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DISH Network's Q1 results met both EPS and revenue estimates, while its loss in net pay-TV subscribers was in line with the Street. Still, Pivotal Research Group's new Entertainment sector analyst is wary about the DBS world, and says a DirecTV tie-up is inevitable.

When MoffettNathanson Senior Analyst Michael Nathanson upgraded CBS Corporation to a "Buy" in early January, he argued that the stock was too cheap and overhung by three issues. After the company's May 2 earnings call, Nathanson can add another one to the list.

On January 2, Gray Television completed it multi-billion dollar merger with Raycom Media. Today, Gray is the No. 2 broadcast company in the U.S., pending Nexstar’s merger with Tribune Broadcasting. It still has gripes about a FCC rule impacting the smallest of DMAs.

The FCC's 2018 quadrennial review of its media ownership rules certainly has the entire radio industry's attention. That said, broadcast TV station owners have been vocal in informing the Commission how it should proceed on its Local Television Ownership Rule.

On first glance, CBS Corporation's Q1 2019 financial report suggests the media company rumored to be reuniting with Viacom did quite well. Once one looks at its adjusted net income performance, a whole different picture emerges.

OK, so Discovery easily beat analysts' earnings per share estimates on Thursday, as did its adjusted operating income. There's a new distribution deal with YouTube TV, too. Yet Discovery shares tumbled 5.3% on nearly double its average trading volume in a volatile session on Wall Street.

Six television broadcasting companies joined Tribune Media in saying they are adding the soon-to-launch digital multicast offering to over-the-air stations in their respective stables. Court TV was an ubiquitous cable TV brand until 11 years ago.

On April 5, the FCC gave its blessing to Cordillera Communications' sale of 15 of its 16 stations to The E.W. Scripps Co. and its NBC affiliate in Tucson to Quincy Media. May 1 saw one of those deals formally close.

Who knew that out-of-home viewing of TV news was a thing? Indeed it is, and Nielsen on Wednesday released some very interesting new insights that zeros in on news viewing around the pivotal 2018 Midterm Elections. Simply put, every broadcast TV station should see this.

That's the title of another research study suggesting that cord-cutting is putting renewed vigor into over-the-air television ahead of ATSC 3.0's voluntary roll-out.

Univision Communications is partnering in the U.S. with the preferred social media platform of President Trump to better serve the Hispanic community. The official announcement was made at Twitter #NewFronts on Monday.

"In the investing world, as in life, it is hard to change a narrative," says analyst Michael Nathanson. "For much of the past four years, the media industry has been rightly defined by declining Pay TV subscribers, falling linear TV consumption, and slowing ad spend." But, something "really unusual" is afoot.

The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) has revealed the winners of the 2019 Celebration of Service to America Awards. Winners will be honored at the Celebration of Service to America dinner, held June 11 at a riverside venue located in Washington.

Kagan analyst Adam Gajo has completed The 2019 Sports Report, and we've got details on his findings. They shed light on "the highly valuable commodity of live sports content in the television industry."

The GM of Lockwood Broadcast Group's ABC affiliate in Wichita, KAKE-10, is returning to a market he left to take the job in Kansas a little more than three years ago.