TV/Cable News

On Jan. 29, in a lengthy blog post, Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly made it abundantly clear that the Federal government’s requirement, on a weekly basis, for TV stations to air educational and informational programming targeting children is “outdated.” Today, he formally accepted the request of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to lead the agency's review of what he calls "the stringent requirements the FCC imposes on our nation’s broadcasters to air a certain amount of educational and informational children’s programming on a weekly basis."

Gray Television executives are likely displaying a sunny disposition across its Brookhaven headquarters office in northeast Atlanta. The owner of 100+ broadcast TV stations has agreed to acquire a full-power TV station in a market covering a big portion of North Dakota and Minnesota. This deal, if approved, would give Gray control of the MyNetwork TV affiliate, in addition to the DMA's NBC and CBS affiliates. Representing the seller as the broker in this transaction is Kalil & Co. 

The Federal government's fiscal 2019 budget was released Monday by the White House, and the nation's secular non-commercial television stations are once again raising their collective voice in ire at what they say amounts to an "elimination" of all funding for public media. 

Brian Brady is armed and ready to share his tales of battle against a fierce foe on Capitol Hill. While the President/CEO of Northwest Broadcasting, presently locked in a bitter retransmission fee impasse with Charter Communications' Spectrum cable TV service, looks to curry favor with Washington politicians, his biggest supporter just may be located inside a government center a mile away from the Colorado River.

With Valentine's Day approaching, national jewelry brands opted to use spot cable to help lure beaus into their stores to consider some silver for their lover. What other ad categories are actively using spot cable? One click will give you the answer.

The Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau have just provided 60 days of advance notice regarding the opening of a displacement application filing window for low power television stations, TV translator stations, and analog-to-digital replacement translators (DRT) that were displaced by the incentive auction and repacking process.

Fifteen years ago, a media company primarily known for its radio holdings and its leadership by an African-American woman attracted the industry's attention. Today, this company no longer owns radio stations ... and has just shed its last two owned and operated broadcast holdings. Those properties are low-powered TV stations in the Garden State.

How can media companies develop and implement purpose-driven strategy to optimize overall business results? Branding expert Simon Mainwaring will share his thoughts on the topic during a 2018 NAB Show keynote session titled “The Future of Profit is Purpose.” He'll also appear in a second session with famed ad man Roy Spence.

"Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment," says Zacks Equity Research. "After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value?" Could buying Meredith Corp. shares be one of those "compelling buys?"

The advancement of digital and broadcast innovation in local television news just got a bit of a boost, thanks to a $1.9 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Tribune Broadcasting may soon be owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, but that can't stop the day-to-day business activities of the owner of WGN-9 in Chicago and the Antenna TV digital multicast network. That's why it has forged a new deal with the dominant audience measurement company in the U.S.

Progress in "Advanced TV" and the industry's commitment to new methods that will improve interactivity and the viewer experience will help with the ascent of local video advertising in 2018. That's the key bullet point offered in a new BIA/Kelsey report on the progress and trajectory of linear TV platforms including automated TV, programmatic TV, addressable TV, OTT, Smart TV, Connected TV, and — with the recent FCC approval — of Next-Gen local TV standards, ATSC 3.0.

 On the afternoon of Oct. 19, 2017, the MyNetworkTV affiliate serving the state of Hawaii suddenly faded to black for DirecTV subscribers across the state. The station — KFVE-9 in Honolulu — still hasn’t returned to the lineup. On Oct. 20, a "Good Faith Negotiation Complaint" against DirecTV was filed by KFVE's licensee with the FCC's Media Bureau. A decision arrived Monday morning, Hawaiian time, and KFVE GM John L. Fink won't be happy.

A Florida-based non-profit operation focused on evangelical Christian programming, founded by Bob D'Andrea in 1979, has just expanded with the acquisition of a full-power TV station, Class A sibling, and an LPTV cousin. This brings the Christian Television Network (CTN) into the Crescent City, Sin City, and a key market in the Rockies, thanks to a deal that saw Greg Guy of Patrick Communications represent the seller.