TV/Cable News

What is ATSC 3.0? What does it mean for the consumer, and the broadcaster? Simply put, the next-gen broadcast TV standard has the power to "drive a broadcast revenue renaissance," and that was just one of the focal points in a NATPE Miami panel discussion held Wednesday afternoon featuring several key TV executives involved in the rollout of what could be a game changer for UHF and VHF stations across the U.S.

Three large broadcast TV station ownership groups have reached an agreement with American Tower Corp. to jointly construct and operate Single Frequency Network (SFN) sites to broadcast next-gen TV signals with the Dallas-Fort Worth market. It's the first step toward a national launch of ATSC 3.0, and involves Sinclair Broadcast Group, Nexstar Media Group and Univision. 

Univision Communications just got a little cozier to key program supplier Grupo Televisa. Miami-based Univision and Mexico City-based Televisa revealed here at NATPE Miami that they've teamed to launch a first-ever TV pilot initiative designed "to nurture the development of new original scripted and unscripted series by global independent producers."

When it comes to the buying and selling of media properties, there is perhaps no bigger marketplace -- and discussion locale -- than the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. That said, NATPE Miami is now a "must" for one big media brokerage. Why? RBR+TVBR spoke with two of their brokers for the full story on why Kalil & Co.'s presence at this global TV industry gathering is an essential task.

The prolific wordsmith of Wall Street, Pivotal Research's Brian Wieser, has just completed an analysis of trends associated with the use of TV alongside advertising share trends for national media owners in the U.S. through the end of December. The report comes with the release Tuesday by Nielsen of complete calendar-month ratings data. The bottom line from Wieser? Total use of TV was down again.

As RBR+TVBR was first to report on Nov. 30, 2017, HC2 is acquiring the Azteca América Spanish-language broadcast network from affiliates of Mexico’s TV Azteca. HC2 also signed a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire the broadcast TV assets of Northstar Media LLC. Northstar owns a collection of low-power TV stations that comprise the largest Azteca América affiliate group in the U.S. Among those stations is Class A KPDF-41 in Phoenix. Now, HC2 will have a bigger facility serving the Valley of the Sun.

With the success of new content services, distributors and hardware platforms, OTT has become an important platform that enables broadcasters and advertisers on a local and national level to extend the research of their content and capture incremental audience. What does this mean for broadcast TV station owners? All of these developments are positive, a NATPE Miami panel featuring Nielsen executives reveals.

A lot more TV viewers across the U.S. will soon be able to enjoy a "Daily Blast," and a whole array of first-run programming from one of the nation's biggest owners of broadcast TV stations.

The broadcast TV company led by Perry Sook will host a conference call and webcast at 10am Eastern on the final Tuesday in February to discuss and review the results. Nexstar shares have risen steadily in recent months, and is one of the industry's top performers.

Tuesday morning will see the start of a flurry of sessions that kicks off NATPE Miami, one of the world's largest TV marketplaces and executive gatherings. Come Thursday, Futuri Media CEO and co-founder Dan Anstandig will get the spotlight shone on him, and a tool he thinks will help guide broadcast TV to more relevant news coverage -- and, in turn, better ratings and revenue. Its a tool that has been used successfully at Radio: TopicPulse. 

Nexstar Media Group, which recently broke the $80 barrier, isn't the only TV industry winner on Wall Street. What are the other publicly traded television companies bringing big dividends to investors? RBR+TVBR conducted a performance review, and here's what we've found.

If Greg McCastle may recognize a few things about his new place of work, it's because it is also his former place of work. McCastle, who served as VP/Ad Sales with Raycom Sports in the 1990s and at WW1's Metro Networks in the 2000s, is returning to Raycom Media.

A veteran broadcaster with more than 25 years of broadcast experience has just been given GM duties for an ABC affiliate in the Buckeye State owned by Gray Television. He joins WTVG after spending the last 10 years as Director/Sales & Marketing for a Kentucky NBC affiliate.

While Sinclair Broadcast Group is the big broadcast TV company making headlines on Wednesday, there's a rival that's also attracted a lot of interest—in particular, from Wall Street. Nexstar Media Group shares hit a record high in today's trading, before entering into a slight retreat in after-hours trading.

A man who has emerged as the media industry's wordsmith of Wall Street has just completed an analysis of six major television industry companies, ahead of their Q4 2017 earnings releases. What did Brian Wieser, Senior Research Analyst for Advertising at Pivotal Research Group, conclude? Two companies making big headlines this week are being downgraded, as recent gains have resulted in "relatively fully-valued stocks."