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A pair of House Democrats have teamed together to reintroduce legislation that they say is designed to ensure that community television operations continue to receive the resources they need to educate and inform viewers in the cities and towns where they operate. Companion legislation was also introduced by a pair of Democrats in the U.S. Senate.

Advanced television advertising company OpenAP has brought to market a new cross-platform measurement framework backed by national TV publishers that is designed to provide advertisers with more choice in measurement tools. How so? XPm can help facilitate "an open and independent measurement ecosystem," OpenAP says.

When it comes to hot topics in the video entertainment world, SVOD is perhaps tops. For 2022, Deloitte predicts that with U.S. and global streaming services continuing to expand, the amplified competition "is creating abundant consumer choice and accelerating churn." As a result, Deloitte predicts that in 2022 at least 150 million SVOD paid subscriptions will be canceled worldwide, with churn rates of up to 30% per market. Is this an opportunity for over-the-air TV?

Broadband iTV Inc., the Austin, Texas-based company that considers itself as one of the pioneers of video-on-demand, has filed a dismissal of its patent infringement lawsuit against DISH Network LLC relating to video-on-demand, set-top box and related technologies.

A Class A digital TV station serving the Nation's Capital, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, has deployed NEXTGEN broadcast transmissions, making it the first facility in the market that's home to the FCC.

The NEXTGEN TV train has rolled into Greensboro-Winston Salem, according to broadcast data network builder BitPath. This market debut for NEXTGEN TV involves Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Hearst Television.

Gray Television has expanded its National Investigative Team, known as InvestigateTV. This saw a series of promotions and additions to the team.

The nation's eight-ranked market has become the latest to gain access to ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV. And, its launch is thanks to the FOX Television Stations-owned duopoly as well as the Nexstar-owned affiliate of The CW Network.

Walmart is a retailer in transition, as it seeks to nibble away at Amazon with more opportunities ahead in the online space. That said, its in-store magnetism remains high with key consumers, and it is using Spot Cable and Spot TV to attract the masses.

Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) elected three experienced media executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2022.

Some 75 stations have been selected for the Digital Transformation Program, developed with the intent of "changing their organizations’ operations and culture to more effectively deploy a digital-first, audience-centric approach." Selected stations include 40 public radio stations, 16 public television stations and 19 joint radio and TV licensees.

The President/CEO and the COO of Hearst Television's Litton Entertainment arm have announced that they will each retire from their roles at the end of the year. This puts Frank Biancuzzo, president of the recently created Hearst Media Production Group, in a position to directly oversee Litton.

Univision Communications has teamed with IPG's media agency Mediahub in forging a partnership with EDO Inc. and datafuelX — an arrangement Univision says will allow it "to leverage proprietary consumer behavior data to predict engagement performance for advertiser campaigns across Univision’s linear networks."

The last remaining properties tied to Red River Broadcast Co. have been spun, in a transaction that saw Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker in the transaction signed off by Kathy Lau and John Exline. It is a deal that can only be permissible today thanks to the erasure of the FCC's cross-ownership rules, as a newspaper and TV station will soon be siblings in Duluth, Minn.

National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), the global business association for content producers, distributors, streamers and buyers across all platforms, has unveiled the recipients for its 2022 Iris Awards.