TV/Cable News

With cord-cutting an omnipresent concern, the company led by Chris Ripley has just taken its first steps in bringing the network's content -- or, at least some version of it -- to a free, ad-supported medium. Call it a FAST break for the Tennis Channel, thanks to Amagi.

Mobile marketing technology company DigitalReef has completed the acquisition of a connected television (CTV) advertising software platform, an acquisition the company belives will give it expanded capabilities and expertise in programmatic advertising and streaming media ad management throughout the Americas.

Stability in the ad world is a sign that brand commitment — and a continued flow of ad dollars to a campaign designed to get results — is strong. That's a good thing, as Liberty Mutual Insurance has demonstrated at spot cable.

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Charter Communications have reached a comprehensive distribution agreement for continued carriage of Sinclair’s owned local broadcast stations, Tennis Channel, 19 Bally Sports RSN brands, Marquee Sports Network and the YES Network, in which Sinclair is a joint venture partner.

For savvy investors who snapped up Nielsen shares at a price below $17 in late February, getting a dividend only sweetens their riches. Indeed, a dividend has been declared by the Nielsen Board. And, it includes a somewhat noteworthy record date, one that's six weeks away.

One of the key broadcast TV companies fueling the voluntary rollout of ATSC 3.0 and its NEXTGEN TV capabilities is partnering with USSI Global in offering what aims to be the first commercial datacasting service in the U.S. to use the new digital broadcast standard.

Nielsen Holdings plc will issue its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 before the market opens on the final Thursday of 2022 — just as the last of the NAB Show attendees step off of their redeye flights back to the East Coast.

On March 10 RBR+TVBR first shared the news that Ronna Corrente, GM of WAVE-3 in Louisville since August 2021, was taking on a bigger role for the station's owner, Gray Television. The person now overseeing the day-to-day duties at the NBC affiliate in Kentucky's largest market is now known.

The pre-event frenzy tied to the NAB Show has reached a level perhaps unlike any previous conference. Companies galore are preparing to greet media executives on the expo floor and at offsite suites. Other C-Suiters will be on panels, or hosting press conferences -- as is the case for Sinclair Broadcast Group.

They were once MSNBC co-anchors. Today, Lester Holt is the anchor of the NBC Nightly News while Ashleigh Banfield hosts an eponymous news and insight-driven chat program on Nexstar Media Group's NewsNation cable TV network. They're reuniting ... sort of.

As Hearst Television sees it, it's a time of "profound technological evolution" for television broadcasting. As such, the free-to-air station owner has created a fellowship program designed to recruit young engineering and IT talent to the industry. And, Hearst is doing so in honor of a longtime top engineering executive.

The owner of Bally Sports RSNs, over-the-air television stations and broadcast transmitter maker Dielectric will reveal its first quarter 2022 financial results on May 4. Ahead of that full look of the company's performance in the first three months of the year, Sinclair Broadcast Group released preliminary media revenue results for its broadcast segment.

Talk about a market leap. Since October, he's been VP/GM of the ABC affiliates owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. serving the Waco-Temple-Bryan, Tex., DMA. On May 2, he'll be taking his talents to South Beach.

The newest look at the Spot Ten Cable action among advertisers, by spot play count, is out from Media Monitors. The biggest takeaway? While auto insurance specialists remain big users of the media, QSRs are triumphing as a leading category for MVPDs.

Now that the combination of Televisa and Univision Communications is complete, so is the "redesign" of the team structure of the TelevisaUnivision communications team. This sees the arrival of a SVP of Corporate Communications of an individual most recently in the role of VP/Corporate Communications, Public Affairs & DE+I at Cox Media Group.