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Veritone has partnered with Future Media & Entertainment Group to uncover television industry perceptions and experiences around AI. "At a time when organizations are finding new ways to work and searching for efficiencies, Veritone set out to gauge the role Artificial Intelligence plays in this process," the company says.

The Walt Disney Co.'s advanced advertising suite is expanding its offerings by bringing its Disney Media Networks program offerings to the Addressable TV beta test presently being conducted by Nielsen. With Disney's participation, its networks will gain the opportunity to test, evaluate and experience the Addressable TV platform ahead of its commercial launch.

Three deals involving TV stations in Wyoming, brokered by Kalil & Co., were filed in early October 2019 with the FCC. Now, the transactions, which include the sale of three TV stations and two LPTVs in the Casper, Wyo., DMA, have closed. That deal was only made possible after Gray Television's bid for one of the properties was nixed on the grounds it created a duopoly.

From a big-picture perspective, TV news is largely trusted. But, that differs with respect to how some Gen Z and Millennial consumers feel about the coverage of protests tied to the murder of George Floyd by some television news organizations. Negative aspects of the protests have dominated coverage, they lament.

The end-of-life for low power television and television translator stations operating on four specific UHF channels is nearing. And, the Media Bureau on Tuesday sent out a reminder to all licensees of such stations that operations must cease in just six weeks' time.

Are you a party that finds it is in a "mutually exclusive" group for a new or modified digital LPTV and/or TV translator station listed in a public notice appendix distributed Tuesday? Now is your time to resolve this "MX" matter by unilateral engineering amendment, legal settlement, or engineering settlement, thanks to a Media Bureau settlement period that begins today.

A former Media General executive who has spent time in New York's Capital District and began his career in 1991 as an local AE at the FOX affiliate in Jackson, Miss., is being placed in charge of Nexstar's FOX and MyNetwork TV affiliates in the South's second-largest market.

Spot advertising in local markets appears to be starting to turn the corner after declining in some areas by as much as 35% at the end of March. That's according to fresh data released today by Nielsen.

For television viewers in the Texarkana, Ark./Tex., market, a Class A digital TV station has provided "life-changing" non-secular programming for several years. Now, the future of this property is in question thanks to its sale.

George S. Flinn Jr. is widely known across the media broadcasting industry for his ownership of radio and TV stations in Mississippi, the Memphis market, and in Arkansas. Now, he's paring back his television assets. Concurrently filed deals indicate that he's parting ways with several of them, with all going to the same non-secular operator. Could a political bid be why?

In a major move involving one of the nation's top TV stations, the man who has served as VP/News for ABC Owned Television Stations' KABC-7 in Los Angeles since May 2015 will be celebrating his five-year anniversary in the role by going North Carolina. He's just been appointed President/GM of a station he spent 17 years at, as News Director.

On May 14, RBR+TVBR shared the news that Bill Fine will retire as President/GM of WCVB-5 in Boston, considered by Hearst Television to be its flagship property, at the end of June. Fine was only the fourth President and GM of WCVB since its 1972 sign-on. The fifth President/GM for WCVB will now start his duties July 1. And, he's coming from Pennsylvania.

In this RBR+TVBR Coronavirus INFOCUS podcast, S&P Global Market Intelligence Robin Flynn offers a sneak peak at the now-virtual Kagan Media Summit. What are three key broadcast TV industry executives seeing with respect to Q2 ad revenue? How are retransmission consent fees driving dollars for over-the-air television? Find out in in this penultimate episode. LISTEN HERE

J.D. Power has released its finding of a "pulse survey" that delves into their viewing preferences, usability challenges and future plans for using subscription-based video on demand services. What does it show? Streaming has become important to consumers "stuck at home" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, it will likely stay that way.

Four broadcasters have successfully flipped the ATSC 3.0 switch on NEXTGEN TV service in Southern Nevada, a move that comes with the release of a Spring 2020 Progress Report by the Advanced Television Systems Committee. The Sin City signals were placed on the air by Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and The E.W. Scripps Co.