Daily Blast Live, a Tegna-produced topical talker shot in Denver, may be heralding a new wave of cheaper, functional syndicated daytime shows. Its producer, Burt Dubrow and Tegna’s Brian Weiss, VP of entertainment programming and multicast networks, make the case. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
The syndicated daytime talker adds 21 stations as the new season gets underway, now carried in over 55% of U.S. TV homes.
For its second season, Beau Davidson, Stefanie Jones and Brandon London join the syndicated show, which as of Sept. 10 will be seen in 50 markets.
Tegna Inc. on Friday appointed Emmy Award-winning producer Burt Dubrow the senior executive producer of Daily Blast Live, its entertainment and news program that crowdsources its content in real time […]
Sony Pictures Television will distribute all Tegna owned first-run programming, including the new series Daily Blast Live, as well as future development. The deal aims to “collectively launch shows to air on Tegna stations, with the goal of increasing their national footprint in broadcast and cable.”
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The IP-based video call-in service of Video Call Center helps the new Tegna show bring back live interviews using proprietary technology that ensures robust, low-latency links to interview subjects anywhere in the world.
The new show’s eight hosts bring a diversity of backgrounds in television, media, fitness, sports and comedy. To the show debuting on Sept. 11 in 36 Tegna markets.
The veteran producer will oversee the new daytime syndicated show from Tegna that will air live in every market and time zone that it airs, providing audiences across the country with the opportunity to participate with the show and its hosts.
