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Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, the co-organizers of the famous Ball Drop, is again offering HD satellite and fiber feeds of the celebration from Times Square in New York, as well as behind-the-scenes preparations leading up to the big night. New for the 2020 celebration is the offering of social media-ready content.

It offered 24/7 information and reporting for and about Chicago. But, times change — as did the cable channel's owner. With Nexstar Media Group buying Tribune Media, the company led by Perry Sook is pulling the plug on CLTV. It ends 26 years of service, most recently dedicated to reruns of WGN-9 newscasts.

For the week ending Dec. 15, one brand sticks out for the number of spots played on the cable networks tracked by iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors. To little surprise, it is an auto insurance specialist that remains one of the biggest users of broadcast media to reach consumers.

NATPE has revealed a full slate of programming dedicated to all aspects of unscripted programming, underlining the event’s further commitment to that area of the international content industry at a time when top-flight scripted shows are more likely to wind up on a OTT platform than a broadcast or cable TV network.

The FCC has proposed to update its rules regarding cable service change notification notices by issuing an NPRM instructing cable operators to provide to subscribers and local franchise authorities "certain written notices" that would reduce the potential for consumer confusion in the context of program carriage disputes.

Comscore's comeback isn't just limited to Wall Street. On Wednesday, it revealed that it has a new agreement in place that allows it to provide a pair of TV stations in Iowa with measurement services.

Multiviewers are moving through a growth curve. According to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting, total market value increased annually by 3% worldwide in fiscal 2018, with North America in the top slot. What does this mean for broadcast media companies?

Ready or not, 8K TV resolution is here. On the heels of CES 2019, manufacturers are starting to announce the availability of 8K TV models. These products will likely remain out of reach for most consumers this year, but you can expect them to become more readily available very soon.

Ad spending for both National Football League telecasts and the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series has increased, new data from Standard Media Index (SMI) show.

One of two individuals who died in an automobile accident on Daniels Parkway in the Brookshire Lakes community to the east of Fort Myers, Fla., is a former Assignment Editor who worked for WJLA-7 in Washington, D.C., and for the CBS affiliate in Fort Myers-Naples.

Brick-and-mortar retailers aren't the only ones using spot cable to drum up holiday business. Look at what Amazon.com is doing.

It may seem like apples and oranges to some, but Zacks Equity Research took out its notepad and compared Gray Television's stock to that of Netflix. Why? It wants to know which stock value investors should buy now. Here's what Zacks learned.

The November 2019 Podrac Podcast Industry Ranking report is out, and iHeartMedia has an even bigger position in the hot audio space than in October. Just how many podcasts does iHeart offer?

The company led by a man known for his stint as Group Publisher of the Los Angeles Wave Publications Group has voluntary filed for Chapter 11 in a Houston-based U.S. Bankruptcy Court. It follows an April lawsuit filed against Nexstar Media Group for what this company says are efforts “to undermine” its three TV stations.

And, that's a wrap ... CBS Corporation's final day of trading on the NYSE is today, and investors made sure to get in prior to the conversion of CBS shares to those associated with ViacomCBS. The new entity's stock begins trading Thursday on Nasdaq.