TV/Cable News

In 2019, global individual television viewing time (IVT) was 2 hours and 48 minutes. This translates to a relative long-term stability, and France's Médiamétrie notes that it is a figure that has jumped in the first months of 2020 — due to the global health context. Online and "catch up viewing" are playing an increased role.

One month ago, COVID-19 concerns were far from the Boston area. As such, a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a brand-new $125 million media center for NBCUniversal attracted state, city and local officials. The new facilities include System T consoles, from Solid State Logic. The man in charge: Chris Wayland.

It was a busy Tuesday for the FCC with respect to several NPRMs involving broadcast TV. But, not all of the actions were voted on in a virtual Open Meeting. The adoption of a NPRM seeking comment on modernizing FCC procedures for determining whether a television broadcast station is “significantly viewed” in a community outside of its local TV market came ahead of the digital affair.

Could the COVID-19 pandemic further fuel cord-cutting by TV consumers across the U.S.? Yes, new research from Parks Associates suggests.

For 29 years, Maria Mercader served as a Producer at CBS News. In May 2016, she was promoted to Director of Talent Strategy. During that time, Mercader fought cancer and related illnesses. She couldn't defeat the novel coronavirus.

A Spanish-language broadcast TV network that, until now, was not universally available to DirecTV and AT&T U-Verse consumers is being made available at no additional cost to all subscribers. The move is being done to provide Latinos who prefer news in Spanish the most available information regarding the continued coronavirus pandemic.

The FCC released a public notice that deals with the attempts of several broadcasters to support their advertisers, while at the same time filling advertising inventory holes that have been created by the cancellation of other advertising schedules. Wilkinson Barker Knauer partner David Oxenford explains why the Media Bureau issued it, and how it effects Lowest Unit Charge calculations.

Two days after Nexstar struck a renewal agreement, ahead of schedule, with CBS, Meredith Local Media has just inked a multi-year deal that ensures programs such as "NCIS" and "The Price Is Right" continue to air on the seven stations affiliated with the ViacomCBS-owned network.

Lowcountry 34 — led by Jeff and Janet Winemiller — is selling a full-power station in Savannah, Ga., that had been associated with two LPTVs in the market. That was in January. Now, the Winemillers are buying two additional LPTVs in the DMA.

As concerns and restrictions around the novel coronavirus heighten in the U.S., consumers are gravitating to local news outlets to stay informed about the impact of the pandemic on their communities. While the U.S. began to experience the impact later than other parts of the world, a recent Nielsen analysis highlights a notable spike in local news viewing.

Nine television stations operated by Nexstar Media Group won't be participating in any "great affiliate swaps" forcing local TV viewers to find a new channel to watch such programs as "The Price is Right" or "NCIS."

The CEO and top legal affairs man at Nielsen have each received an affirmative nod from the Compensation Committee on the company's board of directors on the awardance of performance-based restricted stock units and time-vesting restricted stock units, respectfully. The fair market value of the stock grants are in the millions of dollars.

NewsNet launched in January 2019 and follows a traditional “news wheel” format providing a quick look at the headlines every half hour. Now, it can be added via a short-term affiliation agreement as viewers continue to seek as much coronavirus pandemic coverage as possible.

Coronavirus reporting from Hearst Television stations across 26 DMAs have been aggregated and are the basis for a new second Facebook Watch series launched today (3/23) by the company.