025 in Las Vegas next week. Jennifer Hudson was renewed by its launch group, the Fox Television Stations, in February. It is now cleared on TV stations covering 90% of the country for a fourth season. Bringing the show back was the result of collaborative negotiations between Warner Bros.