TV/Cable News

Sinclair Broadcast Group wholly owned subsidiary Sinclair Television Group has entered into the Fourth Amendment to its “Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.”

The recipients of NATPE’s 18th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards have been announced. All will receive the prestigious award at a special reception on June 2 at the Beverly Wilshire — the first time they'll be handed out in Southern California.

Category winners will be announced live at the awards ceremony, which will return as an in-person event on June 7. A special one-hour production of the awards ceremony will once again be broadcast nationally on television and radio stations across the country in summer 2022.

The radio and television station group controlled by Apollo Global Management has moved forward with a digital streaming strategy expansion effort. To achieve its goals, Cox Media Group has partnered with a cloud-based SaaS media technology company known for its services for broadcast and Connected TV.

A new "standardized and flexible data framework," in collaboration with some of the industry’s leading data providers, has been brought to market by Xandr — just in time for Upfronts.

TelevisaUnivision has scheduled its Q1 2022 Univision Communications earnings call for 11am Eastern Tuesday morning — just as some 60,000 NAB Show attendees will be starting a jam-packed day in Las Vegas.

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has expanded the existing RFS antenna and combiner infrastructure atop One World Trade Center. This, RFS says, will enable delivery of next generation broadcasting to 7.45 million households across the New York City area.

With days ahead of what Pearl TV, the marketing arm behind NEXTGEN TV, hopes will be a dynamic NAB Show in Las Vegas, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV has partnered with fabless semiconductor company MediaTek in launching a program "that accelerates and streamlines" the path for adoption of NEXTGEN TV.

It's being marketed as "a New TV web platform that brings interactive experiences and streaming content to over-the-air viewers for the first time." And, it comes courtesy of Pearl TV, the Anne Schelle-headed marketing arm of ATSC 3.0 and NEXTGEN TV.

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.