Kthv

What Kthv does

KTHV-TV, branded as THV11, is a CBS-affiliated local broadcast television station serving the Little Rock, Arkansas designated market area. Founded in 1955 and operated as part of TEGNA's publicly traded portfolio of local broadcast properties, the station delivers hyperlocal news, weather, sports, and community content across over-the-air broadcast, a proprietary website (thv11.com), and social channels. Its product portfolio includes the THV11+ subscription streaming service for live and on-demand video, the LIVE RADAR 24/7 hyperlocal weather system, and the VERIFY fact-checking editorial vertical, alongside lifestyle, sports, and entertainment franchises such as Hog Zone (Arkansas Razorbacks coverage), The Vine, the Tom Show, and Eat It Up.

The station's core technology stack combines traditional linear broadcast infrastructure with a multi-platform digital distribution layer spanning web, mobile, streaming devices, and social media. Audience engagement is driven through daily email newsletters, social distribution, and verticalized content categories spanning local, politics, investigations, crime, health, money, entertainment, and weather. Editorial coverage emphasizes Arkansas-specific issues including local government, school districts, public safety, severe weather, and high school and college sports.

The business model is dual-revenue: traditional local broadcast advertising (sold through an "Advertise With Us" motion targeting regional SMB and consumer advertisers) supplemented by direct-to-consumer subscription revenue from THV11+ streaming. The customer base is the Little Rock-area viewership for audience monetization and local/regional advertisers on the supply side; no specific advertiser logos or enterprise contracts are disclosed.

Name

Kthv

Legal name

KTHV-TV

Website

https://kthv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Short description

KTHV (THV11) is a CBS-affiliated local broadcast television station serving Little Rock and central Arkansas, owned by TEGNA, delivering local news, weather, sports, and community content via over-the-air TV, the thv11.com website, and the THV11+ streaming service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

KTHV (THV11) is a local CBS-affiliated television station that provides local news, weather, sports, and community information to the Little Rock, Arkansas market. Its core offerings include daily on-air newscasts, the THV11+ streaming service for live and on-demand viewing, a 24/7 live weather radar, the VERIFY fact-checking journalism initiative, and digital content delivered through thv11.com and social channels. Revenue is generated primarily through advertising sales across broadcast and digital inventory, with subscription support from THV11+.

Product overview

KTHV (thv11.com) is a local broadcast television station serving Little Rock, Arkansas, operating as a single unified news and entertainment platform. The core offering is local broadcast television with companion digital properties including the THV11+ streaming service for live and on-demand viewing. The station's digital portfolio centers on weather services (live radar, forecasts, hourly/daily predictions), breaking news coverage across local, nation/world, politics, crime, and entertainment categories, and specialized programming features including The Vine (lifestyle/entertainment), Hog Zone (Arkansas Razorbacks sports), Tom Show (morning show), Eat It Up (food), Getting Reel (movies), and Lottery results. The VERIFY initiative provides fact-checking journalism. All products are delivered through the thv11.com web platform, mobile apps, and the THV11+ streaming service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• THV11+: A streaming service offering live TV and on-demand content from THV11

Products and services

• THV11+ Streaming Service A streaming service offering live TV and on-demand content, allowing viewers to watch local news, weather, sports, and original programming from THV11 on streaming devices.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KLRT-TV (FOX16): Fox-affiliated local broadcaster in Little Rock; competes head-to-head with KTHV for local news viewers, weather coverage, and Arkansas Razorbacks/high school sports audiences in the same DMA.
• KARK-TV: NBC-affiliated local television station serving the same Little Rock DMA as KTHV; directly competes for local news audiences, weather coverage, sports rights, and local advertising dollars in central Arkansas.
• WREG-TV: CBS-affiliated local broadcaster serving Memphis, a market adjacent to Little Rock and similarly sized; the most direct network-affiliation and product-mix comparator for KTHV.
• KFSM-TV: CBS-affiliated local station covering the Fort Smith / northwest Arkansas market; similar CBS-driven content mix and Arkansas-market hyperlocal focus as KTHV.

Broad incumbents

• Sinclair Broadcast Group: Major US commercial broadcast group operating numerous local affiliates with shared news, weather, and digital streaming products; directly comparable business model to KTHV at the multi-station level.
• Gray Television: Large multi-market US broadcaster focused on mid-sized and small DMAs; comparable to KTHV in business model (local news + network affiliation + digital distribution) and target market profile.
• Hearst Television: Operates Big-Four network-affiliated local stations across the US with comparable local news, weather, and digital/streaming product lines; positioned as an overlap to KTHV's broadcast-plus-streaming model.
• Nexstar Media Group: Largest US television broadcaster and the acquirer of TEGNA; operates Big-Four affiliates across the country with overlapping local news, weather, and digital streaming capabilities that mirror KTHV's model at scale.
• TEGNA: Parent company of KTHV and operator of a national portfolio of Big-Four affiliates; the broadest functional comparator for KTHV's newsroom, weather, and streaming operations.

Others

• Locked On Podcast Network: Sports-focused podcast network that KTHV distributes through; an adjacent audio/digital content ecosystem partner that competes for the same local sports audience attention in Arkansas.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/thv11
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@THV11
• Facebookfacebook.com/thv11
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kthv-thv11

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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