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“Univision delivered solid operating and continuing financial improvement." That's according to CEO Vince Sadusky, who shared Q3 financial results for the Hispanic-targeted multimedia company punctuated by an 8% year-over-year revenue decline. Considering Univision's non-television assets, that's not so bad.

With the transition in command from Vince Sadusky to Wade Davis edging ever closer,  Univision Communications has shed its minority position in a MVPD-distributed offering created in partnership with a cult Mexican-American film producer, largely to satisfy regulators charged with approving Comcast's merger with NBCUniversal.

Minutes before RBR+TVBR's Thursday deadlines, Entravision Communications released its Q3 2020 fiscal report. The bottom line? "Entravision had a strong third quarter compared to the second quarter with revenues improving across all three of our operating segments," Chairman/CEO Walter Ulloa said.

When the rollout on Amazon Fire TV is complete, TEGNA stations’ local news and other programming will be available to consumers on the two dominant OTT streaming media players, which comprise 70% of the U.S. market.

It's a gorilla-sized move that brings ATSC 3.0-powered over-the-air TV broadcasts to one of America's most technology-savvy markets. NEXTGEN TV is coming to Seattle in early December, and it is thanks to a newly forged partnership between GatesAir and TEGNA.

Sinclair Broadcast Group beat Zacks Consenus Estimates on both its revenue and adjusted earnings per share. Yet, investors immediately went into sell mode on SBGI -- even as a healthy quarterly cash dividend was declared by the Sinclair board. At the closing bell on Wednesday, a nearly 8% dip in value was registered.

The E.W. Scripps Co. on Friday morning will report its Q3 2020 earnings results. What can investors expect? Zacks Equity Research has taken a stab at answering that question. Meanwhile, investors already know that they're getting a little bonus for being a shareholder, thanks to Scripps' board.

That's the Election Day 2020 conclusion from a MediaRadar deep dive that uncovers just how much was spent across National TV, Digital and Print for political ads between January of 2020 and October. How does over-the-air television compare?

On Wall Street, investors Tuesday were enjoying a sea of green. Every media company RBR+TVBR tracks was up -- except one. The outlier happens to be an owner of broadcast TV stations that saw its shares slip following what appears to be favorable fiscal Q1 2021 results. So, what's worrying Fox Corp. investors?

Urban One kicked off November by revealing the final results of its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 for new notes to be issued by the African American consumer-targeted media company. It's also got the official tally for its consent solicitations and a plan to codify "certain amendments" to its existing notes indenture.

The FCC's Media Bureau has lifted its freeze on the filing of television station minor modification applications and rulemaking petitions. Here are the details, including when the effective date may be anticipated.

Until now, Spanish-dominant Hispanics seeking wholly U.S.-focused news and information on cable or broadcast TV have had little, if any, choices. Estrella Media now seeks to fill that void.

A self-described "non-profit local broadcast TV streaming service" the NAB and the nation's broadcast television networks would rather see squashed has swarmed in to two more DMAs, bringing the total number of U.S. markets where it's available to viewers to 16.

New findings from Pew Research Center debunk as myth the fiscal troubles at over-the-air TV station groups throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, ad revenue was down in Q2 for five broadcast TV companies Pew examined. But, this was cushioned by a most controversial revenue generator, one that the ATVA and ACA Connects despises.

The agreement involves stations in Central Pennsylvania and in Charleston, S.C.