Paige Albiniak
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- Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck
- Editorial Director, The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences
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Articles by Paige Albiniak
FIFA World Cup Lifts TelevisaUnivision In Mexico, Lowers It In U.S.
TelevisaUnivision’s third-quarter earnings were a tale of two markets, scoring highs in Mexico with the FIFA World Cup but falling to lows in the U.S. where it didn’t have that pivotal tournament. Revenue in Mexico climbed 51% (or 43% factoring in foreign exchange) to $665 million, driven by the World Cup, while total revenue in the U.S. declined 14% to $715 million, as Spanish-speaking World Cup audiences headed to Telemundo to watch their favorite sport.
Local TV Rides The Politically-Driven 2026 Boom Toward A Tech-Driven 2027
With 2026 serving as a high-spending, tentpole-heavy year for broadcast television, local media executives are navigating a short-term windfall while actively preparing for an election-free 2027, said executives at TVNewsCheck’s Local TV Strategies conference at NAB Show New York on Wednesday.
Nielsen’s One-Minute Qualifier Expected To Bring Higher Impressions To Local TV
Business TVN PlusTVN Focus TVN FOCUS ON BUSINESS Jul 27, 2026 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. A one-minute qualifier, along with HDAM and co-viewing, all will be integrated into the currency starting Aug. 31. This story is available to TVN+ subscribers only. Become a TVN+ subscriber or log in here. Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page. If you need further assistance please contact .
Linear TV Ad Tech Is Ready For The Digital Age. Now The Humans Have To Get Out Of The Way
Local broadcasting is at a pivotal moment, with broadcasters and ad-tech innovators converging on strategies and solutions that will ultimately result in the modernization of advertising on local linear television. It’s a change that cannot come soon enough as broadcasters work hard to evolve their advertising solutions to the modern digital era.
When The NFL Comes Calling, Station Groups Are Ready To Say ‘No’ To Fee Increases
TVN FOCUS ON BUSINESS Jun 10, 2026 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. Reverse comp fees are finally falling in line, and groups don’t want to go back. This story is available to TVN+ subscribers only. Become a TVN+ subscriber or log in here. Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page. If you need further assistance please contact . Username or Email Password Remember me Lost your password?
Gray Media Looks Forward To World Cup, Political In Second Half Of 2026
The advertising picture came in better than expected for Gray Media in the first quarter of this year, with the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics and early political spending providing an overall boost, executives said during the company’s earnings call on Thursday. Gray was up 2% in core advertising in the first quarter of this year, “with a boost from the Winter Olympics,” Pat LaPlatney, president and co-CEO, said. Core advertising hit $352 million in the quarter, the company reported.
Paramount gets house in order as it prepares to welcome Warner Bros. Discovery
Paige Albiniak Paramount executives had to skirt the questions most on analysts' minds in its first quarter 2026 earnings call on Monday, all of which were about Paramount's hard-fought $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Sinclair Still Plans To Play in The M&A Market
Sinclair Broadcast Group concluded a solid first-quarter and is looking forward to more revenue opportunities in the second half of 2026, Sinclair executives said on its Q1 2026 earnings call on Thursday. Sinclair’s total revenue improved 4% to $807 million while adjusted EBITDA of $126 million climbed 13% compared to the same time frame last year. Distribution inched up 2% to $458 million. Core advertising also climbed 4% year over year to $305 million.
Sinclair still plans to play in the M&A market
Paige Albiniak Sinclair Broadcast Group concluded a solid first-quarter and is looking forward to more revenue opportunities in the second half of 2026, Sinclair executives said on its Q1 2026 earnings call on Thursday. Sinclair's total revenue improved 4% to $807 million while adjusted EBITDA of $126 million climbed 13% compared to the same time frame last year. Distribution inched up 2% to $458 million. Core advertising also climbed 4% year over year to $305 million.
