TV/Cable News

With no petitions to deny filed as of late Tuesday, Gray Television and Raycom Media filed a joint response to the "Comments" filed at the FCC to the companies' plan to merge in a $3.6 billion effort that will likely be free of the problems that led Tribune Media to abort its acquisition by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

The insertion of promos for its shows and movies between episodes of current programs is something Netflix is testing -- resulting in some criticism from its subscribers. But, what if Netflix were to show advertisements, rather than promos? And, what if Netflix bumped its subscription rates by at least $5 per month? Broadcast TV execs may be interested in the answer.

Curious as to the power and influence of digital streaming shows in the U.S. and on a global level? The newly released Global SVOD TV Demand Report from Parrot Analytics is chock full of competitive data and intelligence that could help shape the content on your over-the-air broadcast outlets as well as your social media and OTT streams.

Here's something that TV industry C-Suiters may wish to take note of, for better or for worse. One-third of pay TV households downsized their pay TV packages across the United States. That statistic comes courtesy of the latest IHS Markit “Connected Devices & Media Consumption” survey.

Don't think Facebook Watch is a video venue with legs? You'd better take a closer look at it, since one of the nation's biggest owners of broadcast TV stations has just launched a series specifically designed to expand the audience of its local newscasts to the ubiquitous social media platform.

Insurance loves advertising on cable. Fast food too. Between them, the two industries take up a total of seven places on this week’s Spot Ten for cable based on the number of ads each ran in the medium last week.

It was the Labor Day long weekend last week and it saw some pretty wild results in TV advertising for the week. Allstate and PCH Publishers Clearing House weren’t ranked in the top 100 advertisers last week. This week they claimed the first and 10th spots respectively.

The big news might be that Les Moonves is finally out at CBS. But as far as certain women’s rights groups are concerned, that shouldn’t be the end of the story.

A dispute over a retransmission agreement has seen Rio Grande Valley, Texas, station KRGV no longer available on the DISH Network. The station says it has granted DISH multiple extensions in hopes of coming up with a new deal.

The second volume of Nielsen's Millennials on Millennials report is out. The report is an in-depth look at topics of interest for the second-largest generation group in the U.S. and a major player in the marketing world.

Nielsen’s National Television Household Universe Estimates for the 2018-19 TV season have just been released. A tiny bump upward in the total has been seen. Why? Multicultural households are to thank for the growth.

On the final Thursday in August, thousands of households sharpened their pencils and got out their diaries. Just as they have since 1954, a representative sample of American viewers began meticulously documenting their television habits. It signals just one thing: sweeps. But, do sweeps still matter? This guest columnist seeks to answer the question.

With eight weeks to go before the mid-term Congressional elections and big gubernatorial votes in both Arizona and Florida, Entravision Communications has expanded its political platform by fully integrating its television, digital and social assets.

According to "people close to the negotiations" who spoke with CNBC, the CBS Corporation Board of Directors is dangling a $100 million exit package comprised mainly of stock to its embattled CEO Les Moonves. The report comes amid widespread talk that National Amusements Inc., the Redstone Family-controlled entity that is the controlling shareholder of both Viacom and CBS, is near an out-of-court settlement on CBS's power dilution attempt.

Battles over new retransmission fee agreements are getting uglier. TV station owners have their accusations, and so do the MVPDs and DBS companies. Now, the American Television Alliance has fueled the flames by launching a consumer-focused website as part of an "education" campaign designed to encourage "TV fans and blackout victims to urge Congress and the FCC to overhaul video regulations."