TV/Cable News

If shareholders are the ultimate arbiter on how a publicly traded company performed in a fiscal quarter, than today's activity on the NYSE for TEGNA shares is a sign that its Q4 2019 earnings aren't to their liking. TEGNA stock plunged as Tuesday's Opening Bell rang on Wall Street, and couldn't recover.

Television attribution firm TVSquared has launched what it calls "an industry-first platform to power always-on attribution across all forms of video advertising, proving which media and creative placements are driving sales, conversions and business outcomes."

The "Streaming Wars" have begun as more Direct-To-Consumer platforms hit the market and vie for consumer attention. But, the industry likely has questions, and a newly released Nielsen report addresses many of them.

Many worries were expressed about a decision by Cox Media Group to cut daily circulation of its three newspapers in the Dayton DMA impacted by the Third Circuit remand, and erasure, of cross-ownership rule changes championed by the Ajit Pai-led FCC. Now, it has a solution: Keeping the newspapers in the family, but under a wholly different ownership group.

While it might have taken a little longer to get there, Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson believes this quarter marks an important turning point for Fox’s narrative. "Put simply, we believe our thesis that Fox has unrivalled pricing power and stickier viewership is right and we expect Fox to build upon this momentum and outperform its peers," he notes. Fox’s story, as Nathanson sees it, comes down to two main drivers.

On its own, Sinclair Broadcast Group has done much to help bring about the voluntary transition to ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast signals for the U.S. television industry. Now, it is becoming a full-fledged member of a TV industry consortium dedicated to bringing what is now branded as "NEXTGEN TV" to full public consciousness -- and, ultimately, to their video delivery devices.

The "New On the Air" Conference is a little-known event for U.S. media industry executives. Nevertheless, it is an event that sees representatives from French outfit Glance review TV trends and consumption on a worldwide scale. Research released Thursday at NoTa confirms that "catch-up and preview viewing for television programs can significantly add-up in the ratings."

The study, conducted in partnership with Radio + Television Business Report, is designed to provide TV station owners, operators, and managers with insights to help them develop competitive sales compensation packages that attract — and keep — the best candidates, including those from younger demographics. Your participation counts, but Friday is the deadline!

Brands in 2019 spent more than $4.2 billion on TV advertisements during NFL games, representing a 14% year-over-year increase. The findings from MediaRadar also show that more than $1.7 billion has been spent on TV advertising during the Super Bowl over the last five years. Which companies were the top spenders? We've got the answer.

The VP and regional executive at the Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will serve as opening keynote speaker for the Media Financial Management Association’s 2020 CFO Summit. Her address is poised to focus on what the Fed is watching now — something media industry C-Suite executives other than the CFO may wish to take note of.

"The world's largest asset manager" has disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has snapped up a sizable percentage of publicly traded stock associated with a media company that recently shed all of its radio properties and canceled the Pickler & Ben syndicated TV program in order to focus on being a station operator.

Nexstar Media Group shareholders who are awaiting a big benefit from holding the TV station owner's stock through its merger with Tribune Media are poised to receive a significant bonus from the Dallas-based company.

Ronna Corrente has been promoted to the role of GM at Gray Television's FOX affiliate in New Orleans. This results in a new GM of the CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge, where Corrente previously worked.

Ahead of next week's CIMM Summit, the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement has brought to life a TV Attribution study, in conjunction with Janus Strategy & Insights and Sequent Partners. It looks at how different TV data inputs vary and impact attribution results, in order to define best practices for better representation of TV in attribution models.

The TV Interface Practices (TIP) Initiative, the media industry group promoting open interfaces to streamline local broadcast TV advertising transactions, is cheering new developments as systems providers begin delivering what the TVB-associated group says are economic benefits to buyers and sellers through increased automation.