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As part of "its commitment to reflect important demographic and household characteristics in its National TV panel," Nielsen has revealed that it will expand its reporting capabilities to identify same gender spouses and partners and their households.

In Central California, there are stunning wineries, great seafood shacks, tasty waves and breathtaking sunsets. There also happens to be a Class A TV station that until now has been owned by Viacom International. This facility has just been sold, and the buyer is arguably the most prolific buyer of television stations seen in the last 12 months.

Nielsen on Thursday released its Q3 2018 financial report, and as Brian Wieser of Pivotal Research Group notes in an investor note, the company reported weak results. This was hardly a surprise to Wieser, who set a new price target on a year-end 2018 basis for Nielsen shares. That target is below where the company's stock was through mid-July.

It has been nearly four months since Univision Communications' Univision and UniMás O&Os and affiliates and the Galavisión cable network were dropped from DISH Network in what has become one of the most bitter retransmission fee disputes ever seen. Now, the last network tied to Univision still on DISH is about to go dark.

As any real soccer fan -- and any Real Madrid follower -- knows, "El Clásico" — the annual match between top-tier Spanish football clubs FC Barcelona and its rival from the capital is a must-see. Now, viewers across North America will be able to enjoy the upcoming match in Ultra HD 4K HDR for the first time -- as long as they don't have DirecTV or Comcast.

So, your audience wants to get the latest information via digital or social media, rather than a television? NBC has an App for that -- and a plan for a streaming news network.

It's been a pretty lousy year on Wall Street for DISH Network. On January 8, a $49.48 finish was seen for the company's shares. Then, a slide began, bringing DISH as low as $29.08 on May 28 and, after a brief rally, back down to $30.15 on July 23. It looks like DISH is poised to match or dip below that mid-summer slide.

It's well-known across the U.S. investment community that Brian Wieser, Senior Research Analyst of Advertising for Pivotal Research Group, detests the television industry's advertising-based revenue model. Still, what Wieser has to say carries much weight, and on Tuesday Pivotal modified its financial models for video-centric media companies it covers.

Press releases do matter when it comes to Wall Street investors. Within seconds of the 11:06am Eastern distribution of an announcement from Gray Television that it has proposed a multibillion-dollar term loan, amended its current senior credit facility and updated its Q3 guidance, shares reversed course from an early dip and soared to a record high.

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has been released by the FCC's Media Bureau that seeks comment on a petition from Ion Media that would shift the city of license for one of its TV stations in Kentucky. Here's what you need to do if you have a say in the matter.

One of the nation's biggest broadcast TV companies has just lowered its annual interest expense by roughly $7 million while increasing its free cash flow by approximately $5 million each year.

Sessions addressing the digital media marketplace, demographic changes affecting the top U.S. Metro Markets, global business intelligence and the legal considerations involved in electronic business transactions and social media will be featured at the 2018 Media Credit Seminar. The final agenda for Thursday's event in New York is now available.

A former EVP/Programming at FOX has risen to the top at Showtime Networks while securing the title of Chief Creative Officer at CBS Corporation. Here are all the details on David Nevins, who served as President of Imagine Television for eight years, overseeing development and production as an executive producer on all Imagine Television shows.

The CFO of Showtime Networks has moved into the EVP/CFO position at CBS Corporation, effective immediately. She has worked in different capacities at Showtime Networks over 22 years, including programming finance leadership and as a key steward of the successful implementation of various financial, operational and reporting systems.

LBI Media, the Burbank, Calif.-based broadcasting company targeting Spanish-speaking audiences, has inked a deal that puts its specialty cable TV channel on Charter Communications' Spectrum systems in two key markets.