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Solutions for Broadcasters
Innovation for a multi-screen world
Connect with your audience anytime, anywhere with our integrated content, revenue, and engagement platform.
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One platform for creating, distributing, and monetizing your multimedia content

Reach out to the world
Engage your audience across the digital spectrum—web, mobile, apps, OTT, podcasts, social media, email, distributed platforms—with our complete content management ecosystem. You can even push content to Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), Facebook Instant Articles, and Apple News.

Easy, flexible content creation
Our built-in tools make it easy to create beautiful, engaging layouts—complete with videos, photos, and multimedia galleries. Incorporate inline elements throughout the body of your articles, keeping readers engaged as they scroll.

Data-powered audience engagement
Harness the power of audience browsing data to present visitors with content that meets their specific interests, helping you increase time on site, pageviews and advertising revenue—while slashing bounce rates.
"To say 'TownNews made it easy' would be an understatement. We are blown away by the company's efficiency and customer service, and we're excited at the new designs for our websites."
— Neal Boling | Station Manager, KHQ-TV (Spokane, WA)
Customize your workflow and deliver video to web, mobile, social, OTT, and over the air

Create, syndicate, and connect to your audiences
Live stream your broadcast video and simultaneously send it to your website, OTT apps, Facebook Live, YouTube Live, and Twitter. We make it easier than ever to reach your audiences on social media and alert them to your new video content. Maximize advertising opportunities for each video you create with our integrated video platform.

OTT-ready high definition video
Create and manage high quality video experiences for your over-the-top applications. Give your audience a great experience whether they're watching on a mobile device or in their living room.

Near real-time editing and delivery
With integrated Blackbird support, editing and managing your broadcast video is fast and easy. Work on multiple videos at a time without having to wait for your videos to finish encoding before editing. Collaborate in the cloud, add keywords to select a destination, and watch your video appear everywhere you sent it.
Powerful, integrated digital solutions for broadcasters
The tools and services you need to grow and engage your audience, boost revenue, and create compelling content—in a unified, secure platform.
Distribute broadcast-quality video to social media, OTT, mobile, and desktop applications. Learn more
Create a 24/7 TV-like experience for your audience on Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV. Learn more
A high-engagement, turnkey news app for local news and media organizations. Learn more
Kick off your own sports contests, complete with scores, news, user-managed leagues, and expert picks. Learn more
Boost engagement with behavioral targeting. Learn more
Programmatic advertising made easy. Learn more
The TownNews iQ DMP program unites industry-leading content and data platforms to help news and media sites turn data into dollars. Learn more
Grow your audience, expand your coverage and boost revenue with top-quality multimedia content from the TownNews Content Exchange. Learn more
With BLOX Business Directory, you can create a high traffic guide to local businesses that advertisers will flock to. Learn more
Satisfy your audience's hunger for high-quality photography of local news and events. Learn more
With BLOX Email Reach you can keep your readers informed and coming back with daily headlines, breaking news alerts, coupons, daily deals and more. Learn more
With BLOX Wheels, you can be the go-to matchmaker for buyers and sellers in your area. Learn more
The BLOX Real Estate vertical realty marketplace helps you leverage the strength of your brand and audience to match property buyers and sellers in your area. Learn more
"TownNews provides a strong, vibrant, flexible CMS that not only meets our needs today, but we feel will meet our needs in the future as we continue to grow."
— George Sirven | Station Manager, KTBS/KPXJ (Shreveport, LA)
Customer success stories
Once thought to be a novelty, 24/7 delivery of local news video to OTT (over-the-top) devices like Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV, has bec… Learn more
"Our main focus in 2018 is knowing our audience, making our websites intelligent, and knowing how—and what—to deliver to our online users," sa… Learn more
TV has come a long way from rabbit ears and bulky sets tucked in the corner. Viewers now want to connect with their local stations—everywhere,… Learn more
News & announcements
Block Communications, Inc., owner and operator of broadcast stations in the Kentucky, Illinois, and Ohio markets, has broadened their relation… Learn more
The TownNews Bracket Challenge empowers local media sites—newspapers, TV stations, radio stations, and magazines—to create digital college bas… Learn more
MOLINE, IL — Oct. 11, 2018 — The Cowles Company, owner and operator of broadcast stations in the Washington and Montana markets, has selected … Learn more
MOLINE, IL – Meredith Corporation's Local Media Group has signed with TownNews for the content and video management of 17 television stations… Learn more
Local media's trusted partner
TownNews equips you with the digital services and guidance to transform your business model and flourish in the digital age. Our tools and expertise in digital, video, print, OTT, and advertising enable forward-thinking media organizations to efficiently engage their audiences, increase security, and grow revenue.
Fueled by a passion for local media and a 30-year proven track record of success, more than 1,700 organizations have benefited from the integrated platform we’ve built.
Let us show you how your organization can be next.

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