TV/Cable News

Among emerging technologies, 4K Ultra HD (UHD) television is enjoying the fastest growth in U.S. household ownership. That's a key takeaway from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)'s 19th annual Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study.

Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee unveiled its two latest staff members. One returns to Capitol Hill after a 13-year career in the private sector. The other individual jumps from the FCC, where this person has served as Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner Michael O'Rielly since December 2014.

The NBC and ABC affiliates in Southwest Florida have a new deal that ensures their continued access to Nielsen ratings data. It's a multi-year agreement, with specific terms not disclosed.

The saga of a FOX affiliate in the Peach State that saw its previous owner seek a move back to the channel it received the FCC's permission to move from has ended. It's all thanks to the 39-month post-spectrum auction station repack that will see some 1,000 TV stations make a move to a new frequency.

The TV station known as "The Spirit of the North Coast" may be in a less-than-cheery mood today. That's because the FCC has issued the NBC affiliate behind the "Redwood Curtain" a $6,000 fine for repeatedly and/or willfully failing to populate certain documents in its electronic public file in a timely manner. This station was also faulted for failing to mention this e-Boo Boo in its license renewal application.

As Pivotal Research Group CFA Brian Wieser sees it, TV news "is important for media owners because of the absolute scale of the genre, its potential for profitability, the political influence that follows from these divisions and because of the significant growth they have recorded in recent periods." In yet another tumultuous and troubling week across D.C. and around the globe, increasingly intense consumer interest led to a surge in viewing. Could this lead to a revenue surge, too?

In October 2016, Flood Communications of Omaha agreed to assume control of a low-power TV station in Sioux City, Iowa, for which he had only partial ownership interest. An FCC filing made Wednesday formalizes how much money company owner Mike Flood is paying for full control of the facility.

An eight-year veteran of the CBS affiliate serving Southern Nevada who served as VP of the Las Vegas Executives Association from July 2014 through April 2015 is heading back to the City of Lights.

The primary PBS member station serving the Chicago market has selected GatesAir to fulfill its FCC TV spectrum repack requirements. The wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions provider for TV and radio broadcasters will offer the station its newly released Maxiva ULXTE high-efficiency, liquid-cooled UHF TV transmitter in preparation for WTTW’s relocation from digital channel 47 to 25.

In a move expressly designed to bring millennial-appealing content to its multimedia delivery vehicles, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has forged an exclusive content partnership with VICE Media. The partnership will include the co-production of original documentary segments on subjects ranging from music, sports, food, culture and more for Telemundo's news department.

Tracey Rogers is trucking east from Memphis for a new position in Music City. Effective immediately, Rogers has taken the VP/GM role at Nexstar Media Group's ABC affiliate in Nashville, WKRN-2.

Chevrolet and Honda just couldn't sit back and watch their competitors use TV to help drive Memorial Day Weekend interest in a new vehicle. Thanks to a big bump in TV spots from dealer associations for each brand, half of the latest Spot 10 is all about cars, trucks and family-friendly wheels of choice.

Now in their seventh year, the digital upfronts continue to shake up the media and advertising industries. But, the relatively novel concept of online TV audiences is still uncharted territory for most buyers. Many still have questions about how to most effectively allocate dollars across TV and digital media. A June 2012 report from comScore remains relevant, and we've traveled into the RBR+TVBR archives to present it once again for our members.

"We interrupt this programming to inform you of threats of law enforcement and for your help in apprehending dangerous suspects." That's a message broadcast media could soon be required to air, thanks to a proposal that would empower local law enforcement with FCC-mandated "Blue Alerts."