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Up by the Apalachicola River is the tiny town of Wewahitchka, Fla., east of Panama City. Then, there is Defuniak Springs, Fla., roughly 40 miles north of the Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Fla., area. Two digital low-power TV stations licensed to these towns have attracted the attention of a buyer. The FCC's approval awaits.

The latest Spot Cable Report from Media Monitors shows the auto insurance and home improvement categories to be active once again. However, the brands at the top in these categories aren't the ones you may be thinking about.

It has developed a reputation across four decades as a leading source of weather news and information. Now, viewers of The Weather Channel television network, today apart of the Byron Allen-owned Weather Group, have access to an "upgraded" connected TV app. The app includes a subscription-based live stream of the channel — a major development for the MVPD-distributed offering.

“Auction 112,” a sell-off of construction permits for full-power television stations, is on track for a June 7 commencement. Now, the FCC‘s Office of Economics and Analytics and the Media Bureau have determined the number of applicants that are qualified to bid in the auction. The qualified bidders include Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Lilly Broadcasting and MeTV's parent.

This expansion gives Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) users deduplicated person-level reporting of CTV audiences across leading smart TV OEMs and streaming providers. According to Nielsen, "Media buyers can better evaluate CTV inventory and unique reach in a comparable and comprehensive manner."

A technology infrastructure company has been retained by one of the nation's leading noncommercial secular broadcasting operations to perform a "turnkey project" replacing its existing high-power TV transmitter atop San Francisco's famed Sutro Tower. It's the latest move that brings ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV and such things as Broadcast Internet to the Bay Area.

Are Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders making strides in their on-screen television time? Nielsen says yes — at least when it comes to scripted and reality programming, and not local news or other station-originating content.

The E.W. Scripps Company is partnering with one of the "GAFAN" giants for a multi-year initiative to transition experienced journalists from print news organizations into broadcast news careers. 

In a strategic move that further extends its reach in the cloud-media processing sector, Genstar Capital-owned Telestream has acquired a cloud media processing platform used by Fortune 1000 Media & Entertainment companies, streaming services, broadcasters, and corporate video customers around the globe.

The ATSC 2022 NextGen Broadcast Conference is just weeks away. As such, Monday is the final day companies wishing to exhibit at the event can register to secure a spot at the event, which will be held in Detroit.

It's no secret that quick-service restaurants prefer to use spot cable more than other linear media channels to connect with consumers. For the week ending May 15, three "fast food" brands could be found in the Top 5 for the latest Spot Ten Cable report from Media Monitors.

He spent time at Gray Television as VP of Broadcast Operations. He also worked at MTV Networks’ Network Operations Center and at Gray's NBC affiliated WOWT-6 in Omaha as Director of Technology. Now, he's taking on the role of Vice President of Broadcast Services at the parent of local news streaming platform VUit.

Charter Communications and Comcast Corp. are teaming up for a joint venture that will ultimately give birth to a streaming platform. Who will lead the future business? The President of Advertising for Comcast Cable since 2017 is getting the job.

For 22 years, she's served as the Assistant News Director at KPIX-5 in San Francisco. Now, she's been promoted to VP/News Director at KPIX and its sibling, the CW Network affiliate for the Bay Area.

It was another miserable day for global financial markets as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 103.81 points to 31,730.30 while the FTSE in London was off 1.6% to 7,233.34. The Nasdaq was up, however, by 6.73 points to 11,370.96, and so was Sinclair Broadcast Group, which finished Thursday as a top performer in the media sector.