TelevisaUnivision keeps its eyes on global streaming in face of soft US ad market
Paige Albiniak TelevisaUnivision CEO Daniel Alegre put a brave face on it but the first half of 2026 has been a bit challenging for any programmer who doesn't have U.S. rights to the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics or the FIFA World Cup. In other words, everyone other than Comcast — which owns both NBCUniversal and TelevisaUnivision's main U.S. rival, Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo — and has had the benefit of all three massive sporting events in the first half of this year.
As FAST Proliferates, Channel Providers Seek A More Level Playing Field
The free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) ecosystem has exploded from its anything-goes beginnings into a sophisticated, multi-billion-dollar business. As FAST approaches a projected $12 billion-plus valuation, industry leaders at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB in Las Vegas last week were quick to identify the sector’s two biggest pain points: measurement standardization and monetization. Having a presence on FAST platforms is critical for local broadcasters.
As FAST proliferates, channel providers seek a more level playing field
Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2026 9:51 am The free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) ecosystem has exploded from its anything-goes beginnings into a sophisticated, multi-billion-dollar business. As FAST approaches a projected $12 billion-plus valuation, industry leaders at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB in Las Vegas last week were quick to identify the sector’s two biggest pain points: measurement standardization and monetization.
Local TV Shifts To Cost-Effective Programs As Big-Budget Syndication Wanes
Programming on local television stations is rapidly shifting from traditional models of big-budget shows airing exclusively on linear broadcast to a multi-platform, cost-effective ecosystem where access to authentic talent drives audience loyalty, said executives at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show in Las Vegas this past Sunday.
TV Measurement Experts: How To Cultivate Audience In The Age Of Attention
As the media landscape continues to fragment, platforms are shifting focus from impressions and demographics to more complex methodologies that capture such audience behavior as attention, engagement and outcomes. Brands are no longer satisfied with just knowing how many people saw their advertisement; they also demand to know how long viewers engaged with that ad and what that ad inspired them to do.
Local Broadcast Is Finally Catching Up To Interoperable Ad Systems
Business TVNewsCheck PlusTVN webinars TVN FOCUS ON ADVERTISING Mar 3, 2026 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. Ad leaders from Sinclair, Gray, Graham and Media Inno told a TVNewsCheck webinar last week that after years of struggling to modernize their advertising processes, local broadcasters are implementing automation and artificial intelligence to build sustainable multiplatform local content businesses.
Gray Media Had Quiet Fourth Quarter As Group Prepped For A Busy 2026
Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of entertainment for more than 25 years. At TVNewsCheck, she has reported on local television, spot TV, advertising, metrics, measurement, syndication, regulation and more, along with frequently moderating panels and webinars on these topics for the organization. She has written for several publications — including Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, the New York Post and Variety — throughout her career.
Sinclair Anticipates FIFA World Cup, Return Of Political Advertising In 2026
Like all media companies, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s overall revenues were down year to year without any political advertising in the mix, but the company sees upside in the near future. Total revenues fell 11% to $3.2 billion in 2025 compared to $3.5 billion in 2024, but that difference is almost entirely political advertising, which totaled $405 million in 2024 compared to $14 million in 2025.
TelevisaUnivision is stable as it builds for the future
Paige Albiniak 2025 marked the first full year that TelevisaUnivision was under the leadership of CEO Daniel Alegre, who joined the company in September 2024 after long stints in senior leadership at Google and Activision Blizzard. As a result, 2025 was a building year for the country's top provider of Spanish-language media, with the company working hard to strengthen its streaming service ViX, leaning into its vertical video strategy of micronovellas, and paying down debt.
Fox’s News, Sports Strategy Is Shielding It From Economic Headwinds
Fox kept its head above water in the second quarter of its 2026 fiscal year as it comes off of 2024’s year of wild political spending. Sustaining Fox is its commitment to live sports and news. Overall revenue at the company improved 2% to $5.18 billion compared to the same quarter last year. Distribution revenue increased 4% to $2 billion, driven by 5% growth of Fox’s cable networks, which include Fox News, Fox Business, and Fox Sports 1 and 2.
