Retransmission consent fees have been an important new revenue stream for US television station owners – and that dependable flow of cash had been looked on favorably by the major credit rating ...

When NBC convened its annual tree-lighting ceremony last week at Rockefeller Center, there was one gift it would have liked tucked under the giant Norway spruce: reverse compensation revenue. But even ...

Retransmission consent fees are providing an important new revenue stream for television networks. CBS has told Wall Street analysts it is looking for big numbers, both from retrans payments by ...

Two core networks. Predictable retrans/reverse comp driving growth. Modest programming cost increases as its key sports contracts are locked in. For any potential buyer, scale is key given the cost of ...