TV/Cable News

Every day, public relations professionals and hired research professionals seemingly release a new report that gushes over the continued growth of Connected TV, OTT platforms and "FAST" channels. Here's some sobering news for that camp, which may be a good bit of info for broadcast TV: the churn rate for four top OTT services in April was big.

Among the many properties owned by Gray Television are the NBC and The CW Network affiliates serving Richmond, former Raycom Media stations. Soon, the duo will have an in-market sibling, thanks to Gray's purchase of a low-power television station serving the Virginia capital city.

Nearly two months ago, it became known that a special group of LPTV CPs — with expiry dates in 2023 — were available. They were placed on the market by a licensee that didn’t wish to build them, and among the buyers who have stepped forward is The E.W. Scripps Co. Now, a third buyer has emerged, and its an individual who has become an active acquisition actor in the last year.

With the release of the 150+-page "Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2021" by the FCC late Thursday, the Commission moved forward with its proposal to adopt the use of the population-based methodology for full-service television broadcasters for fiscal 2021. Here's what that means for over-the-air broadcast TV station owners.

A Nexstar Media Group CBS affiliate faces a small financial penalty for its apparent failure to submit its quarterly TV issues/programs lists to the FCC in a timely manner.

A company considered to be a "pioneer for managing, distributing and monetizing content" has received a strategic investment from Fox Corporation. This, Eluvio says, is designed to accelerate the adoption of Eluvio's platform across the broader media and entertainment industry.

In Central Florida, Mike McClain has gained national recognition as the SVP/GM of FOX O&O's WOFL-35 and WRBW-65 in Orlando and WOGX-51 in Gainesville-Ocala. Now, the FOX operation along the I-4 corridor is getting attention for its choice of a video software provider that will support its rollout of ATSC 3.0-based broadcast TV signals in the market.

RBR+TVBR has learned that Comscore and the Media Rating Council are currently working to commence an audit of Comscore’s national and local TV measurement. To confirm, the MRC has not officially started an audit. But, it has a statement on what's to come.

There's a new VP/GM for the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned FOX affiliate serving the Omaha-Council Bluffs market. He will also oversee the market's The CW Network affiliate, which Sinclair operates via a provision of services agreement.

"Those who utilize these technologies and end-resulting capabilities can more fluidly understand their audiences, how those audiences are reacting to creative content and ultimately drive attribution models resulting in real-time, data enhanced and directional outcomes." That's the conclusion of AdImpact VP John Link, who offers an exclusive thought piece for RBR+TVBR.

ACA Connects, the advocacy group representing small MVPD operators, on Friday announced the results of recent ACAC Board of Directors elections — in addition to Board replacements and appointments to the six-person ACAC Executive Committee.

Locast users can now access IP-delivered local broadcast TV news, weather, sports and entertainment offerings on their Vizio SmartCast TVs.

Ronna Corrente has gained national acclaim for her leadership of Gray Television’s FOX affiliate in New Orleans. Now, Gray is promoting her. What does that mean for WVUE, “FOX8”?

In an era of big data, content platforms are seeking personalization now more than ever. Among the newer entrants, it's a trend Nielsen has noticed.  The nation's dominant audience measurement and consumer data company shares that, compared with the early days of streaming, a handful of platforms are taking a more focused engagement approach. It's good for Blacks and Latinos.

He was an engineer and loved electronics and technology. That passion helped fuel a career as a cable television pioneer in Southwest Missouri, and the co-founding in 1993 with Stan Searle of the "Small Cable Business Association." That association is now known as ACA Connects, and it is being joined by others across the cable TV industry in mourning the passing of Alvin "Dean" Peterson.