TV/Cable News

In a day-and-age where cord-cutting continues across the U.S., having a more-powerful digital UHF signal than a digital VHF facility is more essential than ever for a broadcast TV station owner. Just as The E.W. Scripps Co., which has asked the FCC to give it the OK to shift five of its Big Sky country stations from VHF to UHF.

A Howard Shirk Holdings-owned Heroes & Icons-affiliated station using digital Channel 34 has become the "lighthouse" facility for ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV signals in DMA No. 94.

A 19-year veteran Allen Media Group employee who first joined as Vice President of Advertising Sales has been given the new role of Chief Revenue Officer. Before his 2003 arrival at the Byron Allen-owned operation, he spent over a decade in national broadcast buying.

The "Big Four" broadcast television network affiliates and the low-power TV station airing Azteca América programming across Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast of Florida have collectively made the leap to deliver "a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology" to local consumers.

The Director of Content at the TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate located on Gandy Blvd. in St. Petersburg, Fla., will soon be trading in her Bolts and Bucs jerseys for Flyers and Eagles attire. That's because she's just been named President/GM of CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Philadelphia.

Brian Handrigan, co-founder and CEO of St. Louis-based Advocado, shares in this InFOCUS Podcast how the company's November 2021 purchase of VEIL watermarking software is moving forward, and what Advocado's acquisition of Kantar BVS means, too. LISTEN HERE

Using a "three-pronged valuation approach," MoffettNathanson sliced the target price of The Walt Disney Co.'s share price by ten percent. On a tough day for Wall Street, the decision couldn't have come at a worse time for DIS, which fell by 5.1% in average trading on Monday.

The event, which is traditionally held during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, makes it return after a three-year absence on Wednesday, April 27 — bright and early at 7am Pacific. Among the other honorees are now-retired NAB EVP/Media Relations Dennis Wharton, Katz Radio Group's President, and the Chief Insights Officer at Cumulus Media.

It hasn't been great of late for Peloton. Now, a spot cable effort is being used to revive the home cycling athletic brand. We've also got the latest look at the Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report.

Since December 2019, he has served as VP/GM of one of the newest members of The E.W. Scripps Co. family. Starting Monday (3/7), he'll become VP/GM of the company's NBC affiliate and its "FLORIDA 24 Network" over-the-air station serving the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach County, Florida.

Xandr’s “holistic approach for political” is comprised of multiple tools for advertisers and publishers to buy and sell political advertising programmatically.

One month ago, Connected TV advertising and measurement platform Innovid struck a deal to acquire television measurement company. The acquisition has just closed, and creates what Innovid calls “an end-to-end, independent TV measurement alternative that brings together streaming and linear television.”

The individual who tops RBR+TVBR's first-ever ranking of Broadcast Media’s Top Tech Leaders, announced in the Winter 2022 RBR+TVBR Special Report distributed this week at MWC 2022 Barcelona and in January to subscribers, has just been promoted to President to Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group.

For nearly three years, she has served as VP/GM of ABC Audio. Starting today, she'll serve in the newly created New York-based position of Executive Editor and Senior VP of ABC News.

"Real-time TV measurement" company iSpot has announced it is expanding its cross-platform viewing verification capabilities by agreeing to purchase a TV-viewing data analytics company known for its measurement of consumer viewing in public locations across the U.S.