NBCUniversal Local Turns Its Talent Loose On Vertical Video
Business Digital Journalism TVNewsCheck Plus TVN FOCUS Jan 21, 2026 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. The result has been an 80% uptick in engagement across the group’s social media platforms, and the initiative has just gotten started. This story is available to TVNewsCheck Plus subscribers only. Become a TVN Plus subscriber or log in here. Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page.
As media consolidates, TV stations consider their programming options
This content is for TVNewsCheck Plus Members only Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page. If you need further assistance please contact help@newscheckmedia.com. Username or Email Password Remember me Lost your password? The post As Media Consolidates, TV Stations Consider Their Programming Options appeared first on TV News Check. The post As Media Consolidates, TV Stations Consider Their Programming Options originally published on TV News Check.
As Media Consolidates, TV Stations Consider Their Programming Options
Business Programming TVNewsCheck PlusTVN Plus Dec 22, 2025 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. Syndicators are bringing lower-cost options to the market for 2026. This story is available to TVNewsCheck Plus subscribers only. Become a TVN Plus subscriber or log in here. Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page. If you need further assistance please contact .
Broadcasters Prep For Most Expensive - And Most Complex - Midterm Election In History
Buyers and sellers of political advertising have their hands full headed into 2026 as they try to navigate an increasingly complex linear and digital advertising landscape alongside an ever-changing political one. But local broadcasters’ advantage — especially in a political year — continues to be their unique mix of targeted digital and streaming offerings paired with the reach and scale of linear. “There’s no silver bullet with marketing and advertising anymore.
Paramount CEO David Ellison Looks To The Future While The Present Is Flat
Paramount’s total revenue was flat at $6.7 billion year over year in the third quarter of 2025, the company reported Monday, but it’s projecting big things for 2026, including $30 billion in total revenue. While revenue in Paramount’s direct-to-consumer business — mostly Paramount+ — improved by 17% compared to last year, TV Media — the broadcast and cable networks — declined by 12%.
Gray Media ‘Won’t Run From the Opportunity to Get Bigger’
Gray Media Executive Chairman and CEO Hilton Howell didn’t exactly pick up Sinclair’s gauntlet during the company’s third quarter earnings call on Friday, but he also didn’t walk away from it. “If we get an opportunity at the right price to get much bigger, we’re not going to run from it. There are a lot of opportunities to make a bigger company that does better for its shareholders and does better in creating more local news in its individual communities,” Howell said during the call.
Options Abound For Programmatic Ad Sales In Local Linear TV
TVN FOCUS ON BUSINESS Nov 4, 2025 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. Solutions are coming from ITN/Magnite, O-N-X, SureWaves and others. This story is available to TVNewsCheck Plus subscribers only. Become a TVN Plus subscriber or log in here. Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page. If you need further assistance please contact . Username or Email Password Remember me Lost your password?
Local Television Drives Toward A Hyper-Local Future
As the media landscape rapidly evolves, local television has the opportunity to radically transform the way it covers the communities it serves. At TVNewsCheck’s Local TV Strategies conference at NAB Show New York, a panel of three industry leaders talked about how they are approaching innovation in this space. “We’re all leaning into the all-platform approach,” said Bob Ellis, VP and GM of WDIV, Graham Media Group’s Detroit NBC affiliate.
Fox Corp. Surpasses Wall Street Expectations, Says Advertising Market is ‘Strongest We’ve Seen’
Shares of Fox Corp. were up nearly 9% and climbing on Thursday after the company surpassed Wall Street’s expectations of earnings per share and revenue for the first quarter of the company’s 2026 fiscal year. Fox Corp.’s adjusted earnings per share hit $1.51 for the quarter, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.11. Revenue climbed to $3.74 billion, up 5% from the same period last year and coming in higher than Wall Street’s expected $3.57 billion.
