Television Station News

• HC2 Holdings' (HCHC) Unit Divests Four Television Stations
  
  HC2 Holdings' (HCHC) television station divestment enables it to lower HC2 Broadcasting's debts from the proceeds received. This transaction is in sync with plans to strengthen the capital structure.
  Zacks.  Tuesday, 5 Jan 2021.
• Meet Femi Oyeniran & Nicky Walker: Directors Of Against All Odds Resurrecting British Music TV Station Channel U
  
  How Femi Oyeniran and Nicky Walker came to direct Against All Odds, a film chronicling the history of U.K. grime and rap music.
  Forbes.  Monday, 16 Nov 2020.
• Sinclair Writes Off $4.2 Billion On Regional Sports Channels Amid Strong Political Advertising
  
  TV station operation Sinclair Broadcast Group wrote off $4.23 billion in value on 23 regional sports networks after they lost distribution deals with YouTube and Hulu amid the pandemic. ...
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 4 Nov 2020.
• Indian police arrest, charge firebrand TV station founder
  
  Republic TV founder Arnab Goswami (pictured) has been charged in connection to the deaths of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother, which police determined to be suicide.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 4 Nov 2020.
• Chinese state TV releases footage of soldiers launching multiple missiles
  
  The large-scale military exercise was conducted recently by Beijing's Rocket Force, the missile division under the People's Liberation Army, according to China Central Television Station.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• Denver protest death: Demonstrator shot during rival rallies
  
  A local TV station says the suspect is a security guard it hired to protect its crew at protests.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 11 Oct 2020.
• Denver protest shooting leaves 1 dead, security guard in custody at 'Patriot Rally'
  
  A private security guard working for a TV station was in custody Saturday after a person died from a shooting that took place during dueling protests in downtown Denver.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 11 Oct 2020.
• Indian Police Accuse Popular TV Station of Ratings Fraud
  
  Republic TV has torn down critics and bolstered the Indian government. Now it is under a criminal investigation.
  New York Times.  Friday, 9 Oct 2020.
• Steve Doocy: If you invite the president of the US to your house, you really should tell your spouse
  
  For much of the 1980s I was the feature reporter at the NBC-owned TV station in Washington, D.C.
  Fox News.  Sunday, 27 Sep 2020.
• 'I Can't Handle Lies Anymore!' Kazakh Journalist Quits State TV, Citing Government Control
  
  A Kazakh journalist has left his job at a state television station, saying he can longer cope with working under government control and unable to cover the true state of affairs in his country.
  Radio Liberty.  Wednesday, 2 Sep 2020.
• Job: Associate Producer, Windy City LIVE
  
  ABC 7 Chicago, WLS Television, an ABC/Disney owned television station and Chicago's No. 1 television station is looking for a highly motivated Associate Producer.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 20 Aug 2020.
• Michigan inn removes Norwegian flag as residents falsely believe it's the Confederate flag: report
  
  A case of mistaken identity has caused the owners of a Michigan bed and breakfast to remove a Norwegian flag from the front of the inn after dozens of people confused the flag with a Confederate flag, a Lansing TV station reported.
  Fox News.  Thursday, 30 Jul 2020.
• Local TV stations air Amazon PR piece on worker safety as if it were a real news story
  
  It's unclear how many local television stations ran the content produced by Amazon.
  CNBC.  Tuesday, 26 May 2020.
• People magazine's publisher joins growing list of media companies slashing pay as ads slump
  
  Magazine and TV station owner Meredith Corp. is temporarily slashing pay for about 60% of employees as advertising revenue slumps.
  CNBC.  Monday, 20 Apr 2020.

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