TV/Cable News

This moving party probably didn't feature a large pie from Pizza Paradiso and cold bottles of Yuengling beer. On Tuesday, top figures at the NAB met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, his Chief of Staff, and his Acting Media Advisor to discuss the concerns of radio and TV companies surrounding the repack of TV stations following the close of the broadcast spectrum incentive auction.

“TV’s Advanced Audience Platform” has advanced in its efforts to bring the precise targeting of digital ads to television advertising by choosing Accenture as the runner for OpenAP — the television industry’s first open platform for cross-publisher audience targeting and independent measurement.

At the shareholders meeting, NLSN stock owners will be asked to vote for nine Board of Director nominees, each of whom will serve a 12-month term. They'll also get to voice their views on CEO Mitch Barns' multi-million dollar salary as NLSN shares are at their lowest point since Nov. 2013.

The number of pay-TV subscriptions in the U.S. and Canada will dip from a peak of 112 million in 2012 to 102 million in 2022. While this marks a 9% decline, Dublin, Ireland-based Research and Markets believes its findings do not point to "a massive cord-cutting problem." Should multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) be pleased with this finding?

Nexstar Media Group will report its 2017 first quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 9.

In its initial research report, issued to clients and investors, Rosenblatt Securities has issued a price target that indicates a potential downside of 1.21% from the current price of "VIA-B" shares.

An on-air test is now underway of new digital broadcasting technology that will help broadcasters tailor content to viewers and better measure audience activity.

The budding feud between two fast food companies could be a good thing for broadcast TV, based on the latest data from Standard Media Index.

In a complex deal, John Malone's Liberty Interactive Corp. — a sibling of Sirius XM — has acquired Anchorage-based General Communication Inc. in a transaction with an "undiluted equity value of $1.12 billion." This will set in a motion a series of events that will put an end to the Liberty Interactive brand.

Station-level social media data for the top 100 U.S. local television markets is being woven in to BIA/Kelsey's signature data and analytical software — MEDIA Access Pro — and the new ADVantage advertising dashboard offering.

Arkansas' Christian Connection has another shot at victory in its quest to shift seven counties from two different DMAs to the Jonesboro, Ark., local satellite carriage television market.

Eastern New Mexico University may be used to being in the doghouse, but it's now been admonished by the FCC for its improper use of an FM translator to deliver programming via satellite to a full service FM in Midland, Texas.

Now that the spectrum auction has closed, Raycom has exercised its option and is ready to take on the Crescent City's home for Peter Griffin, Homer Simpson and 34-year veteran newsman John Snell. The purchase price is upward of $50 million, and this station was once owned by Emmis Communications for more than a decade.

Three top auto dealer associations each jockeyed for the top position in this week's Media Monitors Spot Ten TV. Five dealer associations are present in this week's chart, putting an exclamation point to the efforts made to lure buyers as Q1 came to a close on Friday.

Geico remains at No. 1 this week in Media Monitors' Spot Ten Cable, while two QSRs duke it out for second place.