Local TV Is Finally Ready To Go Programmatic
After years in development, a programmatic solution for buying and selling local linear advertising is finally ready to launch. “We have a newly formed partnership with ITN that is going to change the game as we move into the future with local television,” said Heather Gundry, EVP, head of local audio and video investment at Dentsu, during a panel on local TV advertising at TVNewsCheck’s Local TV Strategies event at NAB New York last week.
Local TV Faces Strong Crosswinds in 2026
NEW YORK — Broadcasters face confusing crosswinds as they plan for the immediate future, with macroeconomics, regulation and technology all in heavy flux, said Rick Ducey, managing director, BIA Advisory Services, at TVNewsCheck’s Local TV Strategies conference at NAB New York on Wednesday. The immediate forecast for broadcasters is positive, with political spending expected to come in strong in 2026.
Sinclair Felt It Had A ‘Fiduciary Responsibility’ To Pull Jimmy Kimmel
NEW YORK — Sinclair Broadcast Group pulled ABC’s latenight talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live not because the company was offended by Kimmel’s comments about late right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk but because of fiduciary concerns, said Rob Weisbord, chief operating and president of local media, Sinclair Broadcast Group at a panel Wednesday during TVNewsCheck’s Local TV Strategies conference at NAB New York.
TV Stations Looking For Big Ad Rebound In 2026
The story of spot TV is cyclical, with boom years benefiting from ever-increasing political spending across a divided and heated environment as well as major sporting events. Next year will certainly be a boom year: the mid-term elections are expected to set spending records while excitement is already building for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with matches to be played across North America.
Local TV Searches For Measurement Answers
Aug 4, 2025 | Paige Albiniak Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel product has destabilized the currency, opening the door for alternative providers. This story is available to TVNewsCheck Plus subscribers only. Become a TVN Plus subscriber or log in here. Please login or become a TVNewsCheck Plus Member to access this page. If you need further assistance please contact help@newscheckmedia.com.
Telemundo Counts Down One Year to FIFA World Cup 2026
In just one year, the FIFA World Cup tournament will kick off, returning to North America for the first time in 30 years. Telemundo, NBCUniversal’s Spanish-language television network, is FIFA’s Spanish-language media partner for the global tournament, which will run from June 11 to July 19, 2026, with games in 16 host cities across Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Programmatic Is Coming To Local Linear TV
Local linear television advertising will be bought and sold on programmatic platforms within the next two to three years, agreed panelists on a TVNewsCheck webinar last Thursday moderated by this reporter. But in the meantime, there is plenty of work to do to bring the industry to that point. It’s well known that local linear television has been losing ground to digital competitors for at least the last decade.
TVB Leading Effort To Launch Local Linear Programmatic Buying Platform
The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) is working to develop a platform that would allow local linear television to be bought and sold programmatically, says Steve Lanzano, the organization’s president-CEO. TVB and others on both the buying and selling sides of local broadcast television have been clamoring for a programmatic approach to local advertising, making it as easy to buy as advertising on digital platforms is.
Billy Bush To Leave Warner Bros.’ ‘Extra’
Billy Bush is departing as the host of Warner Bros.’ access entertainment magazine Extra after five seasons on the job, Bush said Monday on his podcast, Hot Mics with Billy Bush. “After an amazing five years hosting Extra, I’m moving on to continue building out my Hot Mics digital platform,” Bush said early in his live podcast on YouTube. The move had been predicted as Warner Bros. had to cut costs in order to renew the show for its 32nd season with some hope of profitability.
Audiences, Data And Interactivity Are Fueling A Content Revolution. Here’s How
LAS VEGAS — Media companies and content creators are busily building content businesses across a wide range of platforms, each of them applying their own approach. While some things remain the same — viewers are always seeking connection to talent and strong storytelling — the way content is delivered, measured and monetized is changing rapidly and drastically, said panelists at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference here last week.
Across TV’s Many Platforms, Original Content Remains The Ultimate Market Differentiator
LAS VEGAS — As content providers launch literally hundreds of channels of content, everyone is still looking for key pieces of original content that will allow them to break out and find their place in the ever-expanding video ecosystem. The trick is to do that on an ongoing basis while remaining on budget. “The marketplace differentiator is original content.
