Wednesday, July 15, 2026

TV Trends and Consumption: The Global View

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."

One Final Day To Have Your Say In TV Sales Compensation Study

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!

TV Ad Spend On NFL Telecasts Enjoys Year-To-Year Surge

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.

SoFla Fed Head Tapped For CFO Summit

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.

BlackRock Takes A Bigger Chunk of TV Company’s Stock

"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.
Perry Sook

A Big Dividend Bump Comes For Nexstar Shareholders

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.

Bayou Moves For Gray Lead Corrente To Top ‘VUE

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.
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TV Attribution Best Practices Study Launched By CIMM

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.
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TV’s TIP Initiative Gains Momentum, Adds Members

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.
BBC

The BBC’s Own ‘Brexit’: A ‘Reshaped’ News Division

As the U.S. radio industry continues to discuss widespread programming and on-air job losses at the nation's biggest owner of AM and FM stations, the BBC has launched a plan designed to reach a $104 million savings target within two years by slashing its BBC News budget. The result: hundreds of job losses.

Retired Alabama Teachers’ Steady Gray Area

 The Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama has made its mark in recent years for what The Wall Street Journal recently called its "alternative investments." Such investments include one of America's top TV broadcasting companies.

Nominations Sought For MFM’s McIntosh Memorial Scholarship

Now in its eighth year, the scholarship will cover registration for two recipients attending Media Finance Focus 2020, the 60th annual conference for MFM and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association.
Tegna

Will TEGNA’s Q4 Results Bump High-Flying Shares Even Higher?

TEGNA's Q4 performance could greatly determine whether or not the company's publicly traded shares continue their best performance since fall 2015. At the same time, investors are likely eager to get any sort of insight into how Soo Kim and his Standard General fit into TEGNA's future -- if, at all.

Another Big Money Week For Bloomberg

If dollars meant votes, a former New York mayor would be in the driver's seat. That's because the big-dollar activity at spot television from the Mike Bloomberg for President campaign tops 'em all, coming in ahead of even GEICO -- the most prolific user of spot TV there is today.

From ‘Small Market’ To Sales and Management: A New SMTE Focus

The Small Market Television Exchange is no more. That's because it has a new name, as part of an effort to widen its attendee base and provide what the NAB calls "enhanced programming for station staff serving in a variety of functions."