Local TV Earnings Calls Reveal An Industry At A Strategic Crossroads

Is local television becoming a sports distribution business? A spectrum infrastructure platform? A mature retransmission utility? Or simply a declining but still highly cash-generative media asset being managed for duration rather than growth?

TVREV 5/19/26 TVREV 5/19/26

Broadcast TV’s Fork In The Road: Sports, Streaming And The Fight For Relevance

Local media veteran Tim Hanlon goes solo in the latest episode of In the Vicinity.

Jason Damata 10/27/25 Jason Damata 10/27/25

Hot List: Who Will Buy Warner, Shoppable TV, And More

Alan Wolk on who will buy Warner Bros., TriCoast’s Nick Risher on accidentally becoming an ad tech company, Nick Buzzell on the future of shoppable TV, and more

Tim Hanlon 10/23/25 Tim Hanlon 10/23/25

Gray Sports Networks: Broadcast Blueprint For A Post-RSN Future

Gray may not have solved every problem left by the demise of RSNs, but it has charted a direction worth emulating.

Tim Hanlon 8/14/25 Tim Hanlon 8/14/25

Broadcast Groups Use Duopolies To Position For Post-Cap Expansion

Local broadcast television is edging toward one of the biggest consolidation waves in its history; it’s beginning with the construction of co-owned station duopolies in markets across the country.