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One is a global video entertainment giant, with reach unlike any other visual distribution platform that's perhaps ever existed. The other is the owner of broadcast TV stations including the NBC affiliate in Phoenix and the CBS affiliates in Tampa and Washington, DC. Which one should investors consider? Zacks Equity Research has an answer.

It's the No. 5 MVPD by size in the U.S. It also sells advertising and production services under the OnMedia brand. Now, this cable television service provider has a freshly inked carriage agreement in place with the owner of the NBC affiliate serving an area of Kentucky recently battered by fierce twisters.

Two motions filed by AT&T and DirecTV against the owner of Indianapolis' MyNetworkTV and The CW Network affiliates that sought to dismiss a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the MVPD service providers have been denied by the Chief Judge of Indiana's Federal District Court.

Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Ukraine, part of media holding Media Group Ukraine, has signed a three-year contract deal with NBCUniversal Global Distribution for exclusive rights to broadcast its content in the eastern European nation.

Marianne Vita, SVP and Director of Integrated Strategy and Marketing at the VAB, shares how OTA and OTT can positively collide — thanks to addressable advertising opportunities that can help broadcasters — in this fresh podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

Despite the dark clouds, there's no hard stop on product rollouts and big plans for the year ahead from broadcast media’s biggest technology partners. RBR+TVBR's all-new Winter 2022 Special Report, distributed digitally on January 24, 2022, offers exclusive insight and full details about their latest gadgetry and technological advancements key broadcast media tech companies are eager to show off.

American Tower Corporation has closed its acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation. It follows the completion of its previously announced tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of CoreSite.

Even with the growing number of viewing options available, including streaming and on- demand via smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other devices that can fragment audiences, WideOrbit Chief Product Officer Will Offeman can't speak higher about broadcast TV. In his view, it is still the most effective method for reaching large numbers of consumers.

With an increase in in-person event cancellations at CES 2022, including that of iHeartMedia, Google and Microsoft, what does that bode for attendance at the second most-important event of the season — NATPE Miami?

In the Florida Keys, there's a station called WKIZ. It's a digital low-power TV facility, and is a sibling to a Class A digital TV facility also serving the Conch Republic. Paul Garber has been the Manager of the stations' licensee. Thanks to a deal finalized just before Christmas, a reorganization in the stations' ownership is moving forward. This puts David and Penny Drucker in the driver's seat.

Corpus Christi, Tex.-based Mako Communications found itself with a group of low-power TV stations with a unique trait: the deadline to build them isn't until 2023. It decided to sell them, attracting a variety of buyers and prices. Now, it has a buyer for a facility serving the home of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 

In February, an agreement was struck that would see the sale of a pair of South Dakota TV stations to a broadcast ministry. It was a deal brokered by Kalil & Co. Now, the sale — greatly influenced by Gray Television‘s 2020 acquisition of the intellectual property associated with that 33-year-old broadcast station — has just been completed.

Jeff Winemiller and his Lowcountry 34 Media has been divesting low-power television stations in various locales across the U.S. for more than a year. Among those transactions is the June 2020 sale of W26DT-Din Myrtle Beach, S.C. Now, Lowcountry 34 Media is engaging in another deal involving the same buyer.

The capital of the Keystone State has its first locally based NEXTGEN TV station. And, for those who have televisions capable of receiving the non-backwards compatible signals powered by the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard, turbo-charged ABC programming courtesy of the local affiliate can be seen.

Alpha is the first iteration of Nielsen ONE, a company spokesperson says. It will continue to evolve with new feature additions, enhancements, and model improvements leading up to the launch of Nielsen ONE in the fourth quarter of 2022.