TV/Cable News

Are people who watch YouTube content two times or more per month more committed to TV programming than original content found on the ubiquitous user-generated video platform? A new VAB study released Thursday has some eye-opening stats your C-Suite, and sales pros, will love.

The next gen broadcast TV standard, ATSC 3.0, finally got some attention from NATPE Miami participants on the second day of this three-day event that's focused more on OTT and content ownership than anything else. The solid endorsement of ATSC 3.0 came from FOX's Jack Abernethy.

A newly formed nonprofit organization is preparing to give veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, in addition to law enforcement veterans and former firefighters who have lost their jobs due to injury or attrition, a new career path. If successful, it will put these heroes behind the camera, thanks to a big donation putting Veterans-TV Inc. in motion.

For viewers of Univision Communications craving more noticias, their prayers have been answered. A slate of new local news apps in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Chicago and the Bay Area are now available for download.

Is Nexstar Media Group not playing fair with respect to how it has been negotiating a retransmission fee agreement impacting one of the nation's small cable TV providers? The President/CEO of the American Cable Association says no, and wants Congress, the DOJ and the FCC to conduct a conduct test.

With calls for an inquiry into alleged impropriety associated with its now-failed merger plan with Tribune Broadcasting still being heard, the last 12 months haven't exactly been stellar for Sinclair Broadcast Group. Yet, SBGI hasn't exactly withered on Wall Street. This led a Wall Street observer to see whether Sinclair might be an attractive investment prospect.

The development of the video and TV content sector, punctuated by a "fascinating" 2018 for the visual entertainment industry, "has paved the way for further dynamism, disruption and potential opportunity in 2019." So says Futuresource Consulting, which believes the next 12 months will see an explosion in direct-to-consumer, or D2C, video service. What does this mean for your media company?

In comments made August 8, 2018 during Urban One’s second-quarter earnings call, company President/CEO Alfred C. Liggins III announced that the owner of the TV One cable TV channel would be launching a new lifestyle network for the Black and Afro-Latino woman. Saturday, Jan. 19, will see the formal birth of Cleo.

On Thursday, October 3, 1990, East Germany officially ceased to exist, thanks to its reunification under West German control to become the Federal Republic of Germany. Another notable reunification could be happening before the end of 2019, Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson predicts.

What are the latest video advertising trends media buyers and sellers should expect to see this year? We have the details of a new report devoted to the subject, and it is chock-full of predictions around new offerings in OTT, traditional TV transformation, data activation, and new privacy regulations.

The man who build Nexstar Media Group from scratch some 25 years ago and into an entity that seeks to merge with Tribune Broadcasting isn't going anywhere until at least 2023. That's thanks to a new deal inked between Nexstar and Perry Sook.

The Media Financial Management Association (MFM) has formally unveiled its 2019 “People to Watch” honorees. For the first time, it is an all-female group.

So much for those giant-size, wall-mounted televisions. More and more Americans are watching video content, whether it is TV shows, movies or short video, on their smartphones. And, new research from MRI's Cord Evolution report shows that Americans watch TV or video in groups a lot more than you may think.

Usually, enshrinement for anything involving the NFL involves an excursion to the northern Ohio city of Canton. The NAB has other plans. An April 8 honor will be bestowed upon a landmark football pre-game show at its 2019 show and expo during a dinner reception at the Encore in Las Vegas.

The longtime President/CEO of Katz Television -- not to be confused with Katz Media Group -- has been elected to serve for a two-year term as the chairman of the trade association for the nation's local broadcast television industry.