TV/Cable News

Univision Communications' inclusion in the test is designed to give the company's TV stations performance assessments of addressable ad campaign, allowing it to judge how the Nielsen tool performs with current procedures and systems.

Sinclair Broadcast Group shares were up by nearly 5% in mid-afternoon trading on Wednesday, as the media company delivered Q1 2020 results that greatly surpassed Zacks Consensus Estimate EPS predictions ... but failed to meet Zacks' revenue expectations by some $21.9 million.

The National Translator Association, which represents the interests of TV translators and low-power TV stations, is calling for a special filing window with respect to member stations "repacked" to new frequencies and effective radiated power under Special Temporary Authority. The NTA says the special window is directly related to the FCC's request for TV "White Space" comments.

The comments from the NAB ask the Commission to protect licensees first and foremost above unlicensed operations, to accept Microsoft's coordination proposal rather than seeking to streamline this proposal, and to not consider higher power operations on first-adjacent channels to broadcaster operations at this time. For other groups, it's all about bridging the digital divide.

Has the COVID-19 blues kept you away from the kitchen? Two of the nation's biggest pizza delivery brands think so. It could explain why they each stepped up their advertising efforts last week, the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report shows.

Nexstar Media Group's Board of Directors has signed off on a sizable quarterly cash dividend — a positive sign that came just before the latest setback for media stocks on Wall Street.

As a result of "negotiations in recent weeks," Cox Media Group — now with a new logo and Apollo Global Management's big investment reconstituting the company — has reached an agreement that brings KIRO-7 in Seattle back to Ziply Fiber.

Weeks of lobbying designed to woo TEGNA shareholders ultimately failed to generate enough support for a plan to seat Standard General founder Soohyung Kim and nominees selected by the investment firm on the TV broadcaster's Board of Directors. Standard General commented on Thursday's defeat by calling for unity. But, it also offered plenty of criticisms.

Elliott Management Corp. has successfully secured an "information sharing and cooperation agreement" with Nielsen, a company it has a big stake in. It's a big step for Nielsen, which saw its Q1 earnings dip slightly as COVID-19 fueled headwinds began to ravage its global business halfway through the three-month period while naming a former News Corp. digital leader to its board.

Several weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, a clearer picture is emerging around how “shelter-in-place” orders are affecting the daily lives of American families in local cities across the country—specifically as it relates to their TV appetite. A just-released Nielsen study has much to share on the subject. 

A new initiative to connect people with the information and resources they need to navigate life during the coronavirus pandemic is enabling viewers of select E.W. Scripps Co. broadcast TV stations to recover from sheltering at home. It's a companywide service-oriented content initiative that provides audiences with tools and resources as the country moves forward.

Six stations owned by Hubbard Broadcasting are now supplying local TV news content to the ad-supported on-demand Haystack TV service. It's another way viewers, both in-market and across the U.S., can get a close-up look at what's impacting cities in Minnesota, New Mexico and New York.

Bitcentral Inc., the provider of "efficient media workflows" in the U.S. and Latin America, has completed its first-ever remote installation. This involved refreshing hardware for Gray Television's NBC affiliate in Montgomery, Ala.

The Spring 2020 edition of the Radio + Television Business Report magazine is officially available to all subscribers, and in it are the exclusive findings of a survey conducted by RBR+TVBR and Media Staffing Network. To learn how the 2020 TV Sales Compensation Study was produced, Media Staffing Network CEO Laurie Kahn offers details on how her firm gathered the results.

In an unanimous vote conducted virtually during Thursday's April Open Opening, the FCC placed its seal of approval on new rules that make some 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6GHz band available for unlicensed use. The NAB quickly responded, assailing the Commissioners for the move, which could be a game-changer for WiFi.