How Daytime Television Will Survive
LAS VEGAS — As the television audience has become deeply fragmented and ratings decline, TV station programmers are having to find “nickels in the couch cushions” to keep shows on the air. Finding and keeping those nickels is forcing them to get creative, a panel of executives said at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show here last week.
In War For Viewers’ Attention, Combatants Rely On More Data Inputs Than Ever
LAS VEGAS — Media’s challenge today is not in getting audiences to consume media — they are consuming more media than ever before — but in grabbing and holding their attention. Even more challenging? Holding audiences’ attention at scale, which is something that today is done best by major live sporting events like the Super Bowl or March Madness, and live breaking news like the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January.
Warner Bros. Discovery Clears Nine Shows In Syndication Ahead Of NAB Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show, Extra and several other Warner Bros. Discovery-produced shows have been fully cleared across the country headed into NAB 2025 in Las Vegas next week. Jennifer Hudson was renewed by its launch group, the Fox Television Stations, in February. It is now cleared on TV stations covering 90% of the country for a fourth season. Bringing the show back was the result of collaborative negotiations between Warner Bros.
How Will TV Stations Swim Out Of Daytime’s Dire Straits?
Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of entertainment for more than 25 years. At TVNewsCheck, she has reported on local television, spot TV, advertising, metrics, measurement, syndication, regulation and more, along with frequently moderating panels and webinars on these topics for the organization. She has written for several publications — including Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, the New York Post and Variety — throughout her career.
Broadcasters Race To Take Advantage Of FAST Expansion For Ads
Pairing the targeting and performance capabilities of FAST channels and streaming offerings with the reach and scale of broadcast is becoming key for broadcasters as they strive to compete with digital advertising giants like Meta and Google, said panelists at TVNewsCheck’s Working Lunch Webinar last Thursday. Necessary to that evolution is the ability to offer advertisers and agencies accurate performance metrics against their buys.
Collaboration is key to successful cross-platform local ad solutions - Editor and Publisher
Posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 11:00 am After a year of record-setting political spending, 2025 is going to be a return to Earth for broadcasters. Broadcasters would benefit from taking the lessons learned from 2024 and applying them to 2025 and beyond, said panelists at a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch webinar last Tuesday. This year marked the first year that political campaigns significantly paired the reach of linear broadcast with the targetability of connected TV (CTV).
After A Record-Setting Year, Political Spending Shows No Signs Of Slowing In 2026, 2028
Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of entertainment for more than 25 years. At TVNewsCheck, she has reported on local television, spot TV, advertising, metrics, measurement, syndication, regulation and more, along with frequently moderating panels and webinars on these topics for the organization. She has written for several publications — including Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, the New York Post and Variety — throughout her career.
Retransmission Revenue Is Stable, But Not Reliable, In A World Of Cord-Cutting
Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of entertainment for more than 25 years. At TVNewsCheck, she has reported on local television, spot TV, advertising, metrics, measurement, syndication, regulation and more, along with frequently moderating panels and webinars on these topics for the organization. She has written for several publications — including Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, the New York Post and Variety — throughout her career.
FAST Channels Are Growing Fast. Now Broadcasters Need to Monetize Them
Broadcast audiences have increasingly moved to digital spaces, and in an attempt to “fish where the fish are,” broadcasters have launched free advertising-supported television (FAST) channels and streaming offerings to reach them. While these products are growing rapidly, their share of the revenue still pales in comparison to what broadcasters garner on the linear side.
FAST Channels Are Growing Fast. Now Broadcasters Need to Monetize Them
Broadcast audiences have increasingly moved to digital spaces, and in an attempt to “fish where the fish are,” broadcasters have launched free advertising-supported television (FAST) channels and streaming offerings to reach them. While these products are growing rapidly, their share of the revenue still pales in comparison to what broadcasters garner on the linear side.
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