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Altice USA’s Optimum Signs New Distribution Deal With Gray Media

By Jon Lafayette published 19 July 24

Agreement covers NBA and WNBA games in Phoenix market

Currency

New Orleans Pelicans Fly Over the Air With Gray

By Jon Lafayette published 1 January 24

NBA team will air 10 games on WVUE

Stations

Diamond Sports Sues the Phoenix Suns After NBA Team Bolts Bally Sports for Gray TV Local Broadcast Deal

By Daniel Frankel published 3 May 23

Diamond says the Suns and a co-defendant, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, breached their contract, which allowed Diamond to match any competing local TV offer

Business

Cable Retrans Blackouts Declined Sharply in 2021, But 2022 Could See an Uptick in Disputes

By Mike Farrell last updated 7 January 22

ATVA says distributors weathered 105 blackouts in 2021, one-third of the service disruptions they endured in 2020

Business

Gray TV chairman and CEO Hilton H. Howell Jr.

Gray TV’s Hilton Howell to Receive Golden Mike Award March 14 In Person in NYC

By B+C Staff published 16 December 21

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has named Hilton H. Howell Jr., chairman and CEO of Gray Television and Atlantic American Corporation, to receive the 2022 Golden Mike Award.

Fates & Fortunes

Collin Gaston of WBRC Birmingham, Alabama

Local TV Awards: WBRC’s Collin Gaston Keeps His People in Focus

By Stuart Miller published 20 December 21

Push toward social justice prompts Fox affiliate’s GM to foster more employee dialogue

Stations

FCC Approves Gray TV Purchase of Meredith TV Stations

By John Eggerton published 15 November 21

Agency dismisses informal objections to $2.8B deal

Policy

MVPDs Applaud FCC's Proposed Gray TV Fine

By John Eggerton published 8 July 21

The American Television Alliance said the FCC was right to propose fining Gray Television a half-million dollars for violating, as the FCC alleged, the commission's local ownership rules.

Policy