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In May 2019, Manship Media CFO Ralph Bender welcomed Media Finance Focus 2019 attendees alongside Bonneville International Corp. Controller Melissa Mitchell at a well-attended New Orleans event full of panel discussions. Then came COVID-19. Now, three years later, Media Finance Focus is poised to return for MFM and BCCA.

The information from Nielsen, which is mulling a takeover bid while shopping around for a better offer, offered the data in its first-ever "State of Play" report, which highlights the increasing boom of video content in both linear and streaming in recent years.

He's known for his years at KGO-7 and as the head of Diya TV, serving South Asian audiences. In the media brokerage world, this entrepreneur has become known as an avid investor in low-power TV stations. Ravi Kapur is at it again. This time, he's acquiring properties in Northern California.

In a first for a service that seeks to become a successful "OTA over IP" service using traditional retransmission consent agreements to gain access to "Big Four" affiliates, programmatically-decisioned dynamic advertising insertion (DAI) and replacement (DAR) capabilities are now being made available across every market it is presently operating in.

NewsON, the streaming aggregator of local news content, has a new Director of Sales. He fills a newly created position at NewsON and joins from Comscore, where he was Director of Business Development.

There is a bit of stability among the top brands by play count using Spot Television to connect with consumers. That's a good thing for broadcast TV station owners seeking a strong start to Q2.

In the first days of 2022, a Hubbard Broadcasting NBC affiliate it has owned since 1996 asked the FCC for its permission to move to a more powerful digital UHF signal, while keeping its PSIP. Before such a decision could be made, the FCC opened the request up for public comment. Now, Video Division Chief Barbara Kreisman has ruled on the matter.

The 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards competition has unveiled its shortlist across 14 category groups. "Engaging film and television entries" created by filmmakers and storytellers from 42 countries were judged online by the 2022 TV & Film Awards Grand Jury.

Until its merger with Meredith Corporation, Atlanta-headquartered Gray Television didn’t own a broadcast TV station in its home market. As of April 1, it now owns three over-the-air broadcast TV stations in The A.

Television industry advocacy group TVB took a season-to-date look at adults 18+. To little surprise, it revealed that "Jeopardy!" has averaged nearly 10 million viewers with alternating hosts Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. How does this compare to cable television's more well-known shows?

Starting Monday, two Graham Media Group stations will launch an additional hour of their morning local newscasts. However, you won't see them on the stations' over-the-air signals. The newscasts will be offered exclusively on the stations' digital platforms and, namely, their OTT apps.

It's designed to bridge the gap between linear TV and streaming services. And, broadcast TV companies could have a particular interest in such a product, given viewer trends suggesting FAST channels and AVOD go hand-in-hand free-to-air television consumption.

Gray Television has announced when it will release its earnings results for the quarter ending March 31, 2022. Could the results finally give Gray shares the spark they need to climb past the $25 mark?

She's a veteran local media executive and award-winning journalist who has spent close to 3 1/2 years as News Director for CBS News and Stations’ Pittsburgh operations. Now, this local leader may have to keep any Steelers gear in storage, should she attend many Ravens games thanks to her new job.

To little surprise, the report finds that FAST performance is accelerating across the globe. And, Amagi says, this is driven by "subscription fatigue" and — in a positive development for broadcast TV companies — consumers’ growing demand for linear viewing experiences.