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TEGNA-owned ABC affiliate WFAA-8 in Dallas is readying a move in 2022 from its streetside studio in the Plaza Towers building at Victory Park. The facility, which dates to 2007, also houses a group of stations owned by one of the biggest radio broadcasting companies in the U.S.

HC2 Holdings, which amassed a sizable portfolio of low-power TV stations under former head Philip Falcone, has just shed the last vestiges of that era. As of last week, it has a new name: Innovate Corp. The news arrived along with the company's Q2 earnings report.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has moved forward with giving a Latin boost to its Peacock OTT offering and the individual streaming platforms tied to its broadcast and cable TV networks by creating a Hispanic Streaming division. Who's leading it? A woman who joined NBCU in 2012 through its E! operations.

Its merger with Gray Television is on track to close within a matter of weeks. But, that hasn't stopped Meredith Corporation from signing a new deal for local TV ratings from the nation's dominant source of audience measurement and consumption data.

GatesAir, known for its wireless, over-the-air content delivery products used by radio and TV stations across the U.S., has joined forces with Pearl TV and Howard University to bring NEXTGEN TV service to Washington, D.C.

A veteran journalist who joined CBS News in 2019 as Managing Editor of "CBS This Morning" has been selected to serve as the Sr. VP of Standards and Practices for ViacomCBS's CBS News and Stations Group. It's a new role.

It may have a fresh retransmission consent battle on its hands with Sinclair Broadcast Group. But, that's nary a worry for DISH investors. The direct broadcast satellite company making significant inroads in the cellular services and 5G world beat Q2 2021 earnings per share estimates by some 17 cents. DISH also beat Wall Street predictions on Q2 revenue.

It owns such key broadcast TV stations as WUSA-9 in Washington, D.C., and NBC affiliates including KPNX-12 in Phoenix, WGRZ-2 in Buffalo, and KGW-8 in Portland, Ore. It also owns the Premion over-the-top (OTT) advertising platform. How did TEGNA perform in Q2 2021? Its quarterly revenue and adjusted EPS beat Wall Street forecasts.

With its relaunch of CBS All Access as Paramount+, growth at Pluto and promoting Showtime OTT to help offset linear declines, analyst Michael Nathanson says ViacomCBS harbors a heightened focus on becoming "a scaled global competitor" in the business of streaming. There's just one question about ViacomCBS's goals that's vexing to him.

The multi-year agreement comes as a result of this media consumption analysis company's expanded data rights, "driving increased measurement stability, as well as continued improvements to its television measurement products."

Until recently, Entravision was largely viewed by the industry and by investors as a Hispanic-focused company with revenue equally derived from its digital, television and radio divisions. That's no longer the case. The company's Q2 earnings results demonstrate that digital is, by a very wide margin, the revenue driver today.

Graham Holdings Company on Wednesday released its second quarter results. But, how did the Media division perform within this highly diversified company that has its historical roots linked to Catherine Graham and The Washington Post? We took a look at the details.

With Tuesday's creation of a new company named DIRECTV, following its spin from AT&T, will broadcast TV companies including Cox Media Group, TEGNA, Hearst and Cowles benefit when their next round of individual retransmission consent agreement talks start?

If you receive your cable TV services from Cox Communications, there's no fear of losing access to any ViacomCBS-owned station anytime soon. In fact, Cox customers are gaining access to the company's collection of streaming services.