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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.

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.