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The entity that calls itself the "only" sports betting network dedicated to providing real-time news and analysis across every major sport 24/7 has signed a content distribution deal with YouTube TV. The arrangement means that subscribers have access to the DraftKings Inc. subsidiary's sports betting and entertainment programming.

While Philip Falcone's Sovryn Holdings snaps up a New York City LPTV property from Charles Wong, he's also signing off on a deal involving one of several "special" low-power facilities being sold by Mako Communications — a low-power CP that doesn't need to be built until 2023.

The VAB Task Force has been working over the past year to advance conversation on measurement. Now, "given the degree of advancement and transformation our industry seeks in both the current and future states of measurement/currency," the VAB is pledging "to be very active and focused in collaborating with all industry initiatives."

The streaming app offers on demand programming from a catalog of factual entertainment, science, history and engineering programs, and daring adventure-reality series. The Quest app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android and iOS.

The E.W. Scripps Company has named two industry leaders to oversee programming and news standards for the Scripps Networks news division. Both individuals report to Kate O’Brian, head of the news group for Scripps Networks.

In May 2020, he was named VP of Broadcast Operations at RNN, the over-the-air news and information network based in the New York Tri-State area, born out of the former WTZA-62 in Kingston, N.Y. Now, this individual with experience at a L.A. UHF station and, before that, at a Tribune property in Portland, Ore., is joining Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Circle City Broadcasting and Metro Video Productions have signed an agreement that effectively expands the "Indiana News Network," based at the DuJuan McCoy-owned TV stations serving Indianapolis, to another Hoosier State market.

He'd be celebrating five years at Gray Television's dual CBS/FOX-affiliated broadcast station serving the Mankato, Minn., market this month. Sadly, the local leader's brief battle with cancer ended Thursday, Sept. 2, leading those who worked with him at KEYC-12 and at Gray to mourn his loss.

He's been largely known as an outspoken African-American owner of broadcast television stations in Indiana. Now, DuJuan McCoy is getting attention for deciding to team up with a data scientist to launch what's being called eMedia Augmentation Co. LLC.

Nielsen CEO David Kenny in a note to its clients commented on the Media Rating Council Board of Directors decision to suspend accreditation of both Nielsen's national television service and its Nielsen's Local People Meter and Set Meter Markets. In short, he's doubling down on his "confidence" in audience measurement many have questioned.

Thanks to a newly inked agreement with Cox Media Group, the company's local TV stations will provide news content to the VUit streaming platform. News reports from Boston, Atlanta, Seattle-Tacoma, Orlando, and Charlotte are included in the deal.

On August 31, a New York Federal District Court finally offered a glimmer of what could be a rough ride ahead for Locast. He declined to honor a request from the controversial donation-based service for summary judgment in the case, which focuses on copyright infringement. Why? Its non-profit argument may be full of holes.

As advertisers wrestled to recalibrate their media spending in the pandemic, they didn’t overlook a "seismic shift" to Connected TV platforms. In fact, eMarketer estimates that "CTV" U.S. ad spending grew by 40.6% in 2020. Today, networks are continuing to place a greater emphasis on CTV within their upfronts. What does this mean for broadcast TV and its clients?

The decision, the NCTC and ACA Connects say, offers members and vendors an opportunity to convene as an industry in the safest possible manner amid lingering uncertainty over the appropriateness of large in-person events. It's another sign that the NAB Show could be a bit of an attendance flop for the nation's key broadcast media lobbying and advocacy group.

Viewers of the local CBS affiliate, owned by Hearst Television, now have the option of watching an additional hour of local news in the morning. As of September 7, a 60-minute 9am newscast will air on the station.