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...They were ultimately acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which was best known as an operator of local television affiliates scattered across the US....
...The subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group owns 19 local sports channels, under the banner Bally Sports, with agreements to air dozens of NBA, Major League Baseball, and National Hockey League games....
...On her 21st birthday she made a defining speech to the Commonwealth, broadcast from South Africa....
...The rocky start to the Major League Baseball season is raising questions about the business model of the largest owner of US regional sports networks, Sinclair Broadcast Group, at a time when the coronavirus...
...Sinclair Broadcast Group seems intent on replicating that at the local level in the US....
...Walt Disney has sold its majority stake in the YES Network to a group that includes the New York Yankees baseball team, Amazon and Sinclair Broadcast Group for $3.47bn including debt, the companies announced...
...Sinclair Broadcasting Group on Friday agreed to buy 21 sports networks from Walt Disney for $10.6bn, including debt, in a deal that further bolsters the US regional television empire....
...Sinclair Broadcasting Group is nearing a deal to acquire 21 regional television sport networks from Walt Disney for more than $10bn, according to people briefed on the negotiations....
...It is in talks in other territories, such as with Amazon for UK screening rights, and the Sinclair Broadcast-owned Tennis Channel in the US....
...Then a group of firefighters at their station, sliding down the pole and singing a cappella to US country group Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” (caption: “firemenshenanigans”)....
...In an argument to the FCC last year, Sinclair and Tribune cited rising competition from tech groups such as Netflix and Google, and wider consolidation in the cable industry, as they made their case for...
...US media group Nexstar has clinched an agreement to buy Tribune Media for roughly $4.1bn, a deal that will vault the company ahead of rival Sinclair and create the largest operator of local TV stations in...
...Sinclair Broadcast Group shares fell 5 per cent after the announcement, while Tribune shares dropped 15 per cent....
...The FCC referred Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $6.6bn acquisition of Tribune Media to an administrative law judge last week after finding evidence that Sinclair may still be able to effectively control certain...
...By purchasing Tribune Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group would have gained access to stations in some of the larger US media markets including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago....
...The chairman of the US communications regulator has expressed “serious concerns” over Sinclair Broadcast Group’s $6.6bn acquisition of Tribune Media, a deal that sought to consolidate local television stations...
...Critics howled it was more reflective of the rightwing views of Sinclair Broadcast Group, to which the stations are affiliated....
...Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has unveiled plans to buy seven local television stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group as it looks to bolster its portfolio of channels in key US markets....
...Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is finalising the purchase of about 10 US television stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group in a deal that will bolster the portfolio of channels operated by Fox, according...
...Earlier on Wednesday, the company said that it is snapping up seven local television stations, most of which cover the western US, from Sinclair Broadcast Group for $910m as it seeks to bolster its US presence...
...He has made an exception for media outlets known for their conservative commentators, including Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group, and on Thursday said he would pardon Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative...
...Since the start of the month, a handful of marquee transactions have been killed, including the $3.9bn combination of local broadcast operators Tribune and Sinclair and US grocer Albertsons’ $5.6bn takeover...
...Century Fox is finalising its acquisition of about 10 US television stations from right-leaning media group Sinclair Broadcast Group, according to three people familiar with the sale, in one of the group...
...Consolidation in the local TV market has already been kicked off by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest player in the US, which is trying to extend its reach to 72 per cent of the country with the...
...Speaking of f—you, that is apparently the message Sinclair Broadcast Group’s chairman David Smith has for print media, which he believes “serves no real purpose” (we at the FT beg to differ — and anyway,...
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