Duane Pohlman Won Ohio’s Best Reporter Award
The Ohio Society of Professional Journalists gave Mr. Pohlman the coveted award again this year. Additionally, he received awards in three other major categories. This marks the fourth time Pohlman has received Ohio’s Best Reporter Award and the third consecutive year of winning it. He also received two distinguished awards for his investigative and crime reporting from the NATAS Ohio Valley Chapter. In response to receiving the awards, he said that he felt humbled to be recognized for his stories and for revealing important truths. …
What do the television stations KOMO-TV (Sinclair Broadcast Group), KIRO-TV, KCPQ, KING-TV, KONG, KZJO, and KUNS-TV (Univision) all have in common? Well, besides them all being local Seattle television stations, another thing that they now have in common is that they all have started broadcasting with a new technology called NEXTGEN TV.
NEXTGEN TV: Something Special
First of all, the beauty of NEXTGEN TV is that it is based on some of the same basic principles of the internet, basic internet services, and other digital services. As such, NEXTGEN TV has the ability to support a tremendous amount of features that are already being developed. This would include video, immersive audio, the ability to broadcast to a mobile device, personalized viewing tools, and up-to-date emergency alerts that will replace the ordinary simple text message. …
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group has been honored with the Local Broadcasting Achievement Award from Interactive TV Today. This annual award is presented for interactive leadership in multiplatform television as a way to celebrate local broadcasting achievements. As a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast, ONE Media 3.0 has been honored for advances made regarding research, development, and deployment. Sinclair’s NextGenTV is a subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group as well.
The focus of Sinclair NextGenTV is finding solutions for business and technical challenges for new standards. among their many achievements, ONE Media 3.0 has received recognition for the market and station distribution of Sinclair NextGenTV standards, developing the platform resulting in the best use of data delivery, advancements in developing the Broadcast App, single frequency networks, reception services, and the execution of advanced emergency informing and alerts. …
Sinclair Broadcast Group
All 21 regional sports networks controlled by Diamond Sports Group, a consortium led by Sinclair Broadcast Group, along with the Yes Network and Marquee network have been eradicated from Hulu’s live TV bundle as of midnight, Friday, October 23rd. 3.4 million Hulu subscribers will no longer have the ability to tune in and watch their favorite NBA, NHL, or MLB teams compete in real-time. While Sinclair endeavored to come to an amicable and adequate agreement, Hulu was reluctant to grant the regional sports networks equitable return for their valuable local sports content.
As of October 23rd, consumers with Hulu subscriptions will have to look elsewhere to access the Regional Sports Network’s content, but there are still many options. You can view Sinclair’s RSNs on most major cable platforms, as well as DirectTV and AT&T Now. …
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Cynopsis Awards were held recently to honor members of the broadcast media industry for their work in a range of different areas within the media and telecommunications world. Sinclair Broadcasting Group was among the major winners highlighted at the awards for its media professionals and regional sports networks that took home numerous honors.
Another major highlight of the evening was the many top Sinclair Broadcast Group professionals who took home winning prizes in the Cynopsis Top Women in Media Awards category. …
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Access Holdings recently purchased Outfront Media Sports from CBS after the property was put up on the media sales market over a year ago.
The company, previously under the name CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, was reportedly sold for less than the initial asking price.
According to a report by SBJ, College published on, the initial asking price for the company as reported by insiders was around $35M.
This however was likely renegotiated downwards due to a reduction in the value of the business.
This was because the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant reduction in ticket sales, thereby lowering the value of the establishment. The actual terms through which Outfront was acquired have been kept private. …
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Education is always an important factor for children, especially if they want to have a future that will benefit them immensely. Sadly, some schools or communities haven’t been getting as much help as they’d like, especially recently when COVID-19 unexpectedly popped up and started to affect most families financially. Wellington Park and its school-like program, Horton’s Kids, are no exception; for a while, it seemed as though that there wouldn’t be any hope for the students and their teachers in terms of obtaining the financial help they needed more often than not.
Help from Sinclair’s ABC7 and Easterns Auto Group
Despite the fears that the Wellington Park community had with no one coming over to assist them financially, the people running Horton’s Kids were pleasantly surprised to hear that they were given up to $1,500 from Local Station Sinclair ABC7 and the Easterns Automotive Group. It’s not unheard of for a company to donate a large amount of cash to help a community in need, and it is always appreciative to see them lend a hand in these uncertain times. Horton’s Kids was the latest to receive the help they need from making the site. Thanks to the money they were given, the staff can move forward thanks to the assistance provided by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and even the Easterns Automotive Group. …
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