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During his years as General Counsel, Mr. Faber guided the company through a multitude of acquisitions, including more than 150 broadcast stations and Tennis Channel. He has served as Sinclair’s President of Distribution and Network Relations since April 2019.

In March 2021, a transaction was consummated that saw the sale of 20 unbuilt LPTV construction permits from Landover Wireless, a 30-year veteran of the global wireless telecommunications industry. Now, a second deal has been struck. It involves the same buyer.

The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association's 2021 Summer Conference agenda is a dynamic one, and WBA President/CEO Michelle Vetterkind spoke with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to share what's on tap for attendees this year in this podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

Discovery Inc., which is acquiring WarnerMedia's assets in a Reverse Morris Trust-fueled tax free deal, saw its stock slip by 19 cents to $31.28 on Monday. Could a further slice of its share price be on the way, following a downgrade from an influential Wall Street watcher?

Esteemed GroupM Global President of Business Intelligence Brian Wieser has singled out three key areas that have been transformed the most for his firms clients over the past months. While e-commerce and "responsible investing" are two of these areas, it is the third — linear and Connected TV — that deserve the industry's attention.

Thanks to Nexstar Media Group's merger with Tribune Broadcasting, it became the owner of one of the nation's biggest affiliates of The CW Network. That relationship will now stay in place for a while, as the company has inked a new blanket agreement for each of Nexstar's CW stations.

There's new activity in Juneau and nearby Sitka involving a CBS affiliate that in 2020 lost its Ketchikan, Alaska satellite partner to Gray Television's Anchorage-based operation. It involves the Colorado-based David and Penny Drucker, who are set to commit to Alaskan TV ownership.

For the last several years, U.S. Hispanics who have opted to watch the National Football League's championship telecast en Español could turn to a cable TV channel. For Super Bowl LVI, a big change is in the works for NFL fans, thanks to NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. El gran juego will air on broadcast TV for the first time.

In a move the company says will "further accelerate its leadership" in the over-the-top (OTT) space, The E.W. Scripps Co. is collaborating with a digital Goliath to bring its OTT ad offerings to local businesses. At the same time, Scripps has selected its preferred sell-side platform for Connected TV. 

Four years ago, 8 rack units brought to life the first ATSC 3.0 air chain. Then came a reduced footprint, in April 2019, followed by the 2020 arrival of the first 1-rack unit using a Blade server. Now, a cloud application on Amazon Web Services (AWS) today is in place for what powers NextGen TV.

With the May 17 pre-market confirmation that WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc. will merge via a tax-free Reverse Morris Trust-engineered merger, MoffettNathanson's two Senior Analysts believe that "the rationale for today’s monumental news that WarnerMedia will be merging with Discovery can be plainly found in our Q&As" offered at their event last week.

With pre-market trading not as harsh as post-market trading Thursday for Disney stock, investors may be looking beyond Disney+ OTT subscriber rolls and theme park attendance and revenue by looking at its Broadcast segment. There, the fiscal Q2 tale shows network growth on a balance beam with owned-station revenue slowdowns.

What is being described as "the first locally relevant television channel for adult learners seeking short-term courses and credentials to advance their job prospects and navigate the future of work" is now in development.

The Walt Disney Company has ended its fiscal second quarter of 2021 with 103.6 million Disney+ subscribers. Uh-oh. Disney+ in early March said it surpassed 100 million subscribers for the first time, and it appears the excitement over the over-the-top platform is slowing down.

On March 1, MobiTV said it was “committed to working with its lenders and stakeholders towards a speedy and successful resolution” as it sought relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. It's now known that the successful resolution to its fiscal woes is a sale at auction of its assets to the highest bidder.