TV/Cable News

In a vote that is directly tied to the company's acquisition of Time Inc., the Board of Directors of Des Moines-based Meredith Corp. has elected an Executive Chairman and President/CEO. Its an elevation from Chairman/CEO and President/COO, respectively, for two individuals poised to craft the company's long-term strategic agenda.

The big ol' Weed Wacker at 445 12th Street SW in Washington, D.C., is getting charged up for what Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly has assured will be an event that impacts children and families. As far as he's concerned, the Commission's requirements regarding educational and informational children's programming are "ineffective and burdensome." O'Rielly expressed his thoughts in a Friday blog post we've just digested, and we're not shy to offer a RBR+TVBR Observation questioning O'Rielly for this suggestion just as Next Gen TV is poised to make UHF and VHF far more relevant again.

A Kansas VHF facility serving Kansas' state capital with programming from The Country Network was found by the FCC to have violated its rules regarding the timely filing of its Children's Television Programming Reports for 13 quarters. Those tardy filings were not noted in this station's renewal application. A forfeiture order was issued, and the station's owner filed a petition for reconsideration. What did the Media Bureau's Video Division Chief have to say? Get out your checkbook.

Local radio and television stations and their broadcast network partners have donated more than $32 million in airtime for public service announcements focused on opioid abuse awareness and prevention. This includes 253,783 TV and radio airings between September 2016 and December 2017, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reports. The PSAs are part of a campaign launched by NAB and the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.

Want to watch Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and/or How To Get Away With Murder this evening on ABC? How about a new episode of Arrow on The CW, or Will and Grace on NBC? If you're in the Texoma region near Ada, Okla., and you rely on DISH Network to get your programming, you're out of luck. That's thanks to the latest retransmission fee dispute, which involves a small broadcasting company operating in four markets — including Wichita.

Here's a simple lesson learned from not following directions. Last autumn, a San Francisco-based noncommercial TV station elected mandatory coverage for the current cycle, which began Jan. 1. There's just one problem: The letter was not sent to DISH as stated in the Commission's rules. Can this station appeal? We now know the answer.

Thanks, in part, from data obtained from Leichtman Research Group, popular digital media publication Recode has created an eye-catching graphic illustrating the "Big Media" landscape as it currently looks like. You'd better print out and save a copy of this article. That's because it's likely not going to look like this in the near future.

Univision Communications has given company veteran Jessica Rodríguez a much bigger role at the Hispanic and millennial-focused media company. But she’s not giving up her current role.

TEGNA Inc. announced Tuesday a strategic investment in free-streaming and TV movie network Tubi TV. The investment extends TEGNA’s position in the over-the-top (OTT) space.

Drawing from Nielsen data for the month of December 2017, Pivotal Research Group has released a review of audience reach trends for key networks and TV in its entirety. The company concluded that traditional TV reached 98% of all people aged 2-99 and 97% of all people aged 18-34 for more than one minute during the period of analysis. But that’s only part of the story. We have the rest.

Tuesday saw Netflix shares leap to a record high after the company posted strong subscriber growth for the fourth quarter. It ended the December quarter with 117.58 million streaming subscribers worldwide, including 54.75 million in the U.S. and 62.83 million in foreign markets, having added a record gain of 8.33 million subscribers.

A new survey produced by Advertiser Perceptions and released by Videology, makes a case for optimism when it comes to TV advertising. The survey is drawn from 300 interviews conducted with advertisers and agency professionals. Here are the key findings.

According to MoffettNathanson Research, national TV advertising will decline in four consecutive quarters (all of 2017) for the first time in over six years. Despite an earlier projection of a 1.8% decline, national advertising revenues for publicly traded companies are projected to fall 2.7% in the fourth quarter. We have all the key figures.

Saturday (January 20) saw the expiration of major conditions imposed by regulators as part of Comcast’s 2011 purchase of NBCUniversal, renewing debate over AT&T's takeover of Time Warner that the Justice Department is trying to block. And it doesn’t end there.

U.S. advertising slipped 3% in December, according to MediaPost, quoting UBS Securities. The downturn is being attributed to a slowdown in the growth of digital media. Overall, fourth quarter 2017 was up 1% over the same period a year ago.