TV/Cable News

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.

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.