Television industry
Residents film the fireworks explode over the iconic Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Once savvy, NBC's Olympics deal is shakier after Beijing

By David Bauder And Joe Reedy Feb. 19, 2022 09:25 PM EST

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) pulls up one of his daughters on stage while celebrating with offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth (77) after the Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Super Bowl has 101 million TV viewers, up from 2021

By David Bauder Feb. 15, 2022 04:40 PM EST

Manchester City's Jack Grealish, centre right, challenges for the ball with Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta during an English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Discovery, BT in talks over British pay-TV partnership

Feb. 03, 2022 04:51 AM EST

A puck slides over the Olympic rings during a hockey practice at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Remote Games: NBC announcers ready to call action from US

By Joe Reedy Feb. 02, 2022 07:03 PM EST

The red ribbon ready for the cutting for the official opening of the NBCUniversal's New Mexico Production Studio, Thursday, June, 24 , 2021, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
NBCUniversal celebrates opening of New Mexico studio

Jun. 24, 2021 06:21 PM EDT

In this combination photo, “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, from left, attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception on April 11, 2019, in New York, “CBS This Morning” host Gayle King attends "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical" Broadway opening night on Nov. 7, 2019, in New York and “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts arrives at the NBA Awards on June 24, 2019, in Santa Monica, Calif. The pandemic has been rough on the broadcast morning shows, so they're looking to make themselves valuable to consumers during other parts of the day. (AP Photo)
Morning shows extend the day to cope with viewer erosion

By David Bauder May. 13, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

Maria Bakalova, from left, Andra Day and Regina King are interviewed and Marlee Matlin walks the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill, Pool)
Academy Awards television audience plummets to 9.85 million

By David Bauder Apr. 26, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

File - Zach Stafford adjusts the volume as he and his mother, Debra Mize, right, watch a livestream of the daily coronavirus briefing by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on a television inside their home on April 28, 2020, in Belleville, Ill. Television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs. Networks believe that it's counter-intuitive that fewer people are watching TV at a time the pandemic is keeping so many at home. Nielsen says that after an initial burst of interest last spring, long-term trends taking people away from TV have re-emerged, including increased numbers of people spending time on their devices, or listening to podcasts. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Nielsen, networks clash on stats showing fewer viewers

By David Bauder Apr. 13, 2021 04:51 PM EDT

In a photo provided by Fox Sports, Rob Stone, Kimberly Pressler and Randy Pedersen, from left, pose for a photo in December 2018 in Lake Wales, Fla. The three have been calling PBA Bowling on Fox since 2018. Fox Sports and the Professional Bowlers Association have made the most of their partnership, which is in its fourth year. Going into this weekend's U.S. Open, which is the fifth and final major of the season, ratings on Fox and FS1 continue to hold steady at a time when other sports have experienced huge drops the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Reinhold Matay/Fox Sports via AP)
Bowling for ratings: Fox-PBA partnership a success so far

By Joe Reedy Apr. 10, 2021 02:50 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015 file photo, an Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Some people watch awards shows out of love, others because they love to hate. But this year, as ratings have taken a dive, will anybody tune in to the Oscars? Pushed by the pandemic from its usual berth of February or early March, the Academy Awards will be presented April 25 on ABC. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Will the Oscars be a 'who cares' moment as ratings dive?

By Leanne Italie Apr. 07, 2021 08:36 AM EDT

FILE - This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season with new rights agreements announced Thursday, March 18, 2021 including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” beginning in 2022 (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal

By Joe Reedy Mar. 18, 2021 04:06 PM EDT

Trevor Noah, left, and host Ringo Starr appear on stage at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Grammy Award ratings drop 51 percent to record low

By David Bauder Mar. 16, 2021 05:55 PM EDT

A worker cleans seats in Arrowhead Stadium before an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Even with empty stadiums, NFL still a ratings monster

By Joe Reedy Jan. 07, 2021 07:01 PM EST

FILE- In this April 7, 2009, file photo, Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, left, and Aamir Khan speak during a press conference in Mumbai, India. Top Bollywood filmmakers, including superstar actors Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, have on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, filed a lawsuit against television news channels Republic TV and Times Now following the suspected suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput that set off a media frenzy and gripped the nation. Claiming that Rajput had been murdered, many television channels held filmmakers who had allegedly rejected him for roles responsible for his suicide and accused many Bollywood celebrities of being part of a “drug cartel," even though the police have maintained that there was no foul play. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)
Bollywood's powerful file suit against Indian news channels

By Sheikh Saaliq Oct. 13, 2020 05:31 AM EDT

PSG's Kylian Mbappe celebrates with Neymar after scoring his side's sixth goal during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Angers at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
French soccer clubs face missed payments from pay TV deal

Oct. 08, 2020 08:59 AM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes in the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)
For television executives, return of football is good news

By David Bauder Sep. 15, 2020 06:11 PM EDT

Las Vegas Raiders players warms up during an NFL football training camp practice at Allegiant Stadium, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
NFL, TV partners navigating pandemic and future rights deals

By Joe Reedy Sep. 02, 2020 08:24 PM EDT

Students at Canyon View Elementary in Cottonwood Heights line up on the playground as they go back to school for the first day of classes for the Canyons School District on Monday, August 24, 2020. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
As world grapples with pandemic, schools are the epicenter

By Leah Margaret Willingham And Lisa Marie Pane Aug. 24, 2020 04:49 PM EDT

Six-year-old Santi does jumping jacks in front of a monitor during a P.E. segment of a televised kindergarten class, as his stay-at-home mother Denisse and five-year-old sister Liz look on and his father Luis works online at the dining room table, as students return to classes but not schools in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. A system cobbling together online classes, instruction broadcast on cable television channels and radio programming in indigenous languages for the most remote, will attempt to keep students from missing out. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexican students start new school year from home

By Félix Márquez And Christopher Sherman Aug. 24, 2020 04:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 4, 2020 file photo, visitors sunbathe after the beach officially reopened to the public in Clearwater Beach, Fla., after coronavirus restrictions were lifted. The pandemic caught fire in Florida this summer as the state's rapid reopening allowed people to flock to beaches, Disney World, movie theaters and bars. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
The Latest: ACLU: New Mexico not protecting inmates' health

By The Associated Press Aug. 24, 2020 01:26 AM EDT