ESPN has changed a lot since its humble beginnings in 1979. And the network’s founders probably could never have imagined what the Bristol, Connecticut, company would become. But ESPN’s latest ...
Berkshire Hathaway owned Miami station WPLG is dropping its ABC affiliation after nearly 69 years. WPLG CEO and president E.R. Bert Medina announced the news Thursday during an all hands meeting at ...
WPLG-TV, known to millions in South Florida as Local 10 News, has decided to split from the ABC television network after a partnership that’s lasted nearly 70 years, the station’s CEO said. After ...
After months of negotiations between the Berkshire Hathaway-owned television station and the network, the two parties could not reach an agreement to extend the affiliation agreement. Despite a ...
Disaster was narrowly and at least temporarily averted for many South Florida-based Panthers fans late Friday night when DirecTV and WPLG-ABC’s parent company mutually agreed to a deadline extension ...
Bert Medina, president and CEO of Miami’s WPLG, sees his station as drawing a roadmap for unaffiliated broadcasters where super-serving local news and sports is the only path forward. This story is ...
Following the loss of its ABC affiliation, the Berkshire Hathaway station will go from producing 56 hours of live news and sports programming each week to 93 hours. WPLG (Local 10), Berkshire Hathaway ...
WPLG’s partnership with ABC will end on Aug. 4. We negotiated in good faith, asking only for a fair partnership with ABC -- a partnership that would allow us to continue to invest in our community ...
“After nearly 69 years, WPLG-TV and the ABC television network are breaking up,” the station said in a statement posted mid-afternoon on its website. CEO and President E.R. Bert Medina informed the ...
When Warren Buffett says the network TV affiliation model doesn’t work anymore, people pay attention. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, recently dropped ABC after 69 years at WPLG-10 in Miami — the ...
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