TV/Cable News

The owned-and-operated stations of one of the nation's Big Four broadcast TV networks is adopting programmatic TV advertising. And, it's partnered with San Francisco-based WideOrbit to make it happen.

The owner of two low-power TV stations has received a provisional grant from the FCC for carriage on Cable One systems in a small market in the Deep South. There's no guarantee the stations will end up on the MVPD's channel lineup, however. That's because Cable One has been given the opportunity to prove it's unable to receive a quality broadcast signal needed to add the channels.

There's an interim GM at Urban One's pay-TV TV One network. That's because Brad Siegel has exited as TV One President after 2 1/2 years, and informed the leadership team that he'll be leaving the company.

An advanced data and analytics company focused on the media and entertainment industries with roots near the San Gabriel Freeway — Interstate 605 — has established what it calls "a strategic data partnership" with Charter Communications, the nation's No. 2 MVPD.

Looking for solid metrics on programs like the acclaimed drama "The Handmaid's Tale?" It just got easier, thanks to the addition of "eligible TV viewing" from Hulu and YouTube TV to Nielsen's Digital in TV Ratings service. Even more, this service contributes directly to C3/C7 currency.

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that some 64% of all U.S. households have a subscription video on-Demand (SVOD) service from either Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu. That's up in a big way from 2014.

Under the FCC's current rules, all commercial and noncommercial radio and TV licensees, as well as attributable interest holders in those licensees, must file ownership reports by Dec. 1 in odd-number years. That means the clock is ticking. However, there's much going on at the Commission, and given "numerous recent proposals" to change the frequency of ownership reporting — among other things — the NAB requests that the biennial ownership reports be suspended.

A full-power TV station and its low-power simulcast partner, properties once owned by Equity Media, have traded hands. The new owner is already in control of the pair, which are airing Christian-themed programming in the Rocky Mountain region's biggest DMA. Closing has transpired, with Kalil & Co. representing the seller in this transaction.

The multimedia company superserving Hispanic consumers across the U.S. is purchasing an NBC affiliate in the Coachella Valley of Southern California, in addition to the market's MyNetworkTV affiliate. The deal gives Entravision a formidable cluster in the market, as it already owns three low-power TV stations and two radio stations—all serving Spanish speakers.

It's been a great July for Nexstar Media Group shareholders, as the company's stock has sharply rebounded from a mid-May swoon. Tomorrow's trading could be even bigger for the broadcast TV company, which today reached a tentative agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group "on principles" to coordinate the transition of the over-the-air delivery of ATSC 3.0 next-gen TV services in 97 television markets.  

Syndicated VOD Content Ratings from nine top networks, including those owned by Turner and Discovery, will be featured as "an enhancement" to a Nielsen tool that enables media planners to estimate the impact of their plans on audience reach, sales and brand equity before committing investment.

With TV broadcasters already requesting "significantly more" than the $1.75 billion set aside to cover all costs related to the post-FCC Incentive Auction repack process, the top Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Committee has introduced legislation that would create a $1 billion emergency fund. Not only would these additional funds boost the reimbursement purse, but House E&C Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-New Jersey) says his bill will keep viewers' TVs from going dark.

Take one look at the recent quarterly earnings statements for the nation's biggest broadcast TV companies, and one thing is certain: retransmission fees have become a major revenue source. Is that a good thing? That's perhaps the crux of a Digital Policy Institute webinar scheduled for Thursday, July 27, at 11am.

Tongues are wagging across TV land, and the latest rumors to involve big television industry players have catapulted Univision Communications and Discovery Communications into the headlines.

The negotiations for national TV’s prime-time upfront for the 2017-18 season are nearly complete, and Ed Papazian's New Jersey-based Media Dynamics Inc. estimates that total ad revenue for the broadcast TV networks and cable channels saw an increase of 5.9% over the previous upfront.