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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

KDFW and KXAS team up for Dallas/Fort Worth news coverage

Remember how I told you a few months ago that NBC and Fox owned and operated stations in the same market will team up to cover news?

Well it is already happening in the Dallas-Fort Worth market reports Broadcasting and Cable:

The plan for Fox and NBC to share video in markets where both own a station now includes Dallas, as KDFW and KXAS just completed their first week of sharing a helicopter. As is the case in Philadelphia and Chicago, managers from the Dallas stations are in talks about expanding the newsgathering partnership, and selling the content to other media outlets in the market. READ MORE

I also recently posted how the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram have teamed up on certain news coverage too. What's next? A bunch of radio stations in the market will be owned by the same company? Oh wait... CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here