Five Tampa Bay TV Stations Team For NEXTGEN Rollout
TV viewers in the nation’s 12th largest television market will get a taste of the future, as a quintet of local broadcast television stations have banded together to launch NEXTGEN TV. A FOX O&O, along with Scripps, Nexstar and TEGNA properties, are involved. It is a Hearst unaffiliated TV property that is serving as the host station.
WGN America Gains A vMVPD As Dish Dump Looms
A chief sticking point between Dish and Nexstar Media Group, the nation's No. 1 broadcast TV station owner on a new retrans agreement is cable network WGN America. Dish says it is being forced to carry the offering as part of a new retrans deal, and calls it "a channel that has experienced declining viewership in recent years." Don't tell that to Alphabet Inc.
FCC Seeking Comments On NEXTGEN TV Multi-Station Multicast Ruling
The FCC's Media Bureau is now seeking comment on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling and Petition for Rulemaking filed earlier this month by the NAB that asks the Commission to clarify and, to the extent necessary, change the licensing treatment of a NEXTGEN TV station's multicast streams under the NEXTGEN TV local simulcasting rules.
More Time For Public Comment on WNYW, WWOR Owner Waiver
It’s had a permanent waiver of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule as it pertains to the ownership of New York’s FOX affiliate and a daily newspaper founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801. Now, FOX Corporation wants its second TV station in New York to also be covered by a permanent waiver. Should it? You now have more time to tell the FCC.
Gobble Hobble: Dish, Nexstar Warn Of Wednesday Retrans Impasse
At 2pm Eastern on Thanksgiving Day, many Americans were enjoying the holiday in various ways. For Colorado-based Dish, the moment was seemingly appropriate to lob a stink bomb in the direction of the nation's largest broadcast TV station owner, accusing it of setting the stages for the "largest local station blackout in TV history."
ATSC Board Members Elected
Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. have elected three veteran industry executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for a three-year period. Their terms begin in January 2021.
Retailers Rule At Spot TV, As Auto Activity Lags
In the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report, just two auto brands can be found. The bigger story is the department store sector, which spent heavily -- and reportedly suffered from soft Black Friday traffic.
ViacomCBS Agrees to Publishing Arm’s Spin
The sale of publishing business Simon & Schuster by ViacomCBS was an event many expected would occur sooner or later, following the reunification of Viacom and CBS Corp. under the direction of majority shareholder National Amusements, Inc. On Wednesday, ViacomCBS officially said goodbye to Simon & Schuster. It's earning billions from the divestment.
TV Advertising Trends Are Better than Forecast. Why?
Why is TV advertising trending this much better and is it sustainable? That’s a question that noted Wall Street observer Michael Nathanson, Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson, asks in a new investor note.
Nexstar Sees Its Best Wall Street Finish Since Early March
Don't look now, but Nexstar Media Group is well on its way to scoring another all-time high for its publicly traded shares. With Monday's close, NXST is at its highest price since the early days of March. In fact, it is up 91% from its closing price on March 18.
Estrella Media’s 24/7 News Network Rolls On Roku
Since the emergence from bankruptcy protection of the former LBI Media, the company now known as Estrella Media has injected new life into an entity seeking to be a strong No. 3 in the Spanish-language U.S. Hispanic visual media world. Now, it is the first to launch a 24/7 Spanish-language TV news channel -- and it is available on Roku.
A Vertical Merger That’s Eco-Friendly
The largest private owner and operator of communications infrastructure and locations in the United States has merged with a developer of wireless communication, tower sites and infrastructure -- a move that increases the buyer's owned and master-leased tower portfolio to over 20,000 sites.
Sinclair Prices Its Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes
Sinclair Television Group has priced its previously announced private offering for an aggregate principal amount of $750 million of Senior Secured Notes due 2030. The news further buoyed SBGI on Wall Street, with shares up 4% with 45 minutes left in Friday's trading session. The move follows a big RSN rebrand for Sinclair, and the naming of its headline news service.
Cord Cutting in Q3: ‘Are We Finding a Floor?’
"Is the glass half-empty, or half-full?" That's a question MoffettNathanson Senior Analyst Michael Nathanson asks in an investor note that examines the pay-TV industry's health through the third quarter of 2020. The glass half-empty argument is one he focuses on first. What's his ultimate conclusion?
FCC R&O Aimed At ATSC 3.0 Deployment Encouragement
The FCC on Thursday unveiled its December Open Meeting agenda, and its final item of business on December 10 is a Report and Order that would modify and clarify existing rules to promote the deployment of Broadcast Internet services as part of the transition to ATSC 3.0.