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He held court at the LPTV Broadcasters Association's daylong sessions on Sunday as the 2023 NAB Show formally kicked off. If you happen to see Frank Copsidas, congratulate him on securing a low-power TV property in a transaction just filed for FCC approval.

A newly formed alliance that includes DigiCAP, SpectraRep and Heartland Video Systems seeks to provide public broadcast television stations with guidance on the planning, budgeting, and integration of the ATSC 3.0 standard.

Although the competitive landscape for local TV is tougher than it’s ever been, there are more data possibilities than ever before. Decisions or actions previously based on gut instinct can now be informed by a variety of data sources. A 2023 NAB Show session tacking the topic is poised to include the best and brightest from local TV management, buyers and agencies.

With the March 30 launch of ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV in the sixth-largest television market in the U.S., BitPath reached a rollout milestone. The NextGen Broadcast service it manages is now available in 50 markets.

At the 2023 NAB Show, which begins with ATSC-focused sessions on Saturday at which Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley will be present, his company, NBCUniversal, and Pearl TV will demonstrate many of the improved audio accessibility features that are available with the new broadcast standard.

Sinclair Broadcast Group's Tennis Channel is now available on the service that snagged an exclusive deal for the NFL's Sunday Ticket package. While access to the Tennis Channel won't come at any extra cost, a hike in the price consumers will pay for Sunday Ticket is generating chatter across the U.S. 

TelevisaUnivision is privately owned, but that hasn't stopped the company from holding a quarterly earnings call to share its financial performance with analysts and potential institutional investors perhaps looking from afar at a potential profit-making opportunity.

The owner of the Tennis Channel, a trio of digital multicast networks and some 197 local broadcast television stations will continue to rely on Nielsen measurement when pitching advertisers to place commercials across its portfolio of visual media properties.

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report is out, and it shows that two big pharmaceutical brands have taken a big liking to the medium. How does the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report compare?

There's a new member of Nexstar Media Group's executive ranks, and she's responsible for developing the broadcast media company’s revenue management strategy for ad sales, optimizing the company’s advertising inventory, and strengthening its programmatic business. It's a newly created role.

"Consumers are watching more TV on ad-supported streaming platforms and they’re more likely to watch Connected TV content with friends and family than linear TV." That's the conclusion of a Connected TV co-viewing study conducted by TVision on behalf of a top Connected TV/OTT advertising platform.

In a move that it calls a first for the privately held audience measurement giant, Nielsen has introduced comparable reporting of local television’s OTT streaming apps when delivered via connected TV devices, apps and/or websites and viewed on the TV glass.

Fort Myers, Naples and the communities in-between represent the fastest-growing metropolitan area of the U.S., a locale where Waterman Broadcasting has long served as the owner of a UHF property, the market's NBC affiliate. Pending FCC approval, a larger privately held television broadcasting company will become the new owner of WBBH-20, branded as "NBC2."

Since 2017 he has been the VP/GM of Denver's ABC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. Now, he's filling the corporate-level role held until now by Brian Lawlor, who was recently appointed the head of the newly formed Scripps Sports division of the television broadcasting company.

It's a television station licensed to Gulfport, Miss., serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast as an affiliate of Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and The CW Plus, thanks to its digital multicasts available to viewers on Channel 25. The property, owned by Morris Multimedia, has just installed an automation package it says has simplified its operations, with the key result being a minimized workload for staff.