Here’s How To Get TV Repack, Incentive Auction Payments
The FCC late Thursday released its procedures for submitting financial information required for the disbursement of incentive payment and reimbursement payments after Wednesday's of the Spectrum Auction, and it's a 109-section document full of details on what to do. Here are some of the key highlights on what your TV stations may need to do.
Nielsen’s Total Audience Measurement: In With beIN
The agreement allows beIN SPORTS to receive audience estimates for linear television and digital content viewing on mobile and computer devices. The deal also makes beIN SPORTS one of the first sports networks to be certified for Nielsen’s Digital in TV Ratings measurement.
How Will Radio Cope With TV’s Post-Auction ‘Repack’?
Another hot public policy topic discussed Tuesday by Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly during a Keynote Address at the Hispanic Radio Conference is the incentive auction and its aftermath, a.k.a. the “repack” of TV stations that is set to take place. Why would O'Rielly discuss a TV industry concern at a radio industry conference? The "repack" could impact your AMs and FMs, and O'Rielly is aware of this issue.
NAB Attendees Get Trip Inside CBS’s Next-Gen Content Shift
CBS Corp. sees itself as a "next-generation content company." What better showcase could there be to show off where the company that may be best known as the home of NFL football and The Big Bang Theory is going than the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas?
A la Carte Option Preferred By Pay-TV Consumers?
A just-released study from a Boston-based research company suggests the concept of a la carte channels is preferred among TV consumers.
Sinclair Subsidiary Accelerates ATSC 3.0 Chipset Development
Under the agreement, an Indian company will begin the development of a global standards supporting ATSC 3.0 chipset that will enable various type of consumer devices to receive the Next Generation television standard. Those devices will include televisions, cell phones, tablets, dongles, gateways and automotive units.
Non-Pay TV Homes To Double In North America
The number of pay TV subs in Canada and the U.S. will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022. But, while this marks a 9% decline, this does not indicate a massive cord-cutting problem, new research suggests.
Gray Asks For More In Its Term Loan
Gray Television would like some more, please. The owner and operator of 100 television stations across 54 markets on Monday announced that it is proposing—subject to market and other conditions—to add on millions of dollars to its existing term loan under its current senior facility.
Insurance Companies Continue To Dominate Cable
Of the top 10 advertisers last week on Media Monitors' Spot 10 Cable report, four are insurance companies. Who else is using cable TV to reach consumers? Check out the chart here.
Ex-Media General Research Head Dances To Verance
The former research chief of Media General has followed that company's former COO to Verance Corporation to take on the brand-new position of VP/Head of Research.
Auto Dealers Dominate With TV Spots
The late Q1 push to bring car buyers into auto dealers is on, and broadcast TV is proving to be a major venue for automotive brand dealer associations. Four of the top 10 advertisers in last week’s Media Monitors TV Spot Ten report are in the automotive category.
Raycom Stations Return To AT&T U-Verse
In a message appearing on its TV station websites Sunday morning (3/26), Raycom Media has reached an agreement that ends its retransmission fee impasse...
Why FilmOn X’s Claim That It Is A Cable System Was Nixed
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week ruled that FilmOn X, a service providing paying subscribers with access to retransmitted broadcast signals over the internet, did not qualify for the cable statutory license in Section 111 of the Copyright Act. Lucy Holmes Plovnick, an intellectual property attorney at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, breaks down the court's decision in this exclusive report.
Consent Decree Yields Short-Term ‘Impact’ In Detroit
The only African-American founded and operated national Christian TV network will be in no danger of losing its low-power broadcast home in the Motor City for the next two years, thanks to a Order adopted March 22 by the FCC that codifies a Consent Decree with the LPTV's owner.
This NAB Show Retreat Is Focused On Your Competition
If you're planning on attending the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas in late April and have a keen interest in discussing "the latest trends disrupting the traditional video and audio marketplace putting more than $300 billion in advertising up for grabs," you better make plans to spend some time at the Encore Hotel on April 24-25.