A Big Auto Insurance Battle Emerges At Spot TV
At Spot Cable, there's a clear winner when it comes to what brand is tops in the play count race. For Spot TV, it's a much different story, as a competitive battle for supremacy is emerging in the final weeks of Q1.
Lowcountry LPTV Heads To New Owner
A 117-watt low-power TV station serving a South Carolina market is trading hands. It's a deal that sees George Kimble of Kozacko Media Services act as the exclusive broker.
LPTV Advocates Cheer $150M Post-Auction Relocation Cash
These rules, the Coalition notes, culminate the more than six-year process the FCC has taken to plan, conduct, clear and now fund for rebuilding the nations’ LPTV and TV translator system.
LPTV Leader Holds Pow-Wow With Pai
On March 4, Michael Gravino, both as the Director of the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition and as Managing Broker for Airwaves USA, met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Acting Media Advisor Alexander Sanjenis. What did they discuss?
Four Univision O&Os Add Morning ‘Noticias’
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises in recent years has made it a point to note its considerable investment in local TV news. Now, Univision Communications is following suit by launching three new morning newscasts across four of its Lone Star State markets.
The Set-top Box: Imperfect Tool For Multicultural Measurement
Being able to measure in a way that fairly represents all races, ages, ethnicities and behaviors is crucial for the industry to transact with confidence. It’s also the only way to make sure that content choices reflect the diversity of a given station’s community.
Cord-Cutting ‘At The Crossroads’: A Dangerous MVPD Scenario
MoffettNathanson forecasts for traditional Pay TV distributors have long called for accelerating video subscriber losses through 2019. Then, stabilization would arrive, with modest subscription shrinking. Is that still a plausable outcome? Here's what Michael Nathanson says.
NABEF Opens Application Window for 2020 BLT Program
The Broadcast Leadership Training program, created by Diane Sutter, is the foremost executive training program for the broadcast industry and is designed to prepare senior-level broadcasters to advance into ownership or executive positions.
TEGNA’s NYSE Comeback Erases Two Years Of Dips
Don't look now, but TEGNA shares are on a big growth spurt. In fact, the company's stock entered Tuesday's trading at its highest level since July 2017.
Closing Date Revealed For Mouse House’s Fox Take
In eight days, 21st Century FOX will officially become a unit of The Walt Disney Company. Official word of the merger's closing date was released on Tuesday by the companies.
Multichannel Video Losses In Q4 ‘Propel’ 2018 Slide
Traditional multichannel video losses "swelled" in the fourth quarter to push the full-year decline to a new benchmark in changing viewer preferences.That's according to new data released Tuesday from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Two Bay Area TV Stations Ready For ‘Stacked Array’
TV and FM radio broadcast antenna manufacturer Dielectric has completed the design of what it considers to be "a technically complex, stacked antenna array" for two big TV stations in one of the nation's biggest markets.
Alessandra Alarcón Tapped To Lead SBS Entertainment
The live events arm of Hispanic media company Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), which is celebrating its 35th anniversary as a leading Hispanic multimedia company, has landed its first-ever President. Taking the role is an individual with a very familiar surname.
Where OTA TV Is Strongest, And With Whom
As of May 2018, some 16 million over-the-air homes are present in the U.S. Nielsen used its data to provide deeper insights into the different types of over-the-air viewers -- and where they are most likely to reside -- in a newly released report.
Nexstar: A Top 5 Performer In Wall Street’s ‘Bull Run’
Five companies saw their share prices "stretch hundredfold" during the Bull Market, based on TradeStation data reviewed by one Wall Street reporter. One of those companies is the broadcast TV company seeking regulatory approval of its merger with Tribune Media.