Paige Albiniak

2 weeks ago | gema.org | Paige Albiniak

‍In just one year, the FIFA World Cup tournament will kick off, returning to North America for the first time in 30 years. Telemundo, NBCUniversal’s Spanish-language television network, is FIFA’s Spanish-language media partner for the global tournament, which will run from June 11 to July 19, 2026, with games in 16 host cities across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

2 weeks ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

Local linear television advertising will be bought and sold on programmatic platforms within the next two to three years, agreed panelists on a TVNewsCheck webinar last Thursday moderated by this reporter. But in the meantime, there is plenty of work to do to bring the industry to that point. It’s well known that local linear television has been losing ground to digital competitors for at least the last decade.

4 weeks ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) is working to develop a platform that would allow local linear television to be bought and sold programmatically, says Steve Lanzano, the organization’s president-CEO. TVB and others on both the buying and selling sides of local broadcast television have been clamoring for a programmatic approach to local advertising, making it as easy to buy as advertising on digital platforms is.

1 month ago | tvnewscheck.com | Paige Albiniak

Billy Bush is departing as the host of Warner Bros.’ access entertainment magazine Extra after five seasons on the job, Bush said Monday on his podcast, Hot Mics with Billy Bush. “After an amazing five years hosting Extra, I’m moving on to continue building out my Hot Mics digital platform,” Bush said early in his live podcast on YouTube. The move had been predicted as Warner Bros. had to cut costs in order to renew the show for its 32nd season with some hope of profitability.

2 months 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.