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Gary Shapiro has rattled radio executives for his opposition to the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. Now, he's irked key TV industry figures seeking a FCC-enforced sunset date of ATSC 1.0 digital broadcast signals — and responded to an "outlandish claim" made by NEXTGEN TV promoter Pearl TV.

In a deal heralded by the publicly traded broadcast TV station owner, Gray Media has inked a deal with University of Tennessee Athletics and Learfield's "Vol Network." The agreement makes a trio of Gray properties "official television stations" of the Tennessee Volunteers.

"In the streaming wars, the two big winners — Netflix and YouTube — aren’t competing for a single spot. Instead, they’re playing different games," says MoffettNathanson Senior Analyst Rob Fishman. "As Netflix ramps up its advertising revenues combined with underlying strength in the core business, we see a strong runway to drive higher monetization of its engagement."

There is a new President of National Advertising Sales at Nexstar Media Group, and the role is going to an individual who joined the company in February 2024 as SVP of national ad sales. 

The Canadian media company led by President/CEO Frédéric Perron that operates a Quebec-focused radio group in addition to cable TV franchises has released consolidated fiscal Q3 2025 results that reflect higher EPS despite lower EBITDA. That said, "revised financial guidelines" for 2025 has investors nervous.

The Legal Advisor to Commissioner Olivia Trusty has been pitched by the Managing Director of Pearl TV, the group focused on commercializing and marketing NEXTGEN TV, on getting a NAB-proposed mandate to sunset ATSC 1.0 approved by the FCC.

Americans for Tax Reform. Citizens Against Government Waste. Taxpayer Protection Alliance. These are just a handful of the groups that have written to the FCC urging the agency to toss the NAB's petition that would sunset ATSC 1.0 digital broadcast signals, replacing it with ATSC 3.0 signals powering NEXTGEN TV and broadcast data services.

While some industry observers may ask why Upfront Week persists, one thing is for certain: NBCUniversal likely has no plans to cease its Upfront negotiation cycle's pomp and circumstance, given the windfall of dollars it has attracted for its 2025-2026 content window.

When it was simply Univision Communications, it had ambitions of a sizable initial public offering of stock. That never transpired, as Univision merged with iconic Mexican media brand and longtime content partner Televisa to become TelevisaUnivision. The company regularly offers its quarterly earnings results, even though it isn't publicly traded. Now, it has shared what it expects to report for the three months ended June 30.

Nielsen’s 50th monthly report of The Gauge is here, and the latest snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption offers more sobering data for broadcast TV companies fighting cable TV companies seeking a stop to a firm ATSC 1.0 cutoff date as OTT and FAST channels continue to attract audiences.

Hearst Television has established a fellowship honoring a company executive who led the company’s promotion and marketing efforts for more than a dozen years as Vice President and Senior Vice President, before her December 2024 retirement.

The QSR that wants you to "have it your way" has a way with getting its messaging out to the public. For the month of July, that very much involves a big Spot Cable campaign, the latest data from Media Monitors show.

Gray Media and the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers have reached an agreement that will bring the team's three pre-season games to viewers across the publicly traded company's Telemundo stations in both North Carolina and South Carolina.

"This strategic collaboration delivers a powerful blend of live TV and exclusive on-demand content, reinforcing both companies' commitment to serving U.S. Spanish-speaking audiences with culturally relevant programming," DirecTV and TelevisaUnivision said in a joint statement distributed Thursday.

It signed on the air on July 31, 1955 as KRNT-TV, and was owned by the Cowles family until 1983. Today, the station is CBS affiliate KCCI-8 in Des Moines, and the Hearst Television property is gearing up to celebrate its 70th anniversary.