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She's known among viewers of FOX News Channel, FOX Nation and FOX Business and for her work appearing in such publications as Nexstar Media Group-owned Capitol Hill daily The Hill. Now, Katie Pavlich is taking a much more prominent role at the Nexstar-owned cable TV network known as NewsNation.

There's now roughly one week remaining in the holiday shopping season, with Hanukkah underway and Christmas Eve coming one week from Wednesday. As such, attracting consumers remains a key desire for retailers. That's why Walmart stepped up its spot activity at Spot Television for the week ending December 14.

That's the conclusion of new forecasts courtesy of Omdia, which state that the change will come in 2027 — marking the first time a vMVPD will claim the top position in the evolving cable television marketplace.

He's been the Radio + Television Business Report's Top Local TV Leader for the last several years, and in command of the flagship television property within Graham Media Group. Now, he's no longer associated with the NBC affiliate branded as "LOCAL 4," as he has resigned from WDIV-4 in Detroit.

Connected TV advertising player LG Ad Solutions has entered into new partnerships that the TV set manufacturer with its own "FAST" channel lineup across all of its televisions believes has established "the industry’s most robust local television dataset."

They're at it again. Three days after word surfaced that Verizon Fios was nearing an impasse over a fresh retransmission consent agreement with Cox Media Group, threating a "blackout" of the company's Pittsburgh and Boston stations, respectively, a new potential tussle over carriage rights fees has surfaced for the regional MVPD.

Gray Media plans on commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America with a company-wide storytelling project that showcases how local people, places, and moments have shaped the American story.

The entrepreneur has a fresh buyer in place for a low-power TV station serving San Francisco, after failing to sell it to Penny and David Drucker in February and, in 2024, to Scott Centers. Who's the new buyer? It's a face familiar to longtime viewers of KGO-TV who has made a name in South Asian-focused media.

The original series is cleared to air on Saturday or Sunday mornings. It is a 30-minute weekly offering set at an adoption center and sanctuary in picturesque Hopland, Calif., north of Santa Rosa along U.S. 101.

The NAB's EVP of Technology and Chief Technology Officer will be leaving that role to join the association's Advanced Technology VP in taking on new roles dedicated exclusively to the ATSC 3.0-fueled Broadcast Positioning System initiative being championed by the broadcast industry's key D.C. voice.

The Byron Allen-controlled Allen Media Group has lured a former TelevisaUnivision ad sales veteran to serve as its Chief Revenue Officer of Advertising Sales. It puts him in a key role for all of AMG's assets — including owned-and-operated broadcast TV stations that will soon be under different ownership.

New York-headquartered predictive advertising company Cadent has moved ahead with its purchase of an entity known for its efforts in YouTube video ad planning, optimization, and measurement.

It's been in the works for weeks and weeks: Sunbeam Television's Miami-Fort Lauderdale home in North Bay Village, Fla., along a flood-prone causeway traversing Biscayne Bay, is being replaced with a state-of-the-art facility in Broward County. That move is moving forward, and station leaders are cheering.

The DIRECTV app includes access to its Genre Packs, free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, and "Signature Packages," as well as on-demand content and a personalized viewing experience directly through the TV.

The first weekly looks at the play count for commercials airing on broadcast and cable TV stations, respectively, from Media Monitors are out. At Spot Cable, there's an auto insurance specialist that has soared to the top. That said, there's one brand that saw big gains last week at both Spot TV and Spot Cable.