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Licht out at CNN

Chris Licht, CEO of CNN, is out at the news network. The NYT reports he met with WBD chief David Zaslav, who then told staff that Licht was departing immediately. Licht had been handpicked a year ago by Zaslav to steer CNN after the departure of its long-time chief Jeff Zucker. However Licht’s tenure was […]

June 7, 2023

CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe

CNN has launched CNN Fast, a new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel, across Europe. CNN Fast is a curated channel of short-form videos that offers international stories across major news events, business, entertainment, sport and the environment. It is available now across several European countries on Rakuten TV and LG Channels and, in June, […]

May 24, 2023

Nelson named EVP of CNN International Commercial

CNN Worldwide has appointed Phil Nelson to lead the network’s international business operations and its work with commercial partners outside of the United States. As Executive Vice President of CNN International Commercial (CNNIC), Nelson is responsible for all international Advertising Sales, Content Sales & Licensing and Commercial Distribution revenue, as well as related client solutions […]

May 19, 2023

FOX News Digital continues to lead news brands

FOX News Digital finished April 2023 once again as the top-performing news organisation in the competitive set in both multiplatform minutes and multiplatform views, according to Comscore. This marks seven consecutive months as the top news brand with multiplatform views and 26 straight months as number one with multiplatform minutes. FOX News Digital closed out […]

May 17, 2023

WBD’s Zaslav: “This is a new CNN”

Back at the true beginning of the multichannel era there was MTV, and then there was CNN. CNN’s founder Ted Turner, on the news network’s first day of transmissions in 1980, said that barring satellite problems “we won’t be signing off until the world ends”. He added that the channel would then play the old […]

May 8, 2023

FOX News Digital finishes Q1 2023 as top news brand

FOX News Digital finished the first quarter 2023 as the top-performing news organisation in the competitive set in both multiplatform minutes and multiplatform views, according to Comscore. This marks eight consecutive quarters as the top news brand with multiplatform minutes and three consecutive quarters as the leader with multiplatform views. FOX News Digital, which went […]

April 17, 2023

CNN now on Haystack News

Haystack News, the US news streaming service on OTT and CTV platforms, has announced the addition of content from CNN’s news shows to its TV and mobile apps. The new partnership with CNN Worldwide adds news stories from CNN’s top rated shows to the Haystack News TV and mobile apps including Anderson Cooper 360, The […]

April 11, 2023

CNN switches Astra transponders

CNN is changing transponders on Astra’s long-established 19.2 degrees East orbital slot. CNN International will end up with two options for viewers and which will depend on their satellite receivers. CNN has moved from transponder 28 (Frequency 11626 Vertical) to a new transmission frequency at 11778 Vertical and which will be in DVB-S2 mode. The […]

February 27, 2023By Chris Forrester

FOX News Digital starts 2023 as top news brand

FOX News Digital finished January 2023 as the top-performing news organisation in the competitive set in both multiplatform minutes and views, according to Comscore. This marks 23 straight months as the number one news brand with multiplatform minutes. FOX News Digital closed out January reaching over 3 billion total multiplatform minutes, 1.8 billion total multiplatform […]

February 14, 2023

FOX News Digital ends 2022 as top news brand

FOX News Digital closed out 2022 as the top-performing news brand with multiplatform views and minutes, according to Comscore. For the year, FOX News Digital for the year secured more than 18 billion multiplatform views, over 34 billion multiplatform minutes and averaged 82.7 million monthly multiplatform unique visitors. The FOX News mobile app finished 2022 […]

January 18, 2023